Saga of Packard

Posted by kens53clip On 2011/1/24 15:25:57

In the early 1970's after seeing an ad for Packard Electric, then a division of General Motors, I wrote a letter to Packard Electric, asking them if they had any relation to the Packard Motorcar Company. They were kind enough to respond with a letter stating that their company was founded by the same Packard family who founded the Packard Motor Car Company. They also included with their letter a photostatic copy of a 107 page typewritten document entitled "The Saga of Packard-Some Notes on the First Half Century of America's Oldest Continuous Maker of Automobiles Under a Single Management- 1899-1949 -'Ask the Man Who Owns One'". The document I have appears to be a photostatic copy of a typewritten in-house document produced by the Packard Motor Car Company, probably in relationship to Packard's golden anniversary, and lists no author. The Kimes' book appears to list this document in the bibliography and lists as its author one Fred W. Adams. A little internet research shows that one Fred W. Adams born on July 11, 1910 who died on November 15, 1990 is reported to have been named Director of Advertising and Public Relation for the Packard Motor Car Company in 1942 and was named Director of Advertising of the American Motors Company in 1953. Does anybody know if this document was broadly published and/or distributed by Packard in 1949? Does anybody know if this document was ever published and/or distributed giving credit to Fred W. Adams as the author? If anybody knows anything about how this document was produced and by whom, I would appreciate it. Also, my copy does not have pages 73 and 74 dealing with the topics "Russians Love Packards" and "Royal Packard Owners" so if anyone could provide me with a copy of those two pages, I would appreciate it. If copyright law permits, I would like to scan this document and make it more widely available to Packard lovers.
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