Tracing Suppliers....

Posted by BigKev On 2010/1/26 23:45:39

Well I just spend an hour trying to track down the corporate history of Motor Wheel Corporation. I was hoping they may have information in there corporate archives from when they supplied wheels to Packard (photos, documents, etc). But their corporate history goes from Goodyear, to a merger with Kelsey Hayes, and then through numerous investment companies. So I am not sure who to even contact at this point or even if the information still exists.... crazy.

I also have send a few inquiries to AO Smith who provided the frames to Packard. Their automotive division was sold to Tower Automotive in 1997 which is now owned by Cerberus Capital. But since AO still exists as a company themselves, hopefully they still maintain a corporate archive.

Briggs is also on the list...

I will let you guys know what I am able to dig up.