Re: 1942 Packard Henney ambulance - VIN?

Posted by Packard41 On 2009/6/4 23:29:36

The VIN# would be found on the Packard Motor Car Company plate on the cowl and should be something like 2001A-nnnn (where 'n' is a 4 digit sequential# for the 2001A Packard line).

The Henney Company also had a plate about 2 1/4" by 2 3/4" usually found under the rug in the right front (or almost usually because it usually seems to be missing). This has the Engine#, the Serial# (being the "A" plus the 4 digit# from the Packard plate), the Henney Body# (which seems to be a sequential# for Henney, should be around 13372 for 1942) and the 4 digit Henney Model#. Should be 4291 for an ambulance.

If none of those are found I would use the the 6 digit number pressed into the firewall. The engine# is not unique to the car as it can be changed by merely swapping engines.