Re: Would it have been easier to salvage Packard than Studebaker?
Posted by Guscha On 2011/1/2 19:53:18
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Howard, Wikipedia lists --> several non-auto activities of Studebaker such as Clarke (Floor Machine Division), Schaefer (Commercial Refrigeration Division) and Trans International Airlines to name but a few.
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Thanks to the work of Brian (BH) & BigKev we are able to compare this with the situation in the mid-fifties. According to the --> company's 1957 annual report Studebaker was focused on car production at that time.
Don't know what you think but to me it looks like a big jump within short time (the difference between evolution and revolution consists of controllability).
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I thought Studebaker as a corporation was starting to be pretty well diversified in the early 60's. The auto division was just one of several was it not?...
Howard, Wikipedia lists --> several non-auto activities of Studebaker such as Clarke (Floor Machine Division), Schaefer (Commercial Refrigeration Division) and Trans International Airlines to name but a few.
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...By the early 1960s, Studebaker had begun to diversify away from automobiles. Numerous companies were purchased, bringing Studebaker into such diverse fields as the manufacture of tire studs and missile components...[wikipedia]
Thanks to the work of Brian (BH) & BigKev we are able to compare this with the situation in the mid-fifties. According to the --> company's 1957 annual report Studebaker was focused on car production at that time.
Don't know what you think but to me it looks like a big jump within short time (the difference between evolution and revolution consists of controllability).
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