Re: Legit Question: Not in X-Ref

Posted by HH56 On 2012/9/28 8:30:50

There should be a small 1" x 3" or so tag on the firewall from center toward drivers side & just below the horizontal seam where the flat lower and curved upper sections join. That 54xx-xxxx was the number Briggs gave when the body was built.

When Packard used the body and finished the car they gave their own number which became the official body number. Usually same as the Briggs but as O_D has mentioned, can be a difference of several numbers between the two in the sequence depending on production needs.