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That's what I would think also HH but what I wonder what that bar is that's angled down from the back? It looks like it's attached to the rear frame crossmember and then connects to the front of the platform. It also appears that the body hoist is completely open on the left side...I assume it's designed that way so it can pick body shells that are sitting over to the side of the assembly line.

Wow...thanks for posting HH, What a great photo! Makes you wonder if that particular car has survived and if so, who owns it now.

Gator and present Company-- Gentlemen, no need to apologize for "hi-jacking" the post. It's all Packard, it's all good.

Love these photographs of the vast Packard plant in happier days. Many thanks for posting these.

We're survivors. The factory's fate, dim. While my only decision, for the moment, is whether a steel gray or aluminum paint'll look better on the tailpipe aft of the muffler on my '47 Super, the above pictures give us all something to reflect on.

Meanwhile, it's hard to believe the sprawling East Grand factory, at least the parts of it not too far gone, couldn't be restored to host various small businesses, shops, boutiques, spas, something, anything, perhaps with local Packard owners' cars on rotating display, as part of enduring United States history.

Crying shame.