Re: multistory assembly line
Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2015/1/19 23:41:18
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Let the ride decide wrote:
Not the answer, but interesting nonethelesshttp://www.ebay.com/itm/1956-STUDEBAKER-PACKARD-Corp-BRASS-SIGN-/231455177799?pt=Motors_Manuals_Literature&hash=item35e3cdbc47&vxp=mtr[/quote][/b]
There might be an answer embedded in that plaque. Notice the interesting hierarchy of brands in the text. Remember, these are Nance's official words, embossed in GOLD:
"...individuality of design and true pride of workmanship are not dead--but live today stronger than ever, in Studebakers, Clippers, and Packards."
Strange choice of product lineup there. Cheapest to most expensive, maybe? Does this give a clue to how it became the Studebaker-Packard company?
Anyhoo, back to the assembly line. As far as I have learned, there was never really a good reason given for leasing the Conner plant. Self-sabotage seems to describe it best.
Question on the Mill & Factory article (quite readable if you click on it and zoom in). It seems to imply that the "120 Plant" was entirely new, when, as I understand it, the 120 and the "seniors" were made in two different production buildings at E. Grand. It's kind of a gray area for me. We often speak of the E. Grand Blvd location as "the Packard plant" but it's more of what today would be called a "campus." (Not that I care for that co-opted term... I think a campus is where you go to work for a cap and gown, not for a company.)
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