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Here are a few quickies:
1- What company absorbed Packard when they folded up?
2- What new design change happened with the bodies of many '32 Ford models, that helped make them popular with rodders? (Besides the new V8)
3- What happened to the 215 aluminum V8 that GM used in Buicks and Pontiacs, when GM discontinued using it?
4- When Chevy was producing the famous 55-57 Nomad, what similar model two door wagon was being produced by another car make?
1. Studebaker
3. It became a Rover
1- yes
3- Yes, the British Land Rover producer bought the tooling.
4. Safari......
1) Acquired in 1954 by Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, Studebaker was a division of the Studebaker Packard Corporation from 1957 to 1962. In 1962, it reverted to its previous name, the Studebaker Corporation. While the company left the automobile business in 1966, Studebaker survived as an independent closed investment firm until 1967 when it merged with Worthington to become Studebaker-Worthington Corp.
2---Gas tanks to the rear
The Studebaker-Packard Corporation was the entity created by the purchase of the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, in 1954.
Packard acquired Studebaker in the transaction. While Studebaker was the larger of the two companies, Packard's balance sheet and executive team were stronger than that of the South Bend company.
It was hoped that Packard would benefit from Studebaker's larger dealer network. Studebaker hoped to gain through the additional strength that Packard's cash position could provide. Once both companies stabilized their balance sheets and strengthened their product line, the original plan devised by Packard president James Nance and Nash-Kelvinator Corporation president George W. Mason was that the combined Studebaker-Packard company would join a combined Nash-Kelvinator and Hudson Motor Car Company in an all-new four-marque American Motors Corporation.
Had the complicated set of combinations gone through as planned, the new company would have immediately surpassed the Chrysler Corporation to become the third of America's "Big Three" automobile manufacturers. However, the sudden death of Mason, the selection of the disinterested George W. Romney as his successor, and disputes over parts-sharing arrangements between the companies doomed any chance of completing the proposed merger. This failure to combine the companies effectively sealed the fates of all four.
#2 suicide doors on the 3 window
#4 Pontiac safari wagon #2 I have no clue. More storage space. A trunk lid???
#2 made new bodies using fiberglass?
#2- Ooops! Sorry guys, I may have bad information on this one. I was told by an antique Ford guy that the '32 introduced a steel inner body structure in some models, starting a trend away from wood. Anybody know the facts about this?
I hadn't heard that. But 32 was also the first year for flush mounted doors.Quote:
Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT