Re: First Production 1955 Patrician

Posted by Kevin On 2014/7/8 12:47:46

Hi Bryan, the scheme that Packard used for 1955 & 1956 VINs was the pattern XXXX-XXXX. The first grouping of four digits was the Model Number (seehttps://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/modelinfo/index.php?mode=year&id=1955&ButtonYear=Go for 1955 model descriptions) and the second group of four digits was a sequence number, beginning with 1001. Each model had its own sequence, so it's easy to identify the first Patrician (5582-1001), the first Clipper Custom Constellation (5567-1001), etc. I'm not sure why Packard started with 1001 for the sequence number instead of 0001, but there must be a long industry tradition of it. Even today, for example, GM still starts most of its VIN sequences at 100001.