Re: Identifying 1948 Custom 8 help please

Posted by Packard53 On 2007/3/17 21:08:21

This si an interesting side note I found doing research on the 48 and 49 Packard. In November 1948 Packard instructed all Packard deleats to remove data plates on all unsold 1948 Packards. The palte were order to be snet back to the factory. They were replaced by new plates with the suffix 9 added to the body style number.

The intersting part of this is did Packard also increase the prices on these unsold 1948 models. Price increases ranged between $125.00 and $200.00 on the 1949 Packards.

John F. Shireman