Re: 54 convertible

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2012/7/19 20:18:23

Thanks for the numbers, you've really got a curiousity there. As I noted before, both the Briggs and vehicle sequence numbers are not in the standard format used by Packard, those numbers beginning in both cases with 2001. So the first 5479 built would be 5479-2001, and similarly for a 2678.

The thief-proof number puts the body in the first third of 1953 bodies. About all I can conjure up is the car was some type of pre-1954 production mule or prototype. FWIW even the "Request" as a one-off has a conventional vehicle number.

It would be interesting to know what the engine number is; if original to the car it would be interesting to know if it's a 53 senior engine, a 54 senior engine, or even something other that those. Also of interest would be if the car has a 53 or 54 style instrument panel.