TIm, all due respect, this horse has been beaten to death for decades now by those of us who have been dedicated to uncovering the truth of this matter. A huge part of that has been actually locating the people involved in the company. There are soo many of these fragmented and suppositional histories floating around the net and it makes keeping fact and fiction separated a nightmare.
One contact I have that reached out to the NAPCO Owners Group about 16 years ago is a man named Howard Klevann. He was the National Parts Manager for NAPCO at the time that DANA bought the Front Driving Axle Division from NAPCO. He started as a machinist with the company in the early 1960's. He was retained by DANA and retired from Dana-Spicer. He gave us a copy of a memorandum from, if I recall, the president of the Front Driving Axle Division of NAPCO that gave a brief history of the upfits, and it stated that they started in 1953. Unfortunately, I lost my copies in the wildfire that destroyed my home and shop two years ago. I'm trying to get other members that may have copies to produce them.
