Re: Packard in the New York Times

Posted by RogerDetroit On 2011/4/27 13:09:13

Hello Guscha:

Not even in the Motor City do people recognize the name Packard.

Just as with Scottie I cannot tell you how many times I've been asked "who made Packard"? Or they will ask if it was made in Wisconsin because somehow they think Packard has some affiliation with the football team the Green Bay (WI) Packers.

So I tell them about Packard being the master motor builder and the engines that went into the P-51 Mustang and the engines that went into the PT boats that JFK skippered during WWII. And then I get that stare: P-51 Mustand? PT boats? JFK? WWII?

I have even had people ask me about my 1968 AMX (designed by Dick Teague) and I tell them it was made by American Motors Corp. And they ask, "who made American Motors?" Now AMC was sold to Chrysler in 1987 and disappeared. To me that seemed just a few months ago.