Re: Survivors, as a % of Production
Posted by Larry51 On 2011/12/26 6:04:14
Hi Owen et al,
I was considering what to do with a small piece of information, namely a VIN tag in my possession (recently found). It is from a 1951 model 2462 and although I have many parts from that car the car was badly rusted (I am told) and the body parted / destroyed so there is no TPN available for the car.
Was it possibly a RHD Australian vehicle? I cannot be certain about that but seems in my opinion to be likely - one reason being due to the lack of any Paint Scheme or Trim Code details on the tag. I wonder if that absence of those details makes it a bit more likely to have been an Australian car?
Also it seems much less likely that such a car would have been imported post-1951(as a LHD car) as I'm certain it was not being driven any later than about 1975.
Elsewhere there exist 'lists' of cars that have been known to exist and are now known to no longer exist - a kind of reverse list to yours.
I guess the key bit of data gleaned from my sad find is that this car is 'definitely defunct'!
The details are: 2462 - 39029.
If (- and it's a very big 'if') anyone had details of this car it's a tiny lead regarding the life and times of one Packard that was driven in Australia long ago.As you have shown, there weren't that many '51 cars.
Something I wanted to share in case it is of use or interest.
I was considering what to do with a small piece of information, namely a VIN tag in my possession (recently found). It is from a 1951 model 2462 and although I have many parts from that car the car was badly rusted (I am told) and the body parted / destroyed so there is no TPN available for the car.
Was it possibly a RHD Australian vehicle? I cannot be certain about that but seems in my opinion to be likely - one reason being due to the lack of any Paint Scheme or Trim Code details on the tag. I wonder if that absence of those details makes it a bit more likely to have been an Australian car?
Also it seems much less likely that such a car would have been imported post-1951(as a LHD car) as I'm certain it was not being driven any later than about 1975.
Elsewhere there exist 'lists' of cars that have been known to exist and are now known to no longer exist - a kind of reverse list to yours.
I guess the key bit of data gleaned from my sad find is that this car is 'definitely defunct'!
The details are: 2462 - 39029.
If (- and it's a very big 'if') anyone had details of this car it's a tiny lead regarding the life and times of one Packard that was driven in Australia long ago.As you have shown, there weren't that many '51 cars.
Something I wanted to share in case it is of use or interest.
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