Re: Aftermarket Temp Gauge Question

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2009/1/4 23:21:17

Look again, perhaps clean the plate up a bit, but the first 4 digits of the small plate by the heater (the Briggs body plate, Packard had the bodies built by Briggs in that era) should match the first 4 digits of the vehicle number on the patent (serial #) plate. A 2255 would be Custom 8 club sedan, very rare are desireable!! Among the rarest and least-seen of the 48-50 cars. The -9- indicates that it was sold as a 1949 model, not a 1948 though except for the extra digit in the VN, they are pretty much identical except for the first hundred or so made in early 1948.

The 2723 portion of the VH indicates that it was the 723rd made of that exact model. The exact number made is unknown but probably not much more than that. At the Warren Centennial in 1999 there were close to 1000 Packards at the peak, and NONE of that model.