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PPG Trustee Bruce Blevins took time from his busy work day in order to share Packard history with a group of school kids from Grand Blanc, MI and with Fernando Palazuelo, the new owner of the Packard Plant.

You can see a slideshow here, courtesy of WDIV - Channel 4 news:
clickondetroit.com/community/slideshow-p ... d-owner-speaks-to-children/25505512

Bruce was approached by a local school teacher that wanted her class to meet Senor Palazuelo and could he arrange a meeting. Bruce was able to do that. But instead of meeting in Grand Blanc, it evolved into a field trip to Detroit at the Skillman Library (home of the National Automotive History Collection) and later to the Packard Plant.

A couple of things:
1) Notice that some of the kids are wearing T-shirts that they made as part of the visit
2) Bruce alerted the teacher and the kids that it was Fernando's birthday, so they brought a cake and sang "Happy Birthday" to him.
3) Detroit received 3.5 inches on snow on April 15th, the date of their visit.

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That is a really cool story, Roger. Thanks for sharing it with us. As Packard owners, we all should try to engage with "civilians" to let them know and understand our cars. What I try to impress upon those interested in our cars is that all modern cars stand on the shoulders of those which came before them and that just because a car is old, it can still be very sophisticated and was quite modern for its time.

Don't catch CNN often but last night while flicking through the channels(my wife loves that!)saw the end, about 10 seconds worth, of Senor Palazuelo at the Packard Plant!