Bob Hope – 1949 Michigan State Fair Headliner
Packard, Bob Hope, and the 1949 Michigan State Fair
I have a passion for history and architecture, which sometimes gets me into situations that are at first way over my head but often end up having rewarding and satisfying outcomes.
Packard, Bob Hope, and the 1949 Michigan State Fair
The magnitude 6.4 earthquake lasted 10 seconds
Packard reworked the former Tank Building into an Engineering Test Laboratory
What kind of tanks were tested at the PPG during WWII?
How much fun this test driver must have been having driving around the sand pit at the PPG!
Two intriguing shots of a Packard building in England in 1945.
Now I am a volunteer at the PPG, giving tours, working on restorations, serving on committees, writing articles. The site is in good hands and its future is bright.
Soon the enormous task of bringing the site and buildings back to their former glory was underway.
It was easier and more profitable to sell land scraped clean of obsolete and decrepit buildings.
We went to the township government officials to see if they could acquire the property in order to make it a local historic attraction.
The Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site is owned by The Packard Motor Car Foundation & is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. It is funded by foundation grants, individual & corporate contributions, service groups & events. All donations to The Packard Motor Car Foundation are tax-deductible to the full extent permitted by law.
Packard Proving Grounds
49965 Van Dyke Ave
Shelby Township, MI 48317
(586) 739-4800 – Site