Re: SP merger
Posted by Mahoning63 On 2015/4/5 14:18:06
Happy Easter everyone.
Intersting idea Rusty. Packard's body was around 4 inches wider than Studebaker's so certain stampings such as roof, decklid and hood would not have been wide enough but doors, front fenders and rear quarters might have fit. Or Packard could have sectioned their own hardtop the way Henney did the Pan American. I recently did a sectioning of sorts to the Mayfair to see what would result; toggle between both images to see the progression. The Continental-type car you mention might have benefitted from a beltline kick-up such as shown, and minimized the rework in process. Always thought Packard missed an opportunity when it bought Conner... instead of moving final assembly in it could have used the space to set up a custom body shop that would rework select stampings and feed the new panels back onto the regular production line.
Heard same thing about the 200K capacity, impression is that they set up two production lines. Have no knowledge of what became of it.
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Intersting idea Rusty. Packard's body was around 4 inches wider than Studebaker's so certain stampings such as roof, decklid and hood would not have been wide enough but doors, front fenders and rear quarters might have fit. Or Packard could have sectioned their own hardtop the way Henney did the Pan American. I recently did a sectioning of sorts to the Mayfair to see what would result; toggle between both images to see the progression. The Continental-type car you mention might have benefitted from a beltline kick-up such as shown, and minimized the rework in process. Always thought Packard missed an opportunity when it bought Conner... instead of moving final assembly in it could have used the space to set up a custom body shop that would rework select stampings and feed the new panels back onto the regular production line.
Heard same thing about the 200K capacity, impression is that they set up two production lines. Have no knowledge of what became of it.
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