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Bad day at the plant, or dealership?

So what's your guess on the serial number?

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The trainee was practicing??
Seriously, that looks like an S at the very top. There is a Stude bulletin mentioning some service engines were identified and shipped by S numbers. Maybe that one was a service engine and restamped to go in an Exec. The stamp looks larger than what Packard normally used so my guess would be at a dealership and someone screwed up bigtime.

I will check for the Utica number the next time I get a chance, weren't they stamped differently?

EDIT:

Like this,
https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=451&forum=3&post_id=2795#forumpost2795

https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=2789&forum=14