Re: 1958 Packard Hawk Serial Number
Posted by Mike O'Handley On 2011/8/4 13:01:26
OK,
I'll try this again. I'm new here and has just posted a response to this thread that included an annotated photo of an actual Packard Hawk vehicle number plate. It didn't show up. Not sure why.
The Packards produced by Studebaker-Packard in 1957 and 1958 have very simple serial numbers. The first two digits are the year; the first letter - "L" - designates the car as a Packard instead of a Studebaker; the second letter designates the model - in this case "S" for Hawk; and the last four digits designate the production sequence. The first of the last four digits - "1" - is a dummy digit and really doesn't mean anything; it's the last three digits 001 through 588 that designate the actual production sequence of the vehicle. In the example cited above, the vehicle is a 1958 Packard Hawk #131 of 588 made.
The paint number, trim designation and body style are not included in the serial number.
I've attached a picture below that explains this, but haven't yet figured out how to get pictures posted to this forum to display in large format, so I've also posted a link below to a test post on my own forum (I'm a home inspector and host a webzine for home inspectors). When you click the link below, it will not take you to that forum but it should open the photo to a decent size so that you can save it in your pictures file.http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/pop_img_preview.asp?usersImgPath=http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/uploads/hausdok/tn/tn_20118415202_HawkSerialNumberPlateExplained1.jpg
Mike O'Handley
Kenmore, WA
I'll try this again. I'm new here and has just posted a response to this thread that included an annotated photo of an actual Packard Hawk vehicle number plate. It didn't show up. Not sure why.
The Packards produced by Studebaker-Packard in 1957 and 1958 have very simple serial numbers. The first two digits are the year; the first letter - "L" - designates the car as a Packard instead of a Studebaker; the second letter designates the model - in this case "S" for Hawk; and the last four digits designate the production sequence. The first of the last four digits - "1" - is a dummy digit and really doesn't mean anything; it's the last three digits 001 through 588 that designate the actual production sequence of the vehicle. In the example cited above, the vehicle is a 1958 Packard Hawk #131 of 588 made.
The paint number, trim designation and body style are not included in the serial number.
I've attached a picture below that explains this, but haven't yet figured out how to get pictures posted to this forum to display in large format, so I've also posted a link below to a test post on my own forum (I'm a home inspector and host a webzine for home inspectors). When you click the link below, it will not take you to that forum but it should open the photo to a decent size so that you can save it in your pictures file.http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/pop_img_preview.asp?usersImgPath=http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum/uploads/hausdok/tn/tn_20118415202_HawkSerialNumberPlateExplained1.jpg
Mike O'Handley
Kenmore, WA
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