Re: multistory assembly line

Posted by Steve203 On 2015/2/8 10:53:55

<i> I don't understand why Nash would even want the thing.</i>

Nash wanted Hudson for dealers, clientele and the service parts business. The rapid abandonment of the Hudson facilities and products shows there was nothing material that Nash wanted.

If Nash had merged with Studebaker, they would have picked up a modern OHV V8 that they needed. Use the 259 in the Statesman and the 289 in the Ambassador, with a supercharger, which the overbuilt Studie V8 could easily handle, as an option.

Of course, if Nash could not immediately shut down assembly operations in South Bend and only keep the foundry and engine plant, Studie would have pulled Nash under.

<i>but nowadays if you are caught shooting Heroin, Speed, or whatever, or selling engines to your friends, or throwing parts in the garbage you are gone.</i>

I suspect drug/alcohol abuse is still rampant in the plants. A few years ago, one of the local TV stations found a cluster of Chrysler workers parked during their lunch hour getting loaded.