Re: Packard & Hudson proximity

Posted by HH56 On 2013/2/11 10:46:52

IIRC, some of the articles have mentioned that Nash really wanted Studebaker for AMC instead of Hudson and an overture was made to that end. Friction between Nash and Studebaker personalities prevented that approach and became one of the reason the mergers and acquisitions were set up the way they were. Hudson wasn't Mason's first choice but was on the ropes & didn't have many options so could be picked up for a song. It became the first "marriage" more out of opportunity than real desire.

It would be interesting if somewhere somehow real incontrovertible facts came to light. The 4 way scenario has been mentioned many times but I believe there are also interviews with Romney where he said the whole idea was a lot of BS. Since relatively little appears to be on paper, without a time machine to go back and listen in on conversations the grand merger will probably always be a maybe or what if.