Re: Thief-Proof Numbers (body serial numbers)

Posted by BigKev On 2009/5/17 13:33:43

When I see the triangles with a number in the middle it really makes me think that the number was applied later, and the triangles were part of the alignment for the number stamping. If not that, then why would then bother to stamp the triangles if there was no number???

Bizzare. Somewhere there must be a scrap of documentation that explains it. Not sure if that would be in Packard historical information, or later in the Briggs historical information. I am curious if there are any pictures of the "naked" bodies leaving either Packard's own body shop, or Briggs that show if the number was already stamped or not. Basically if the number was stamped before body assemble on the firewall panel, or at some point after body cab assembly.