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April 12 1954

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Just like politics. Isn't it amazing how the same items or set of facts can be so differently interpreted. I did notice a couple of the "inferior" 54 Cadillac items appeared on later Packards.

Howard, this report is labeled with "Confidential Information to Packard dealers" whereas the other snippet came as "Confidential Information for Cadillac Retail Salesmen". As far as I can see, Packard was talking about facts but Cadillac delivered them.
There is one topic I would like to comment on, conscious that I come in as Monday-morning quarterback. Opel, the German GM daughter, started to build 9-main-bearing-engines in 1928 and the Russian engines, I worked on, shall be mentioned too (picture attached).
Well, who I am to criticize? The Packard marketing employees were fighting up to their necks in it and I sit on my arm chair with an open box of chocolates on my desk while using internet.

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