Re: Merlin inspection building question

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2014/5/24 8:14:19

Yes, that's the Lakey casting symbol. Another often-seen foundry mark is "CWC" (Campbell, Wyant & Cannon) who did castings for Reo, Hudsons and others. For those who might have an interest in tracking down casting symbols the U.S. military produced a huge register of foundry marks during WWII and it can be found on-line (http://www.usarmymodels.com/ARTICLES/Foundry%20Symbols%20and%20Trademarks.pdf).

I have The Packard Cormorant issue (No. 137, Winter 2009) at hand and also speak with the author regularly but can't quite identify in the 1949 plant plan the particular building of interest. I can't scan and post here because of copyright issues.

But no reason for this to remain a mystery. Steve, let me suggest you simply call the author of the article, he's quite the accomplished Packard historian and I'm sure he'd be please to speak with you. His contact info is in the PAC Membership Directory.

The building (#22) which is identified as the prior Merlin assembly building has the following acitivites listed for 1949 though I'm uncertain if this is the building in question:

1. Traffic/Car Preparation/Final Repair
2. Personnel/Training/Post Office/Labor Relations/Restaurant
3. Service Parts Staff/Service Engineering/Metallurgy
4. Chassis & Body engineering/Records/Styling

Steve, I've been told all the back issues of Winter 2009 were bought by the Packard Proving Grounds.