Re: Richard Arbib - Post-Henney and Packard Designwork

Posted by Mahoning63 On 2015/7/22 19:04:04

Thanks Steve, very interesting work of his, and your comments, to enjoy and ponder. Your idea of a Henney-built Pan American in limited numbers makes sense, would have helped similar to how the Darrin cars helped a decade earlier. Today we call it "mind share"... keeping in forefront of public even if only with limited edition product. Dodge helped itself mightily with original Viper, needed to kick-start new life as bad boy.

Arbib and Henney could have greatly simplified the tear-up to standard convertible to achieve an exciting 4-passenger car, didn't need to touch much of the rear fenders, none of the decklid. Cost would have been much less than the $18,000 for proposed Pan American series.