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Steve203 wrote:
it is Conner with an "er" (I looked it up ).
Yes, it is. I also looked it up on Google maps.
Didn't believe me, huh? I double checked it in Kimes before I made the statement, because it's such a common misspelling that I couldn't remember for sure myself. It just looks better with the second "o". The building does appear to have a "PACKARD" sign on it in the pic where where a smilin' (unidentified) "Chrysler executive" is handing the "key" to smilin' Packard Manufacturing Manager Neil Brown, who later bemoaned the quality of the cars coming out of the Conner "crackerbox". The "key" still says Chrysler on it. Appropriate, since they held the lease. I wonder if Packard got out of that lease when they folded? (Pic on pg 574 of the Kimes book.)
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Steve203 wrote:
With Packard being the only company in Detroit in severe need of a body plant, waiting for their best prospect to go with another facility doesn't sound like a good plan.
Maybe, but maybe AMC didn't think Packard would be foolish enough to spend that kind of money on Conner, and were waiting to see if the deal fell through and sell the Hudson plant to Packard. That would account for the delay, too, I believe.
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55PackardGuy wrote:
Now, if only someone can tell me what the heck was going on with that engraved plaque Nance signed,
Steve203 wrote:
Studebaker holders had the majority of S-P shares? Studebaker had a bigger market share? Maybe Nance just threw all the names in a basket and pulled them out in that order?
He used a Magic 8 Ball. I'm quite sure of it.
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