the packard plant closed in detroit in 1927.
when did the packard plant close in detroit?
1927
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the packard hawk is a model of automobile. it was the sportiest of the four packard-badged studebakers produced in 1958, the final year of packard production. 









































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the packard plant in detroit, michigan had been leased to curtiss-wright (and would be soon sold to them), and packard models in this dying-gasp year were all rebadged and retrimmed studebaker products. the 1958 packard hawk was essentially a studebaker golden hawk 400 with a fiberglass front end and modified deck lid.
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a three-year management contract was made by nance with aircraft maker curtiss-wright in 1956 with the aim of improving finances. c-w's president, roy t. hurley, attempted to cure studebaker's ruinously lax employment policies. under c-w's guidance, studebaker-packard also sold the old detroit packard plant and returned the then-new packard plant on conner avenue (where packard production had moved in 1954, at the same time packard took its body-making operations in house after its longtime body supplier, briggs manufacturing company, was acquired by chrysler in late 1953) to its lessor, chrysler. the company became the american importer for mercedes-benz, auto union, and dkw automobiles and many studebaker dealers sold those brands, as well. c-w gained the use of idle car plants and tax relief on their aircraft profits while studebaker-packard received further working capital to continue car production.
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