Re: 1949 Packard

Posted by John Harley On 2009/11/3 22:54:17

49

You can check the number, but it is a late 23rd series-Spring of 1950 or later. It has the the 24th series "dog dish" hub caps. They are 1 piece stampings, as opposed to the earlier brass skins over a steel back. The wheels are different too. The earlier wheels have clips riveted on. "The later wheels have ears stamped into them, and the hubcap is forced over them as the cap diameter is too small.

I had a 24th series before my 23rd series, which built in the fall of 49. My car is one of the ones renumbered and sold in 1950. is I noticed this at the Centennial when I saw 23rd series with 24th series hubcaps. Some of the later 23rd series cars also revert back to the square pedal pads. It's late, I'm going to bed, and i can;t make out if the brake pedal is square or oval in your pictures.

These, and a few other changes, were made around March of 1950, though maybe not at the same time

Regards


John Harley