tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post1491333486978332522..comments2023-09-03T15:10:00.180-04:00Comments on casey/artandcolour: Photos from a 1980 Car Show, Part 6Casey Shainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-2633346904151221592011-02-01T16:56:29.566-05:002011-02-01T16:56:29.566-05:00i would like you posts even if you WEREi a broken ...i would like you posts even if you WEREi a broken record, which you aren't. You know so much about the Packard/Nash situation, it's great to read about it every time!Casey Shainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-82079007113852607212011-02-01T16:42:41.115-05:002011-02-01T16:42:41.115-05:00Also, I was not a huge fan of some of the proposal...Also, I was not a huge fan of some of the proposals for the Predictor-based Packards, particularly the Clipper vesions, although they certainly fit in with what else was going on in 57-58-59. I think they would have dated pretty fast. If Packard and Nash designers had teamed up, I think some pretty impressive work would have come out of what should have been the REAL American Motors.<br /><br /Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-57880302591847695362011-02-01T16:39:10.349-05:002011-02-01T16:39:10.349-05:00You know what happened to Packard is one of my obs...You know what happened to Packard is one of my obsessions! If they had built only Custom Super Clippers (with convertibles added as soon as practical) after the war and skipped the 48 redesign and gone right to the Reinhardt design (or something similar) for 49, they could have been in a much better place to compete with Cadillac. A lot of cheap Packards were sold in 46-47 to people who came Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-8921631053232167712011-02-01T14:41:51.512-05:002011-02-01T14:41:51.512-05:00yes, I remember reading that the Lincoln bodyshell...yes, I remember reading that the Lincoln bodyshell was considered for the next Packard. It would have been more appropriate! There were also some good looking "blue sky" new Packards by Teague, with "Predictor" styling cues, had Packard the money to continue independently. Such a sad, sad story of mismanagement and not reading the postwar market correctly,Casey Shainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-33052459966533069352011-02-01T14:37:03.008-05:002011-02-01T14:37:03.008-05:00You're right about the first Chrysler C300! I ...You're right about the first Chrysler C300! I thought I typed that, but apparently I didn't, lol! I'll change it in the story for the historical record! thanks!Casey Shainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-85649819675827493442011-02-01T14:31:33.172-05:002011-02-01T14:31:33.172-05:00Oh, those 58 Packards! The 57s were pretty restra...Oh, those 58 Packards! The 57s were pretty restrained and tasteful (for Studebakers!) but the 58s were just over the top (as were a lot of the 58 Studebakers)! The next town to where I grew up had a cab stand at the commuter rail station and had always used Studebakers in cab livery. The elderly cab proprietor also had a 55 Packard 400 for his personal car but, in 1958, he consolidated Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com