Very cool ( the car and the plant). Thanks for sharing this bit of history. I watched it twice. Once for me and agin with my 86 year old Dad who remembers it well. 👍
Excellent video P Willys !!! Awesome drone footage, too. Wow, always wanted to go there and visit the old plant, so much incredible history, so many tens of thousands of workers earned an honest living to raise and provide for their families. (100% without a computer or smart phone!!!!!!). My uncle had a '38 Packard 120 Sedan for many years and as a child I remember well the cruises he took my siblings and myself on all around Oklahoma back in the 1960's. Makes me wonder if there still might be any remaining parts or components from the old Packs laying around, buried beneath the ruble. I guess they've all been scavenged by now. Love your '52!!! She's beautiful!!!! I hope you just drive it and enjoy it for years to come JUST THE WAY IT IS !!! Thanks for your time and efforts producing this show. Much appreciated!!! Cheers from Oklahoma City. (got yourself a new subscriber !!)
The first four minutes felt like trying to watch life through a keyhole. The drone footage was really good though! Nice car, I like the 'survivor' black paint.
Just an FYI, the 52 you are driving was not built at the grand boulevard plant. Production was moved to the Conner and Warren corner to better suit the production line. That building was torn down a few years later when Packard closed the doors in the late 50s
Nice of you to take the car back to its birthplace while it's still standing. Imagine the plant in its heyday and living right across the street in one of those houses. Just walk to work and a good job awaited you every day. I heard it's to be demolished, but I'm happy to see it's still there for the moment.
Great video of The Packard plant... less 44,000 employees. When you have time try visiting the old Packard Proving Ground in Shelby Township (now a museum). May have to call to get available tour of the mansion and warehouse.
Thanks for a nice video. It is SO sad to see America in decline. We used to be proud, and the best producers in the world, but this has all changed. America needs to get back to its roots...but in a modern way. The conservative values should never change, such as hard work, honesty, family, religion, optimism, and the list is long, but sadly that is fading as well. Again thanks for your efforts in producing this video....also very cool old Packard that you are tooling around in. Warmly, Doctor W.
There was a picture on the internet years ago of a dead body in a huge frozen pool of water in the Packard plant. A guy used to live in the plant. A small company called Chemical Equipment occupied a portion of it for a while. The Venezuelan guy who was going to renovate it did get a few tenants for a while, but I guess they're all gone now.
I'll bet this building hold 1,000s of secrets. I'll also bet that James Ward Packard, who died 95 years ago, would be turning over in his grave if he saw his once proud and world class factory looking like this. I wonder where his office was in this huge conglomerate? Could've been in the 1/2 mile long building that's now gone to make room for the I-94 freeway, which didn't exist in his day. Some of the finest cars the world ever had were built within these walls. There were like 75 or 80 different skilled trades that were practiced here. Real craftsman, not handyman crap like today, where people know a little about a lot. These men were experts in every trade......
Man if those walls could talk, ghost whispers of the former employees, so long ago what would they say? A massive undertaking to demo this behemoth, all concrete, wow, hope to see the takedown on video, that’s gonna be awesome to watch. Good Day P. Willy!!
If your headed east on the right in the Packard building the lower level was Arlan's dept store it was there for a while that was in the late 60's early,70's and the left hand side of the Packard building Was being used in later time late 70,:'s Early 80's was used by a company called Dukes . They would bring in the britch lenand cars from Britain shipped to New York and sent by truck haulers to the old Packard building to be detailed they shipped out either different parts of Michigan or the United States . I can't remember they had the car stored on different level's their were stalls on each floor and the flooring wasn't concrete they were wooded. I worker
The building next to it has a guy in there that does really good/cheap bodywork. It looks like no one is there but hes there. Lot of cabbies get theirs fixed there.
Seen many Urbexers exploring that HUGE heap over the years, it was beautiful decay, so what’s with this Art crap? Let me guess, a casino is going up, right? Sure, that will save this garbage pit of a forgotten city, with the Urban Prairie’s, Art will save the day, haha. Anyway, cool Packard, great car to drive up to that old Packard plant, finally going to be torn down? If I could only get in there before security came in, there was a dude living in there, a caretaker of some sort, caretaking what I don’t know, that demo going to co$T how much?? Good luck to them, it’s still a ghost town, Motown has been over a long time, Packard has been abandoned since 1950 something? Nice work man!
Mom had a 53 Clipper. Dad drove it to the junk yard because "it made a noise". She never forgave him! I have a 55 Four Hundred. I had a 55 Patrician but I blew the transmission too far from home and had to leave it. They were great cars, except the 57 and 58. They were horrible!
Loved your video. Nice car BTW. I would like a copy of the photo of the 56 Packards in production you showed at the end. I have a 56 and have never seen a 56 production line. Would you be willing to send it to me?
Surprised by the drone footage 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 the South American guy who was set to rehab the place either hadn’t enough money or lacked the vision either way what a waste smh
Very sad to see such a plant like that. But after making Merlin aircraft engines during the war [and many other things] they went back post war mmaking decent but out of date cars with flathead engines
Very cool ( the car and the plant). Thanks for sharing this bit of history. I watched it twice. Once for me and agin with my 86 year old Dad who remembers it well. 👍
Very cool ( the car and the plant). Thanks for sharing this bit of history. I watched it twice. Once for me and agin with my 86 year old Dad who remembers it well. 👍
Great drone footage.
Hard to imagine all the jobs that building afforded the community.
Great music too.
That instrument cluster is EPIC !!! So classy, and beautiful. That speedometer is smooth as silk, too.
, love this great music and drone flying puts me in great form 🤗
Too cool hard to believe that your car is at its birth place 70 years later
Excellent video P Willys !!! Awesome drone footage, too. Wow, always wanted to go there and visit the old plant, so much incredible history, so many tens of thousands of workers earned an honest living to raise and provide for their families. (100% without a computer or smart phone!!!!!!). My uncle had a '38 Packard 120 Sedan for many years and as a child I remember well the cruises he took my siblings and myself on all around Oklahoma back in the 1960's. Makes me wonder if there still might be any remaining parts or components from the old Packs laying around, buried beneath the ruble. I guess they've all been scavenged by now. Love your '52!!! She's beautiful!!!! I hope you just drive it and enjoy it for years to come JUST THE WAY IT IS !!! Thanks for your time and efforts producing this show. Much appreciated!!! Cheers from Oklahoma City. (got yourself a new subscriber !!)
The first four minutes felt like trying to watch life through a keyhole.
The drone footage was really good though!
Nice car, I like the 'survivor' black paint.
I rember Detroit from the 1950's and 60's. What a change.
Very cool video Pax!
Just an FYI, the 52 you are driving was not built at the grand boulevard plant. Production was moved to the Conner and Warren corner to better suit the production line. That building was torn down a few years later when Packard closed the doors in the late 50s
Nice of you to take the car back to its birthplace while it's still standing. Imagine the plant in its heyday and living right across the street in one of those houses. Just walk to work and a good job awaited you every day. I heard it's to be demolished, but I'm happy to see it's still there for the moment.
Great video of The Packard plant... less 44,000 employees. When you have time try visiting the old Packard Proving Ground in Shelby Township (now a museum). May have to call to get available tour of the mansion and warehouse.
Thanks for a nice video. It is SO sad to see America in decline. We used to be proud, and the best producers in the world, but this has all changed. America needs to get back to its roots...but in a modern way. The conservative values should never change, such as hard work, honesty, family, religion, optimism, and the list is long, but sadly that is fading as well. Again thanks for your efforts in producing this video....also very cool old Packard that you are tooling around in. Warmly, Doctor W.
We got lazy and complacent plus there's little knowledge of history and civics.
You don't know any IT engineers or people who are modern engineers. Everything you are talking about is still intact with many of those people.
@Noah Trump is 76. He's not part of any viable future...just like Biden shouldn't be.
Great video!
Thank you for the cool video. Would be nice if they kept the water tower and some of the buildings as historical landmarks.
Imagine climbing that water tower. I know some peopel have when taking pictures. No thanks.
@@1940limited No thanks for me as well. lol
Great job, you got some amazing footage!
So much history here ! Hopefully we can find a way to place part of the Old factory on National Trust .
You’re truly gifted with the drone
There was a picture on the internet years ago of a dead body in a huge frozen pool of water in the Packard plant. A guy used to live in the plant. A small company called Chemical Equipment occupied a portion of it for a while. The Venezuelan guy who was going to renovate it did get a few tenants for a while, but I guess they're all gone now.
that was in the train station, not the packard plant.
I'll bet this building hold 1,000s of secrets. I'll also bet that James Ward Packard, who died 95 years ago, would be turning over in his grave if he saw his once proud and world class factory looking like this. I wonder where his office was in this huge conglomerate? Could've been in the 1/2 mile long building that's now gone to make room for the I-94 freeway, which didn't exist in his day. Some of the finest cars the world ever had were built within these walls. There were like 75 or 80 different skilled trades that were practiced here. Real craftsman, not handyman crap like today, where people know a little about a lot. These men were experts in every trade......
Man if those walls could talk, ghost whispers of the former employees, so long ago what would they say? A massive undertaking to demo this behemoth, all concrete, wow, hope to see the takedown on video, that’s gonna be awesome to watch. Good Day P. Willy!!
The water tower would make a nice house.
The garage I worked at use to be a Packard dealership in the early 50's late 40's
There was a guy by the name of Allen Hill(?) that lived in the plant for years.
Pretty cool, when are the tearing it down,I'm in Flushing Mi I would love to go see the area
If your headed east on the right in the Packard building the lower level was Arlan's dept store it was there for a while that was in the late 60's early,70's and the left hand side of the Packard building
Was being used in later time late 70,:'s Early 80's was used by a company called Dukes . They would bring in the britch lenand cars from Britain shipped to New York and sent by truck haulers to the old Packard building to be detailed they shipped out either different parts of Michigan or the United States . I can't remember they had the car stored on different level's their were stalls on each floor and the flooring wasn't concrete they were wooded. I worker
Company was called Dykes not Dukes . I worked as a body man repairing the mg triumphs and Jaguar.
enjoyed the music 🤔🤔
That was the largest building in Detroit back in the day.
Here’s a tip when recording from your cell phone, flip it sideways so we get a full view
Plant built and opened in 1903. Can you imangine the manpower it took to erect all this?
All done with mechanical drawings and calculations; no computers. 119 years later it still stands.
The building next to it has a guy in there that does really good/cheap bodywork. It looks like no one is there but hes there. Lot of cabbies get theirs fixed there.
Seen many Urbexers exploring that HUGE heap over the years, it was beautiful decay, so what’s with this Art crap? Let me guess, a casino is going up, right? Sure, that will save this garbage pit of a forgotten city, with the Urban Prairie’s, Art will save the day, haha. Anyway, cool Packard, great car to drive up to that old Packard plant, finally going to be torn down? If I could only get in there before security came in, there was a dude living in there, a caretaker of some sort, caretaking what I don’t know, that demo going to co$T how much?? Good luck to them, it’s still a ghost town, Motown has been over a long time, Packard has been abandoned since 1950 something? Nice work man!
Mom had a 53 Clipper. Dad drove it to the junk yard because "it made a noise". She never forgave him! I have a 55 Four Hundred. I had a 55 Patrician but I blew the transmission too far from home and had to leave it. They were great cars, except the 57 and 58. They were horrible!
That is NOT our skyline!!
Then what is?
Loved your video. Nice car BTW. I would like a copy of the photo of the 56 Packards in production you showed at the end. I have a 56 and have never seen a 56 production line. Would you be willing to send it to me?
I think by 56 they were being built in the Studebaker plant.
Surprised by the drone footage 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 the South American guy who was set to rehab the place either hadn’t enough money or lacked the vision either way what a waste smh
It was promising for a while, but then fizzled out.
Does the gas pedal starter on the 52 still work? Is there a reason you don't have any wheelcovers on it? I presume it runs real well.
So how big was GM, FORD, CHRYSLER?
Did the plant get torn down yet?
I don't think so and it will take a long time once work gets started. Honestly, I'd leave it there.
Is that a big-ass Packard built in Detroit Michigan?
come get your packard plant bricks before theyre gone
Too bad no closed captioning
Very sad to see such a plant like that.
But after making Merlin aircraft engines during the war [and many other things] they went back post war mmaking decent but out of date cars with flathead engines
America used to be number 1 in the world for industries, so sad to see so many jobs lost,futures put on hold in the name of greedy corporations.
America's pride now shame
I wonder what governor whitmer thinks of the state of Michigan America is in decline
Music is not appropriate for subject. Should be sad music or at least Big Band Era stuff...
No music wodu have been fine with me.
Very cool ( the car and the plant). Thanks for sharing this bit of history. I watched it twice. Once for me and agin with my 86 year old Dad who remembers it well. 👍