Re: How do i find out how many models were made per that year

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2015/4/28 22:27:51

To the best of the collective knowledge of Packard historians Packard did not keep records by individual body style until well after WW II, or if they did they have not survived or surfaced. But since each year's total production by model is known and each body style within that model has a sequential portion to the vehicle number (the 2nd set of digits on the VN), if you have enough data that includes vehicle numbers for each body style offered, you can produce a statistical estimate of production by body style. Such an analysis was performed some years back by Charles Blackman and published in The Packard Club quarterly magazine, and I have that copy plus Mr. Blackman's private notes and comments.

If no one beats me to it, I'll dig out his estimates for your particular car, tomorrow if possible, and post it here. Yes, the touring coupe is fairly uncommon; typically 4-door sedans were about 80% of production, convertible coupes about 7%, coupes about 5%, the balance between the other body styles. But that said, the typical percentages by body style will vary quite significantly between the junior and senior cars, in part because the seniors had so many more body styles (convertible sedans, phaetons, formal sedans, limousines, chassis-only, etc.) than the juniors. I've only ever worked out these percentages for the 1934 Eight production though based on Blackman's data you could do it as well for your model.

UPDATE: Estimate is 3881 produced.