The principal behind the Packard Motor Company, Roy Gullickson, will put the Packard Motor Co. up for auction through eBay Motors beginning today. The Packard offer will include U.S. patent and trademarks, the prototype Packard sedan, a full-size styling model, engineering drawings, photo files as well as its tools, dies and molds. The event is part of the Kruse International's Fall Auburn Auction. The Home Depot entered the world of online commerce this week, officially unveiling a site that allows costumers in Las Vegas to purchase online about 40,000 items found in traditional stores. The company said it would expand Internet sales to Austin and San Antonio, Texas, by the end of 2000.
Customers can collect their purchases at a store or can have items shipped.
Users outside Las Vegas who access the site will not have their orders filled, although Dracos said the site will be configured in a few weeks to allow people in other areas to place orders for Las Vegas delivery. First Tuesday Detroit and Automation Alley will hold Automotive Night at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the DaimlerChrysler Tech Center in Auburn Hills. Automotive Night aims to showcase some of the local applications and highlight work in progress as well as future directions for the industry. Featured speakers include John Sviokla of Diamond Technology Partners, Steve Bell of Supply Solution, Mike Skinner of Ideal Technologies and Gary Dilts of DaimlerChrysler's eConnect division. The event is free to the public.