Re: '24 143 7 Passenger - Vin plate and Serial Number query
Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2008/10/26 19:30:53
Yeah, it's a matter of semantics, but I have to disagree; before the mandated VINs Packard called their identifying number a VEHICLE NUMBER, not a serial number. Please look at a Packard Patent Plate of almost any era (sample below).
Up until about the 9th series the vehicle number was the motor number, but not thereafter. And many, perhaps most states titled with the vehicle number, though there are exceptions. In fact most Packards I've seen titled with motor numbers (and its damn few) were those where the original patent plate was missing.
On your 1924 Packard the plate should be on the inside of the cowl, above the clutch/brake pedals. In that era, the vehicle number is the motor number.
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Up until about the 9th series the vehicle number was the motor number, but not thereafter. And many, perhaps most states titled with the vehicle number, though there are exceptions. In fact most Packards I've seen titled with motor numbers (and its damn few) were those where the original patent plate was missing.
On your 1924 Packard the plate should be on the inside of the cowl, above the clutch/brake pedals. In that era, the vehicle number is the motor number.
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