New "What Ifs?"

Posted by Dave Brownell On 2014/6/12 10:15:16

The newest (August ) Hemming's Classic Car's Pat Foster has his monthly column titled : Packard: An Alternative Ending. He goes over many of the same "what ifs" we've seen here in our PI Forums, but he also leaves out some critical factors including the disappearing Defense contracts, the urgency of losing Briggs bodies and the Studebaker merger options. But he does have some new thoughts about separating the model development schedules for Packards and Clippers that I thought were interesting, but not probably workable. My final take is that our forum members gave a more thoughtful look at the issues and the magazine's take is a bit over-simplified.

Still, it's fun to see how outsiders look at the pain caused by the loss of Packard. Sometime it may be best to Ask the Man Who Doesn't Own One.