In <v01540b03b0acc60b0355@[129.128.230.73]>, John McEwen wrote:
>Hi Chris:
>
>I didn't know some of the recent history, however American Motors
>Corporation, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, aka AMC, was formed in 1954 by a merger
>with Nash and Hudson not Packard. After the deaths of the names Nash and
>Hudson in 1957, all AMC products were called Ramblers - after the Nash
>Rambler compact introduced in 1950, itself named after the original Rambler
>which was the ancestor of Nash.
>
Packard was assimilated by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend,
Indiana, in the early 1950's. The last Packard left the line in 1957
(or so), Studebaker staggered on until the late 60's. They are still
a corporate entity and NOS parts are still available from a warehouse
in South Bend.
A. B. Bonds
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