Re: Can old brands be revived?

Posted by BH On 2010/2/27 19:36:21

Owen -

I don't recall the list of Packard firsts being posted and discussed here, but back at the AACA Packard DF, several years ago.

It was a list found on the PAC website that bore some resemblence to a verison that I had seen published many years ago, in print, which was originally distributed by PMCC back in the early '50s, IIRC. However, this online edition had been loosely updated, and the poster was looking for even more additions.

Problem is, when anyone holds up a list like that, it just begs for scrutiny. Not only did that happen in the Packard DF, but the list was also posted in the AACA's General Forum and got shot full of holes there, too. While there were some questionable items claimed by PMCC, no one could agree on exactly what constituted a "first". I can only imagine the how many "hostile" letters it would generate if such a list had been published in a mainstream hobby magazine.

Now, I would applaud anyone who was willing to do the exhaustive research needed to authenticate and update the original material to arrive at a bona fide, clarified, fully-supported and -footnoted list, but armchair discussion ain't gonna cut it.

With that, I return you to the original topic.