Re: 54 convertible

Posted by Robert J. Neal On 2012/7/20 13:06:42

Dave and all,
The car I found some time ago, and it is in my full 22nd-23rd roster as well as my 22nd-23rd BSN roster so I don't know why you got missed Dave, just fell through the cracks somewhere I guess, is 2352-1 Briggs 2352-102 BSN 814340. The car was sold through Packard's New York agency to a Swedish dual citizen who shipped it to Sweden for his driving car while there. He alternated back and forth each year. The car is currently being restored by his nephue. During restoration all kinds of special part tags etc were found under seats and behind upholstery so there is virtually no doubt it served as a prototype Its BSN is only 36 numbers below that of 2252-5706 and would indicate it was pulled off the line in July of 1948. It has an early type 22nd Series VIN plate.

Note the 5479-1 also has a 26th Series VIN plate.

This car should certainly be preserved and restored as it is historically significant. I will be that a lot of early features and special tags will show up during restoration.

Robert Neal

By the way, I successfuly cut and pasted the images.