Re: me....and the Model Info Pages....

Posted by BigKev On 2008/1/25 17:45:55

Has anyone had a chance to look at the 1899-1905 Model Info pages? I am just curious and looking for feedback.

For the Body Model Numbers for these cars I had to invent a hybrid system so the database could store these correctly. Those older brass era cars did not have the same body number nomenclature as the later series cars did, so I created my own.

For example:

1905 Model N's I came up with the following:

Model N - Tonneau = 1905NU
Model N - Touring = 1905NT
Model N - Runabout - 1905NR
Model N - Limo = 1905NL
Model N - Brougham Coupe = 1905NB

Basically the Year, the Model, and the Body Style. Like I said this is just to make the database happy as every model needs to have a unique body number.

So please understand that those are not Packard designations, just for use here. But any model that does have an offical Packard Body-Number, then that will be used in the Database and displayed as such. For example '5492' which is the '54 Clipper Deluxe Touring Sedan.

If anyone has any comments on this then I would appreciate it.