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Samples Auto Sales was on Gratiot, east of Connor IIRC. They were a dealership for Sunbeam Alpine.

My brothers and I all owned Alpines at one time or another. I was the first with a used 1961,...

Not looking good. Will have to cancel lunch plans for today.
Menu from 1970. My twin brother was a bartender there from the late 1960s to early 1970s.
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In a word, No. We do not need any more car museums in the Detroit area or Michigan.

First, we have enough already. And second, the business model is not sustainable.

Look at what we already...

The strike was started when Packard management promoted several black workers over the objection of the union, At that time the union was largely populated by immigrants accustomed to trade-craft,...

I won't be mentioning the Javelin, but rather the two-seat AMX. Only about 15,000 were made from 1968 to 1970. Still own one with only 23,500 miles on it.39689

Nothing was going right with the deal.

If you noticed in the MT article, Louis Schimmel [[then Pontiac’s emergency manager) and a former municipal bond analyst, told MT pension funds should only...

Sanford Nelson - like father, like son. Dad taught him all about real estate investing.

Like the $19.05 million the Nelsons lost for the State of Michigan Retirement System on the Raleigh...

Fifty years ago it was still occupied. Kingsway was still doing good business through the summer of 1974 as I can recall.

Yes, demolition will continue. From an article in the Freep https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/02/08/packard-plant-owner-plans-to-pay-detroit-tax-bill/2815840002/

“…the...

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Those upper floors were added during the start of WW I - 1916. At the time Packard was concerned about sabotage from German sympathizers
living in Detroit. At the time Packard was...

From this "FundRazr" page is seems that, as of September 2018, Robert heard Jr. is still in prison https://fundrazr.com/stopabuse?ref=ab_1ehjo0XJHCX1ehjo0XJHCX

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A friend sent this to me from the Packard Plant Project Facebook page. It is a post from Kari Smith that she has submitted her 30-day notice of resignation.

She was Fernando...

36173Well, I drive a 1941, 4-door convertible and my wife drives her 1941 businesswomens coupe. And a lot of my friends drive a Packard, too. BTW, I also ride bikes.

I’ll try to answer some of...

the FREEP article says he has "taken responsibility" for embezzling nearly $200,000.

Does that mean he has paid it back? Anybody know how much he owes on that "responsibility"?

Hello erikd: Since you chose my quote, perhaps I should respond.

I would also second what Honky Tonk wrote. The implication by those folks calling it “White Flight” is that those who left...

Calling it "White Flight" tells me you have an agenda.

Anyway, My mother lived in Detroit since she was born [[1916) and my Dad moved from a very rural, farming town in Ohio to Detroit in 1937. We...

Mother '34 - was my local high school, but CT 1965

Hello Ray:

According to an article in the Detroit News today, it appears that the City actually has a plan to save money for that 2024 target date.
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Yes, Duggan did say that in last year’s State of the City Address as described in this FREEP article: http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2016/02/23/duggan-state-of-city/80813476/ ...

Hello Ray:

I hate to tell you this, but I think you and Mark Young are correct. Here is link to a December 12, 2016 Freep article warning of the same thing:...

^^^THIS^^^
Obsolete? Hell yes!
I grew up in the neighborhood around Carstens Elementary on the eastside in the late 1950s. The houses were built in the late teens and early 1920s and were packed...

Hello Picky:
Just curious. You say the rent would be 35% below the current market.
What do you think the cost per square foot per month would be to rent a unit?
What do you think the cost per...

The reason the rear brakes look so heavy duty is because cars of that era did not have front brakes. Four wheel brakes did not come into existence on production cars until Packard introduced them in...

Maybe this is not a new fad, but rather a sample of the future.

This article discusses the differences of the Ford Foundation funding model, i.e. the “staff intensive” vs. the “Lean Funder” model...

Sorry, but that is NOT a Packard. In the B/W photo the radiator lacks the typical oxbow or tombstone shaped top. Lacks the extra body lines/creases that Packard had - is too plain looking. Lacks...