Mike: thanks for tolerating my rant (and to others for being off-topic)
but Studenuts and Packaddicts tend to get wound-up (starting about when
we hear for the 100th time that Ford made all of Stude's engines!).

You're lucky your Stude stock didn't become worthless (they went into
receivership in the Depression -- president Albert Erskine even
committing suicide -- and have read that they were the only automaker to
bail themselves out of receivership and not go belly-up. the story goes
that they saved themselves but belt-tightening.....especially in
Engineering.....helped do them in).

Have concentrated on Stude/Pack mostly, but hope retirement gives me
time to dig into other companies histories.......find the evolution of
the companies & intertwined histories fascinating. Example: no expert
in the Styling community other than being of fan of Raymond Loewy &
Richard Teague & Brooks Stevens. For years, my "short list" of favorite
cars included the '53-64 Stude Starliner/Hawk.......BMW 507......Sunbeam
Alpine I-V.......Alfa 2000/2006. Then you dig into it and find there
was a lot of cross-pollination with Loewy Associates consulting with
Rootes, particular stylists in on the 507 & Alfa jobs, etc. Fascinating
(at least to me!) Do you know of any books on styling/stylists that
sheds some light on who did what?

Suggest you find a copy of "Fall of the Packard Motor Car
Company".........some good insights on the businesses behind the
products and how it's the non-car guys who spoil the stew.

Again - sorry guys - I promise to go out and tinker with the 'Stang
today.

I've owned over 70 cars in my day one was a '47 Champion I bought when I got
out of the Navy. I had a red '53 Loewy Commander coupe, as well. At
shows that car still looks like, with a few tweaks it could be sold today,
it was so far ahead in styling in its day.

I have five old cars and a Mustang guy myself, I have a '64 V8 Convertible
from new, in my collection. Currently I'm driving an '09 GT Convertible and
an '10 Lincoln MKZ. I start buying Mustangs again after I hit a couple
of deer with my Fat Boy and nearly killed myself. My wife made me promise
at 73, not to ride anymore. I had a '99, '01, 03, 05, 07 as well.


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