kenmore1978
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American Motors conglomeration
The original corporation was the Nash car company. It merged with Kelvinator to become Nash-Kelvinator Corp. George Mason, the President, saw the handwriting on the wall and realized that the independents had to get together to have any chance against the Big 3. The plan was to merge Nash-Kelvinator and Hudson Motor Car together, then for Packard and Studebaker to merge, than for those companies to merge into what would be American Motors. Those 2 mergers did occur, but George Mason would die before the whole scheme could be completed. He was the driving force behind the plan, and without him, James Nance,(who, ironically, came from Hotpoint) head of Studebaker-Packard, balked at the final stage of the merger. Interesting to think how things would've been different if the whole thing had gone through.
The original corporation was the Nash car company. It merged with Kelvinator to become Nash-Kelvinator Corp. George Mason, the President, saw the handwriting on the wall and realized that the independents had to get together to have any chance against the Big 3. The plan was to merge Nash-Kelvinator and Hudson Motor Car together, then for Packard and Studebaker to merge, than for those companies to merge into what would be American Motors. Those 2 mergers did occur, but George Mason would die before the whole scheme could be completed. He was the driving force behind the plan, and without him, James Nance,(who, ironically, came from Hotpoint) head of Studebaker-Packard, balked at the final stage of the merger. Interesting to think how things would've been different if the whole thing had gone through.
