Re: The Old Motor: Workers Dismantling Assembly Line 1954

Posted by DavidPackard On 2018/8/27 12:42:45

September 16, 1954 is quoted in the B. Kimes edited book titled 'Packard A History of the Motor Car and the Company'. It also states that the transfer process completed on October 17, 1954, with the first '55 automobile completed on November 1, 1954.

Given that the company was striving to develop the impression of two separate car model types as in the Cadillac/LaSalle, Buick/Marquette, Oldsmobile/Viking, Pontiac/Oakland relationships, could the Packard advertising department herald two separate events? One on June 25, 1954 for the last Packard produced at East Grand Boulevard, with no ceremonial dismantling of the production facility, and another on September 16, 1954 for the last Packard Clipper produced at East Grand Boulevard with some ceremonial assembly line dismantling. That time line would be supported by the dates on several of 'BigKev's' parts.

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