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Hemming has this fairly extensive excerpt from Leon's Creative Industries of Detroit book.
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/o[]o\ ====  Bowral, Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia "Out of chaos comes order" - Nietzsche. 1938 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD 1941 One-Twenty Club Coupe - SOLD 1948 Super Eight Limo, chassis RHD - SOLD 1950 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD What's this?  Put your Packard in the Packard Vehicle Registry! Here's how! Any questions - PM or email me at ozstatman@gmail.com |
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The video in this thread on the AACA Website "features" Leon Dixon(Leeedy) at about the 15 second mark. together with his Creative Industries book.
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/o[]o\ ==== Bowral, Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia "Out of chaos comes order" - Nietzsche. 1938 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD 1941 One-Twenty Club Coupe - SOLD 1948 Super Eight Limo, chassis RHD - SOLD 1950 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD What's this? Put your Packard in the Packard Vehicle Registry! Here's how! Any questions - PM or email me at ozstatman@gmail.com |
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A new web site about Creative Industries will be coming soon, so watch for it. This new site will include unusual information (and photos) about Packard and other cars that we could not squeeze into the book. Stay tuned!
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I wanted to pass along some sad news to all Packard fans and vintage automotive fans as well. Verne T. Koppin, former President of Creative Industries of Detroit (the company in the book of the same name) has passed away on March 2, 2019. Verne was 99 years old. Mr. Koppin is survived by two daughters and his son, Steve who also worked at Creative Industries of Detroit.
Verne had numerous positions with Creative Industries before ultimately becoming president and joint owner with Richard Leasia. As many of you know, Creative Industries of Detroit was the last major contractor to Studebaker-Packard for specialty vehicles and concept cars. Creative was also the actual location of part of Packard Styling studios when Packard came to a sudden end. Creative was responsible for several Packard concepts including Balboa, the Panthers, the Request and more. Creative also repaired and maintained the Packard Predictor and built some of the full-sized 1957 models. They also did the set-ups for all Caribbeans in addition to doing special non-production 1955 Caribbean hardtops and work on the original Packard Pan American. Attach file:  (84.68 KB)
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