And I did STRONGLY urge him to join PackardInfo.com. He's 81 years old and not too immersed in our internet ways, but I expect to have some continuing dialogue with him...so I will continue to push him to the website. This is his FIRST "old" car he has ever bought!

Mal: Just to let you know...my car has been sold to a gentleman in Oklahoma.

Ever the vigilant Mal! No problem...

Hello, all. Here's the Hemmings ad for my 23rd Series. I've decided it's time to move on...not sure to what right now, but can't really think of that until I free up the garage space!

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/packard/super/2386503.html

Assuming that the problem is not electrical in nature, another thing you could try that's simple is to floor the throttle when presented with the condition. This will fully open the choke. What you could be dealing with is a phenomenon involving "fuel percolation" in the carb which can lead to a flooded engine situation. When I first encountered the problem almost 10 years ago in my 23rd series Super (after just having acquired it), I was totally baffled and very concerned. But via this forum I was advised to try this approach, and it worked. And it has ever since...without fail. I have replaced the car's coil as well as points/condenser, and the car does have 00 cables...yet, I do encounter this situation still. But flooring the pedal always gets me started again.

You might also want to check your fuel filter as well. I had similar issue with my '50 327, and replacing the filter fixed it.

Here are pix of the plate on my '50. Very careful examination of the reverse side reveals the impressions of the vehicle number (you can discern "238" in the third photo). That would tell me that the vehicle numbers, indeed, were metal stamped and not engraved at that point in time.

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Reviewing this thread, I think there may be some looseness in our use of the term "stamping." My point is that, at least on my car, the paint and trim codes must have orginally been INK stamped...as they no longer are present. The vehicle number, I assumed, was engraved...but could very well be neatly METAL stamped. Pictures of front and reverse to follow this evening.

Easy can-do. Will post picture this evening after returning home.

The vehicle number on my '50 Super's original data plate is engraved (with hyphens) and with the unique Packard font. The remaining numbers/codes were not engraved as they have long since vanished from my plate probably due to previous owners' attempts to polish.