Re: Packard emblem

Posted by BH On 2010/7/25 22:49:30

Dans53 -

I don't see any "emblem" on the rear fender in that picture, but perhaps what we have here is a problem with terminology. What I do see in the image that you supplied is what the parts book refers to as a "script plate" - in this case, one that reads "Packard Clipper".

Although your image shows a 2-door body, your car is a 4-door body. So, we need to go back to the Body section of the 48-54 parts book and look to the pages covering rear doors. Gr. 30.46795 shows that the "Packard Clipper" script plate was only used on the rear doors of the 2662 model - the Clipper Deluxe Sedan.

However, looking further down the listings in that same Group, there's a P/N for a clip for 2662-92 models - that is, BOTH the Clipper Deluxe Sedan (2662) AND the Clipper Sedan (2692) models. Naturally, one has to wonder why they would list a clip for the script plate for the 2692, if the script plate wasn't applicable to that same model.

I can only speculate that the "Packard Clipper" script plate might have been intended for the Clipper Sedan (2692), early on, but was withrdrawn from that model, yet the company failed to make the corresponding change for the clip. Catalog errors happen, regardless of brand and time frame.