Re: One Story Assembly Plant What If?

Posted by phsnkw On 2010/10/1 9:28:09

In the "Random Photo" feature here there was a picture of the Conner Plant. That plant looked to be a city block long and was not one-storied. At least it was three or four storied. How much room does a manufacturer need to produce bodies? And if the Conner Plant was multi-storied, why not use the Packard facilities on East Grand?

What ever happened to George Christopher's "twin-production lines" that were supposed to increase output to two hundred thousand cars a year? Were they left to rot or not used at all?

As for what ifs, I think if George Christopher spent Packard's postwar money on buying the Willow plant after Tucker's demise (around 1948-49)then the possibilities of what happened would be changed. The new '51 model could have been moved to 1950 as well as setting up Packard for the fifties through the sixties.