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Show FBI C0fI! . iww&m cis; Conversion of Plant From Wartime to Peace Basis ( Completed. "Although the great Packard factories were practically on a 100 per cent war basis at the time of German's capitulation, shipments of new cars are now bring made to dealers from regular production, produc-tion, says Manager Gilmer of the Utah Motor .company, distributors of Packard ears and trucks. "A3 soon as the report of cessation of hostilities had been officially verified, the vast resources of the Packard plants were thrown into the problem of postwar production, pro-duction, with the result that in less than 'Sly davs new Packard cars were being ilacVd iu the hud of our dealers Lr.rn ii;!'out tile country. This rapid, almost magical, transition has been made nuietlv, but with startllnc li-ori'iicimes.-. It is tyi'i' al. I believe, of 'he rct-ourri'tuhicss of the industry as a who e It offer" another striking lllus- nation of the firm foundation on which t;e automobile business resis, its perr.ia-m-.-c bmI slshi.itv, and the esstnneennK m-ri-is back of tile car ilseif. Factories iu a-iv olh. r line, faced with similar per-p per-p .-xiiii; iuohl.,.:us of r, 'construction, would ftn.V H di'luu.t to lerlorui this quick ro.uliuslim i,l in less than six montns or a li:,! voli'. dn I o mb.T 1. 19i. P.T kard factories v ., li. I'ly i' C P'T ' ellt 1U1I' WOrk .;..d. ill Vo-oo: .Vance wCa the ruling of tht ',..'!- ;., ;u.i. I'rea.'U'it'.ioiis va-re toiupl'-' ; ,.;C:. s.i.-p'us.on of aulomo'oi'u ; '-.l-n. fo" .oniiucrciai needs. th( -i of the v.Mr. The .pnir.s of t.u .',,. e i ic. t '. cr, hi-ought ahoat a sus-p..-: Vn at' ah na.-'-iaiaei' car restriction! ai .ait . nut a'a)ii of most po'-ern-V , -v , e.h.'.aa'.s. Toe s'ahueniiess of th( ! V . i 's I. : :u v. i 1 ion 'iid not sf.imped' as it v.as oi.e of the firs'. g:eat indas-tia' indas-tia' to .oiaList ilseii to wartime conrii-lirais conrii-lirais and h.aorae ef:'-oi i-.e as a wa: ..V ,v it is r.o'.v one f'f t i-.e first to ce 'i k ;o iiie p,,;.'t:,:i '; asis. And. wit: a'ra; a r, .".s l-'-iuad in prodac giant of the industrial world need be entertained. en-tertained. "The complete conversion of a manti-facturintr manti-facturintr institution so tremendous as Packard's is not the work of a day. The conversion period wdll be a short one, however, as is already evidenced by Packard's ability to make quantity shipments ship-ments of new cars to dealers at the present pres-ent time." |