So cool but so incredibly sad. Another relic of the past when we were a great nation who took great pride in our manufacturing. Such beautiful automobiles they were. And so glad you included the hearse photo. I have a book on the history of hearses with similar pix. What’s happened to our greatest cities is just shameful but thanks for sharing this bit of history with us.
@@Juror-45 we can begin to be a great nation again when the people that we elect to represent us gets their head out of their asses and starts doing so. With President Trump back in the house and the Republicans going to control the house and Senate then maybe things will start to get done again. Maybe some of these places in Detroit could come back to life and be used again, create jobs and improve the lives of so many in the Detroit area. Not only in the Detroit area but all over in general. I live in Central Ohio and there is a factory here called anchor hocking which has went through so many changes nearing bankruptcy. They had two plants here as well as a distribution center one plant shut down and was bulldozed. Another plant here called Lancaster glass is now gone. We need to bring these places back to life.
@@stephenspears4023Anchor Hocking! I just used my now antique Anchor Hocking glass measuring cup this morning. I had one and broke it and was thrilled to find another at an antique shop. Yes, it’s time for a change but sadly the country is ruled by shareholders now. Everyone on both parties is bought & sold by the corporations that fund their elections. The voters don’t control much anymore. 🇺🇸
This was once a very active place full of people and their many stories and walks of life. They leveled the old Ford Plant in St Louis. That was equally sad. I have friends and relatives who work/worked in these Automobile Plants. I love your reverence and sentimental reflections along with your relics you collected, Scott. Thanks as usual for a wonderful video. ❤
That bridge between the two buildings actually collapsed under the weight of a heavy snowfall. Fortunately nobody was under it when it hit the road below it. It highlighted to the city government that something had to be done about the plant which eventually led to it being demolished. It is sad that it came to that but it had just been left to deteriorate for far too long and really was a dangerous place … on so many levels.
A beautiful tribute for a place that provided up to 40,000 jobs at one point . I know the Packard Plant means a lot to you and your family . I understand why as the place where my dad used to be a manager , folded about 10 years ago now . He left at the end of 1980, when he was diagnosed with cancer . He died in February the following year, 1981. Thank you Scott, for the tour . RIP to those who are no longer with us ❤❤❤
It is a shame what has happened to that city. A buddy of mine went to Niagara Falls for vacation and they stopped in Detroit for gas. When my buddy went to pay for the gas, he had to pay the guy through bulletproof glass. It was like 6 inches thick And on the counter behind the clerk was double barrel. There’s no way I will go anywhere near Detroit, and Scott you got guts. I’ve watched many of your programs along with Jordan, the lion and others. Keep astounding us with everything that you find and we look forward to hearing from you always be cool, be safe, but most of all be blessed!
My dad worked and retired from Chrysler from late 50s till 80s. He was in personel , but the union workers were paid very well, more than enough to raise families, put kids thru college, invest, full benefits. It was a good living. Then unions got more powerful and greedier, wanting more perks till they partly ruined everything. When they ran out of things to ask for, they then wanted employee birthdays off. What a scheduling nightmare that would've caused. Employees also got lazy, would piss or throw wrenches into machinery to break machinery on purpose to shut down the line. Everything goes too far and look where we are now? In the long run retired union workers got better retirement benefits too. Over time some of my dad's promised benefits petered out completely.
My grandfather passed in 1949 so I never met him, but he'd worked at Packard as a draftsman from what I could piece together. Interesting note: about 10-12 years ago someone had "salvaged" some of the interior wooden doors and was refurbishing then selling them;; I tried to get one but they were just too expensive, unfortunately.
very cool-I moved to detroit from Tacoma Washington in Jan of 1994 with my hubby and remember driving under the bridge over the road from the Packard Plant. what a land mark! Thanks for the memories Scott!
I was in Detroit not long before they demolished tiger stadum my son and I was walking around outside and the same thing happened to me this security guard came up to us and said do you want to go inside and I said hell yes 20 bucks later my son and I was standing on the field with grass and weeds everywhere got some great pictures best 20 bucks I ever spent ,you gotta love Detroit
I live in Northern Missouri and back in the 1970’s our city went through what was called Urban Development. I was a child then but they tore down so much of the historic buildings that were beautiful. I remember we went to only one of the distructive blowing up of a grand hotel. My mother actually cried. So sad that people don’t take pride in history anymore l. 😢☹️
Detroit is a beautiful old city to visit, which I have a few times. Rough and creepy now. This is what happens when plants that close down and the housing made for them go empty . So sad. I'm extremely grateful for the videos.
Across from the plant was Arlans dept. store and right pass the railroad tracks was A&P grocery store .. the old neighborhood and thank you for the video
That roundish looking item looks like a bearing. The outer rim would be in some type of mount. The inner/center area would hold some type of rotating shaft. Probably from a vehicle or factory equipment. The outer surface and inner surface are separated by either ball bearings or roller bearings.
I toured the Homer Laughlin China Manufacture in WV and their entire first floor too, was all wooden bricks. In all of the isles and walkways there was a curvature just from the hundred plus years of carts and foot traffic. Pretty cool way to lay a floor.
Another thing that lead to the demise of the company was not only the merge but the executives were old with most of them never retiring and were only replaced when they died. Most upper management executives back then didn't get pensions and their positions became lifetime careers and they didn't advance with the times. Some years back I met Henry B. Joy's great grandson on a flight.
Another great video, sir! I visited Dearborn and Detroit in 2018 and was fortunate enough to get to drive under the Packard Plant bridge 6 months before it fell. So sad.
This was so great! I would love to own a Packard! I have a brick from the General Motors building in Doraville Georgia. My sister got them when it got demolished. My father and a lot family worked there. My father went to work there when it opened. During my childhood l went through there on tours of the plant. Take care and safe travels ❤️ Merry Christmas to you and yours ❤
As a kid I grew up on the other side of the border from Detroit . My parents would threaten to take to that area and leave us there. Scared the crap out of us!
Awesome photographs Scott. Such a fascinating piece of history and really beautiful looking vehicles. I loved that first hearse that you showed, so much detail! Thank you for sharing. 💗
Beautiful slide show with the background music. I was doing ok until that part and then tears. So many memories, so many stories, all happening throughout the years. Sometimes 3 generations working at the same plant when it actually meant something to have a loyalty to a company and a company that provided a paycheck so that your family could eat. Not saying all a bed of roses but so different than the soulless corporations of today. Lifelong coworkers that shared their lives with each other at work and outside of work. Kids that followed in their dad's footsteps and were proud to carry on a tradition. All gone now. God bless those who worked so hard throughout all those years to provide a product that we could say was: "MADE IN AMERICA."
I visited Detroit in 1987 and I drove by the Packard plant and checked out a few other iconic buildings. In '87 the plant looked like it was still sound, but in deep decay. My late mother had a Packard, so I had to see where it was made. I also checked out Ford's Rouge Plant. I hope you get a chance to check out the Book Building and Michigan Central Station; Detroit is making a comeback and that is a very good thing.
I've lived in MI all my life, got to tour a Chevy factory in the 1960's where my Granddad worked. Visited the Ford Museum back in the day also. The Continental Motors plant in Muskegon had a huge tunnel underneath for workers to go in case of attack. They made engines for tanks, trucks, ect. Yes, the MI winters are too long and too cold :o)
Scott, im a big " fan" of yours. Know you're, from Detroit as well ( 7 mile and Gratiot is where i grew up) One of my dreams is to meet you someday. Familiar with where you grew up ( intersection) Love your work Much love to you and your partner. Merry Christmas, friend. P.s. I visit Sebring grave often. Big big fan. Love you✌️
Urban exploring is fun & dangerous all at the same time. Thanks for sharing with us, Scott! The heads over your shoulder are freaking me out. 😂 Can't remember the sisters names at the moment....
This was a really neat video, Scott. Looking at yesterday's true blue Americana is, however, quite sad. My late father had a beautiful '55 Packard. I don't know what model. Life sure does pass us all very expediently, doesn't it? I just don't want to look old.
Scott love your Channel is so unique in taking us on a visit when we were a Great Healthy Country! Just saw a video on Detroit and Hudson’s and how it was demolished in the end?? The people that have had the reigns Do Not Appreciate History!! History is history good , bad or indifferent and you cannot just pretend it never happened! Do you think the AIRHEADS we have now will ever create another Industrial Growth in our Country?? Happy Holidays to you and Troy!! 🌺
Being a Cali. Bay Area baby (born/raised) I had always heard of Detroit from my G'pa etc. and the glory of the car plants, Motown, prosperity etc.??? When I actually saw Detroit, I was literally dismayed!!! I was so sad :( Nothing like the stories my G'parents told me? I remember saying: "This is Detroit?" It looked like Armageddon or the rapture had come!!! No bodies, no sounds and I kid you not-a garbage bag rolled across a street resembling a tumbleweed rolling across a desert of empty. I mean no disrespect.....it stuck w/me. Credit to Eminem for his highlighting it.....Detroit needs lots of TLC
It's sad. I'm not even from there. I'm from Chicago and have watched other things crumble but that one was something special. I can't even watch this right now and will be back.
I have a feeling you would be so interesting and fun to float around in a pool in the summer and talk for hours. Thank you for all your preservation efforts. Your sense of altruism is undeniable. The masonry throughout is so beautiful. They don't make 'em like they used to. Back in the day, bricklayers were allowed some creative flexibility and often added their own flair to show their skills and talent. You'll see such in the brick cladding of buildings from the 1900s through the 1960s. In this case, I'm referring to the diamond-shaped mortar pockets placed at even intervals along the floorline of the building. Carpenters and construction workers took great pride in their work. Much like laborers who built the cathedrals in Europe, they crafted the buildings as if they were planning on it being there for 1,000 years. For an abandoned building that's almost a century old, it's doing pretty good. (Considering the unnecessary vamdalism.)
I’m envisioning men with lunchboxes waiting in line to punch the time clock. Both my grandfathers worked at Ford and my mom grew up in Delray. It makes me sad to see this, yet it’s fascinating, too.
They were the fastest stock cars on the road. Big city police departments typically always had one in the police fleet for speed purposes. The fall started when the owner went to prison around 2010 and tenants started moving out. There were businesses inside of those buildings until about 10 years ago. There was an A&P down the road and a store called Kingsworld back in the 80s. I knew a retired Grosse Pointe cop who said he and his friends would go to the parking lots on Sunday and drive the cars off the lots and then park them as if they were never moved. The keys were always in the vehicles and there wasn't security watching the lots in the 1950s. They did eventually get caught but there was no prosecution.
Juat imagine the sorrow of those who worked there, if they were to see now how this place has gone to rack and ruin... imaginw the memories they hold and then the destruction and decay now left....
Love all of your videos and i had to laugh at the Beavis and Butthead tribute at the beginning. I was feeling a little down and you made me smile. Thank you and Merry Christmas
Closed in 56, they bought Studebaker and moved to their plant which was a mistake by the pencil pushers because they couldn't build a big Packard on the Studebaker assembly line plus Studebaker had the highest costs per car running this assembly line. They would have been better pulling Studebaker to the Detroit factory.
Dr. Cade owned s bunch of Packard and studebakers. They are planning a museum of them at some time. If they name is not familiar Dr. Cade is the inventor of Gatorade. The old guy lives there and watches the original Packard plant. He has a Rv and lives on property
I was so mad at myself they tore down the very fist funeral home in Jacksonville, Florida and I so wanted to a brick or two and I never went. I’m sure it all went into the damn dump
It's what happens when your facilities can turn out 200k cars but you only sell 50k...you have no option but to downsize .here Studebaker built the remaining 57/58 cars in south bend and that was it.
Another landmark destroyed. I've lived here 20 years, and in that relatively brief time, the entire landscape of the city has changed for the worse. When it comes to destroying history, Detroit is right up there with LA.
Have to share something else, I'm 60 and my granddads would say, if someone was deceased and they lived a good life respectfully.. "their on the way to in a Packard ".
That’s a bearing. 12:30 The industrial revolution created Detroit but the climate in the upper Midwest caused many to migrate to the sun belt states. WWII provided many with many to leave their home states and experience other parts of America and the world. Thereby people were less tied to tradition and more comfortable with relocation. But like so many other migrations, many many circumstances were factors for the abandonment of Detroit and other cities in the region. This vlog will find its place in the documentary record of Detroit.
A tie to another notorious murderer. Charles Starkweather was driving a 1956 Packard when he was finally caught after killing 11 people. The car belonged to Ward Lauer, one of his victims. Apparently it's still in circulation somewhere.
I don't know where they all were but we had ab Arlens here in Bay City mi, back when I was a young kid...so the were on the outside of Detroit as well. I haven't heard that name in 50 years!
So cool but so incredibly sad. Another relic of the past when we were a great nation who took great pride in our manufacturing. Such beautiful automobiles they were. And so glad you included the hearse photo. I have a book on the history of hearses with similar pix. What’s happened to our greatest cities is just shameful but thanks for sharing this bit of history with us.
@@Juror-45 we can begin to be a great nation again when the people that we elect to represent us gets their head out of their asses and starts doing so. With President Trump back in the house and the Republicans going to control the house and Senate then maybe things will start to get done again. Maybe some of these places in Detroit could come back to life and be used again, create jobs and improve the lives of so many in the Detroit area. Not only in the Detroit area but all over in general. I live in Central Ohio and there is a factory here called anchor hocking which has went through so many changes nearing bankruptcy. They had two plants here as well as a distribution center one plant shut down and was bulldozed. Another plant here called Lancaster glass is now gone. We need to bring these places back to life.
@@stephenspears4023Anchor Hocking! I just used my now antique Anchor Hocking glass measuring cup this morning. I had one and broke it and was thrilled to find another at an antique shop. Yes, it’s time for a change but sadly the country is ruled by shareholders now. Everyone on both parties is bought & sold by the corporations that fund their elections. The voters don’t control much anymore. 🇺🇸
This was once a very active place full of people and their many stories and walks of life. They leveled the old Ford Plant in St Louis. That was equally sad. I have friends and relatives who work/worked in these Automobile Plants. I love your reverence and sentimental reflections along with your relics you collected, Scott. Thanks as usual for a wonderful video. ❤
That bridge between the two buildings actually collapsed under the weight of a heavy snowfall. Fortunately nobody was under it when it hit the road below it. It highlighted to the city government that something had to be done about the plant which eventually led to it being demolished. It is sad that it came to that but it had just been left to deteriorate for far too long and really was a dangerous place … on so many levels.
A beautiful tribute for a place that provided up to 40,000 jobs at one point . I know the Packard Plant means a lot to you and your family . I understand why as the place where my dad used to be a manager , folded about 10 years ago now . He left at the end of 1980, when he was diagnosed with cancer . He died in February the following year, 1981.
Thank you Scott, for the tour . RIP to those who are no longer with us ❤❤❤
Ruins always make me sad. What once was 😥
Right? And still you can't stop looking at it and just nonchalantly walk away.
It is a shame what has happened to that city. A buddy of mine went to Niagara Falls for vacation and they stopped in Detroit for gas. When my buddy went to pay for the gas, he had to pay the guy through bulletproof glass. It was like 6 inches thick And on the counter behind the clerk was double barrel. There’s no way I will go anywhere near Detroit, and Scott you got guts. I’ve watched many of your programs along with Jordan, the lion and others. Keep astounding us with everything that you find and we look forward to hearing from you always be cool, be safe, but most of all be blessed!
Thank you so much!
Every gas station and fast food in Detroit has thick bulletproof glass!!!
Packard is among the Dearly Departed too, I guess.....thanks Scott
Historical and a lot of meaning for you and your family awesome
I've driven by the Packard Plant thousands of times since the 60"s and never went inside. Thanks for giving everyone an inside tour.
My dad worked and retired from Chrysler from late 50s till 80s. He was in personel , but the union workers were paid very well, more than enough to raise families, put kids thru college, invest, full benefits. It was a good living. Then unions got more powerful and greedier, wanting more perks till they partly ruined everything. When they ran out of things to ask for, they then wanted employee birthdays off. What a scheduling nightmare that would've caused. Employees also got lazy, would piss or throw wrenches into machinery to break machinery on purpose to shut down the line. Everything goes too far and look where we are now? In the long run retired union workers got better retirement benefits too. Over time some of my dad's promised benefits petered out completely.
I understand the point of unions. They do very good things. I’ve also worked the assembly line at GM and saw it abused.
Love your channel, Scott. I think most major cities have the same problems that Detroit has, unfortunately.
Love it! More Urban Archaeology... cheers Scott.
Your dad was gorgeous, what a cool picture!
My grandfather passed in 1949 so I never met him, but he'd worked at Packard as a draftsman from what I could piece together. Interesting note: about 10-12 years ago someone had "salvaged" some of the interior wooden doors and was refurbishing then selling them;; I tried to get one but they were just too expensive, unfortunately.
very cool-I moved to detroit from Tacoma Washington in Jan of 1994 with my hubby and remember driving under the bridge over the road from the Packard Plant. what a land mark! Thanks for the memories Scott!
I was in Detroit not long before they demolished tiger stadum my son and I was walking around outside and the same thing happened to me this security guard came up to us and said do you want to go inside and I said hell yes 20 bucks later my son and I was standing on the field with grass and weeds everywhere got some great pictures best 20 bucks I ever spent ,you gotta love Detroit
Every cloud!
I live in Northern Missouri and back in the 1970’s our city went through what was called Urban Development. I was a child then but they tore down so much of the historic buildings that were beautiful. I remember we went to only one of the distructive blowing up of a grand hotel. My mother actually cried. So sad that people don’t take pride in history anymore l. 😢☹️
So cool to see that but so sad to see such a big place that employed so many now just falling apart. Thanks for sharing
Detroit is a beautiful old city to visit, which I have a few times. Rough and creepy now. This is what happens when plants that close down and the housing made for them go empty . So sad.
I'm extremely grateful for the videos.
It's amazing tribute to your dad and thousands of people who work there in Detroit thank you Scott for show this packet building with us
Gotta admit, pretty damn cool. Took balls to go there, 2 hrs away, excellent piece of Americana. Thanks for the share.
Very interesting. I love stories and pictures like this.
Across from the plant was Arlans dept. store and right pass the railroad tracks was A&P grocery store .. the old neighborhood and thank you for the video
My Grandpa worked at that A & P!
Wow! That's got to be weird to see it in the present.
Love the history there and the memories that are in your family
Still amazed by your liberace apprentice tell all...that gentleman told all and I mean all 😮😮😮......
Wow, very interesting, lots of history.
Very interesting subject. Thanks.
That roundish looking item looks like a bearing. The outer rim would be in some type of mount. The inner/center area would hold some type of rotating shaft. Probably from a vehicle or factory equipment. The outer surface and inner surface are separated by either ball bearings or roller bearings.
I toured the Homer Laughlin China Manufacture in WV and their entire first floor too, was all wooden bricks. In all of the isles and walkways there was a curvature just from the hundred plus years of carts and foot traffic. Pretty cool way to lay a floor.
Detroit was so cool when I was a kid…then everyone started buying foreign cars….the end
I adore all your vintage 50s and 60s cookware behind you . Regards from England
Another thing that lead to the demise of the company was not only the merge but the executives were old with most of them never retiring and were only replaced when they died. Most upper management executives back then didn't get pensions and their positions became lifetime careers and they didn't advance with the times. Some years back I met Henry B. Joy's great grandson on a flight.
Another great video, sir! I visited Dearborn and Detroit in 2018 and was fortunate enough to get to drive under the Packard Plant bridge 6 months before it fell. So sad.
Amazing! Thanks Scott.
What an incredible bit of MI history. As a kid who grew up in Wayne, my parents worked at Ford on MI Ave. Its great to see the city reviving again.
Thank you for sharing, Scott! Love the history.
This was so great! I would love to own a Packard! I have a brick from the General Motors building in Doraville Georgia. My sister got them when it got demolished. My father and a lot family worked there. My father went to work there when it opened. During my childhood l went through there on tours of the plant. Take care and safe travels ❤️ Merry Christmas to you and yours ❤
Awe so great to show this
Another Awesome video, Scott and co., thank you, that gave me goosebumps watching that!
My husband has a 36 Packard and enjoyed your blog.
That's awesome!
As a kid I grew up on the other side of the border from Detroit . My parents would threaten to take to that area and leave us there. Scared the crap out of us!
What cool history Scott! So interesting!!!!
The round item is a bearing more than likely a axle bearing great video for sure thanks for taking us along
Awesome photographs Scott. Such a fascinating piece of history and really beautiful looking vehicles. I loved that first hearse that you showed, so much detail! Thank you for sharing. 💗
Beautiful slide show with the background music. I was doing ok until that part and then tears. So many memories, so many stories, all happening throughout the years. Sometimes 3 generations working at the same plant when it actually meant something to have a loyalty to a company and a company that provided a paycheck so that your family could eat. Not saying all a bed of roses but so different than the soulless corporations of today. Lifelong coworkers that shared their lives with each other at work and outside of work. Kids that followed in their dad's footsteps and were proud to carry on a tradition. All gone now.
God bless those who worked so hard throughout all those years to provide a product that we could say was: "MADE IN AMERICA."
Wow so cool! Thanks Scott!!
The fact that no one has come up with a plan to redevelop or even to clean up the space says a lot. Damn shame.
Awesome Video. Outstanding History. Thank You!👍👍🙏🔥❤️💪🇺🇸
I think one of those PACKARD door headers was saved. Ive seen one in the Dayton Packard museum. Not sure if its the one in your clip though.
I visited Detroit in 1987 and I drove by the Packard plant and checked out a few other iconic buildings. In '87 the plant looked like it was still sound, but in deep decay. My late mother had a Packard, so I had to see where it was made. I also checked out Ford's Rouge Plant.
I hope you get a chance to check out the Book Building and Michigan Central Station; Detroit is making a comeback and that is a very good thing.
I was just thinking how sad , what history that place has
Thanks Scott
My ex had a 1955 Packard Patrician. What a fun ride!
I've lived in MI all my life, got to tour a Chevy factory in the 1960's where my Granddad worked. Visited the Ford Museum back in the day also. The Continental Motors plant in Muskegon had a huge tunnel underneath for workers to go in case of attack. They made engines for tanks, trucks, ect. Yes, the MI winters are too long and too cold :o)
Scott, im a big " fan" of yours. Know you're, from Detroit as well ( 7 mile and Gratiot is where i grew up)
One of my dreams is to meet you someday. Familiar with where you grew up ( intersection)
Love your work
Much love to you and your partner.
Merry Christmas, friend.
P.s. I visit Sebring grave often.
Big big fan. Love you✌️
I think my Mom and Daddy had a Packard. I remember that Daddy said it drank oil. He kept a case of oil with him all the time.
Urban exploring is fun & dangerous all at the same time. Thanks for sharing with us, Scott!
The heads over your shoulder are freaking me out. 😂 Can't remember the sisters names at the moment....
So sad,thank you Scott
This was a really neat video, Scott. Looking at yesterday's true blue Americana is, however, quite sad. My late father had a beautiful '55 Packard. I don't know what model. Life sure does pass us all very expediently, doesn't it? I just don't want to look old.
Scott love your Channel is so unique in taking us on a visit when we were a Great Healthy Country! Just saw a video on Detroit and Hudson’s and how it was demolished in the end?? The people that have had the reigns Do Not Appreciate History!! History is history good , bad or indifferent and you cannot just pretend it never happened! Do you think the AIRHEADS we have now will ever create another Industrial Growth in our Country?? Happy Holidays to you and Troy!! 🌺
Being a Cali. Bay Area baby (born/raised) I had always heard of Detroit from my G'pa etc. and the glory of the car plants, Motown, prosperity etc.??? When I actually saw Detroit, I was literally dismayed!!! I was so sad :( Nothing like the stories my G'parents told me? I remember saying: "This is Detroit?" It looked like Armageddon or the rapture had come!!! No bodies, no sounds and I kid you not-a garbage bag rolled across a street resembling a tumbleweed rolling across a desert of empty. I mean no disrespect.....it stuck w/me. Credit to Eminem for his highlighting it.....Detroit needs lots of TLC
Looks like a wheel bearing, possibly part of the mechanism used in the plants assembly line
It's sad. I'm not even from there. I'm from Chicago and have watched other things crumble but that one was something special. I can't even watch this right now and will be back.
I have a feeling you would be so interesting and fun to float around in a pool in the summer and talk for hours. Thank you for all your preservation efforts. Your sense of altruism is undeniable. The masonry throughout is so beautiful. They don't make 'em like they used to. Back in the day, bricklayers were allowed some creative flexibility and often added their own flair to show their skills and talent. You'll see such in the brick cladding of buildings from the 1900s through the 1960s. In this case, I'm referring to the diamond-shaped mortar pockets placed at even intervals along the floorline of the building. Carpenters and construction workers took great pride in their work. Much like laborers who built the cathedrals in Europe, they crafted the buildings as if they were planning on it being there for 1,000 years. For an abandoned building that's almost a century old, it's doing pretty good. (Considering the unnecessary vamdalism.)
It's good to see you come back to Detroit. Packard is almost down and, as always, there are more Grand Plans
I’m envisioning men with lunchboxes waiting in line to punch the time clock. Both my grandfathers worked at Ford and my mom grew up in Delray. It makes me sad to see this, yet it’s fascinating, too.
That railroad is probably where they brought the parts in from or the steel
hope you and Troy have a happy Christmas and a happy new year see you in 2025 with new videos coming in the next year in 2025 love your UA-cam channel
I really wanted to hear his Leslie West story . Im named after one of his songs 😊
Would be a great history lesson to share
They were the fastest stock cars on the road. Big city police departments typically always had one in the police fleet for speed purposes. The fall started when the owner went to prison around 2010 and tenants started moving out. There were businesses inside of those buildings until about 10 years ago. There was an A&P down the road and a store called Kingsworld back in the 80s. I knew a retired Grosse Pointe cop who said he and his friends would go to the parking lots on Sunday and drive the cars off the lots and then park them as if they were never moved. The keys were always in the vehicles and there wasn't security watching the lots in the 1950s. They did eventually get caught but there was no prosecution.
l would have loved to hear more about Leslie West story
Definitely tells a story from the ground up
Thanks Scott! Really enjoyed it! Wonder what the president's office looked like?
the executive buildings had elaborate iron work and paneling on the inside. John DeLorean worked at Packard early on in his career.
That’s interesting. Someone I know just told me they know where one of the doors is. Beautiful stained glass. In Southern CA.
You look just like Your dad I really enjoy your videos.
Such a shame, but you got good pictures.
Glad you got back out
That stuff they used to preserve the wood. I used gallons of it under a house i used to own. No Gloves No Facemask.
Arlans was in Denver in the 1960s. 🎉
Scott looks like you went there when the walkway was still up it collapse a few years ago!!!
Juat imagine the sorrow of those who worked there, if they were to see now how this place has gone to rack and ruin... imaginw the memories they hold and then the destruction and decay now left....
The Beavis & Butthead laugh at the 🍆 was hilarious! I died! 😂😂😂
Thanks for the tip about the photo. It’s gone.
Love all of your videos and i had to laugh at the Beavis and Butthead tribute at the beginning. I was feeling a little down and you made me smile. Thank you and Merry Christmas
Closed in 56, they bought Studebaker and moved to their plant which was a mistake by the pencil pushers because they couldn't build a big Packard on the Studebaker assembly line plus Studebaker had the highest costs per car running this assembly line. They would have been better pulling Studebaker to the Detroit factory.
Dr. Cade owned s bunch of Packard and studebakers. They are planning a museum of them at some time. If they name is not familiar Dr. Cade is the inventor of Gatorade.
The old guy lives there and watches the original Packard plant. He has a Rv and lives on property
Freelance security. I am in!
My granny and i used to walk the railroad tracks and loved the smell of creosote. She also used tar soap. I'm old. 😂
I read that Henry Ford was transported in a Packard hearse when he died as Ford motor didn't make one.
I lived near Detroit on Selfridge Air National Guard Base from about 1975-1978
I was so mad at myself they tore down the very fist funeral home in Jacksonville, Florida and I so wanted to a brick or two and I never went. I’m sure it all went into the damn dump
It's what happens when your facilities can turn out 200k cars but you only sell 50k...you have no option but to downsize .here Studebaker built the remaining 57/58 cars in south bend and that was it.
I can’t tell did they tear down the original assembly line or did they tear down another building?
That round thing looks like part of a ball bearing ring goes on , probably in the brake system
I was looking for this statement. I changed the brakes on my '57 Chevy from the originals to disc. The bearing rings look exactly like that.
Thank you! I’m thrilled to know this
@@DearlyDepartedTours you’re very welcome
Scott was that your Dad in that photo?? What a Gorgeous Man! 🌺
Yes it was!
Another landmark destroyed. I've lived here 20 years, and in that relatively brief time, the entire landscape of the city has changed for the worse.
When it comes to destroying history, Detroit is right up there with LA.
Have to share something else, I'm 60 and my granddads would say, if someone was deceased and they lived a good life respectfully.. "their on the way to in a Packard ".
That’s a bearing. 12:30
The industrial revolution created Detroit but the climate in the upper Midwest caused many to migrate to the sun belt states. WWII provided many with many to leave their home states and experience other parts of America and the world. Thereby people were less tied to tradition and more comfortable with relocation. But like so many other migrations, many many circumstances were factors for the abandonment of Detroit and other cities in the region. This vlog will find its place in the documentary record of Detroit.
Scott, what's up with going back to your podcast?
A tie to another notorious murderer. Charles Starkweather was driving a 1956 Packard when he was finally caught after killing 11 people. The car belonged to Ward Lauer, one of his victims. Apparently it's still in circulation somewhere.
I don't know where they all were but we had ab Arlens here in Bay City mi, back when I was a young kid...so the were on the outside of Detroit as well. I haven't heard that name in 50 years!
Damn, whoever closed the place down took everything with them. There's nothing but walls left.
The round object is a set of bearings for an engine component.