Re: Packard Data Plate missing info.

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2019/11/22 21:37:44

I'm going to disagree with HH56, in my experience in examining perhaps a thousand or more patent plates, of those where the selling dealer and delivery date are filled in (perhaps 50-60%), the vast majority of these are actually hard-stamped into the plate. Except for 1938, ink-stamped dealer info is very uncommon.

Of course the vehicle number was stamped at the factory as part of the car build. Dealers were to add their info and the delivery date which was important as it identified the start of the warranty period.