Packard club wants to join local SDC chapter

[BShaw]

As others have noted, the Packard folks would be required to join the SDC to preserve your charter and ensure things like SDC insurance for your meets and chapter officers. If such a "merger" were to happen I suppose the chapter name would be modified (Midway Studebaker-Packard Club?). I believe there is precedence for this... the Studebaker-Packard Club of the Nederlands is an SDC chapter. You might check with George Hamlin on that. Anyway, that would square you away with the SDC. Of course, if the incoming members wanted some continuing relationship with the national Packard Club (other than their individual memberships in it) that would be a significant issue to be figured out by your Midway people.

[Milaca]

Perhaps the day will come that the Studebaker Driver's Club and the International Packard Club will need to merge (within the next decade or two?). Just as the two automobile companies merged to attempt to become financially stronger, perhaps the two clubs merging would be of great benefit one day.
However, I do not know how strong the Packard club is, as I assume they are a much smaller club with membership dwindling faster than the Studebaker club.
Perhaps it would need to be a more grand merger, like that which made American Motors? Merge the clubs of Studebaker, Packard, Nash, Hudson...but where do you draw the line? So many possibilities and so many potential problems....

[Lou Van Anne]

I don't see the need for SDC and ASC being separate organisations.

Perhaps the day will come that the Studebaker Driver's Club and the International Packard Club will need to merge (within the next decade or two?). Just as the two automobile companies merged to attempt to become financially stronger, perhaps the two clubs merging would be of great benefit one day.
However, I do not know how strong the Packard club is, as I assume they are a much smaller club with membership dwindling faster than the Studebaker club.
Perhaps it would need to be a more grand merger, like that which made American Motors? Merge the clubs of Studebaker, Packard, Nash, Hudson...but where do you draw the line? So many possibilities and so many potential problems....

[SN-60]

For OBVIOUS historical correctness & accuracy, The Packard chapter should be taking over the Studebaker chapter.

[paul shuffleburg]

SN--60, I agree, and then drop the Packard name in a few years.

[SN-60]

SN--60, I agree, and then drop the Packard name in a few years.

Ha-ha!!!!......FUNNY!!!!!

[54stude]

I don't see the need for SDC and ASC being separate organisations.

I never understood this myself. I like seeing the pre war studebakers at meets!

[clonelark]

I really like orphan shows, I see a lot of neat cars i would not normally see. I'd like to see a national orphan club. I own 3 different orphans, Henry J, Crosley and Studebaker, but more Studebakers.

[57pack]

Could form one large group of all independent vehicle manufacturers as membership dwindles, as they will.
Upcoming generations have little knowledge or interest in vehicles manufactured before their times. No connections other than what we teach them. In my case my grandaughter is probably the only one in her fourth grade class who knows of Packard and Studebaker. Because of the time she spends with PopPop in the garage.

[hausdok]

I'll bet there is at least one lawyer in one of those chapters. Contact the guy and ask him/her how it needs to be set up to work.

[Lou Van Anne]

There is a joint Studebaker-Packard Club in the Netherlands that is recognized as a chapter of SDC.

[Avantidon]

There are a lot of excellent points in this thread and I personally believe that it an issue that needs to be discussed by the SDC Board. There is merit to a joint Studebaker/Packard club and well worht exploring at the national level by both organizations.

[Chris Pile]

I'll bet there is at least one lawyer in one of those chapters.

That would be Roger in the Packard club...

[6hk71400]

Maybe some members that have been involved with SDC since early times could shed some light on previous "merges". I believe there was at one time a Studebaker Owners Club or something like that. Why it was started when there was SDC I don't know. I do believe after some period of time that club joined with SDC. Can anyone shed some light on that?

ASC I believe was started by Bill Cannon. There are times when our chapter has tried to have an event, and invariably someone pops up with a "conflict" with an event that the ASC is holding at the same time. I don't know if it will happen with ASC and SDC ever combining but as time passes, I could see a benefit for that to happen.

Bob Miles
Tucson AZ

[kurtruk]

I really like orphan shows, I see a lot of neat cars i would not normally see. I'd like to see a national orphan club. I own 3 different orphans, Henry J, Crosley and Studebaker, but more Studebakers.

Orphan encompasses a WHOLE lot more today...Plymouth, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Mercury, Saturn...need I go on...Dodge pickups, OK I'll stop.