Re: Packard Merlin Engine V-1560

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2012/1/13 18:22:42

JW, something else that may or may not be intertwined with this is the curious omission of thief-proof numbers on the first approx. 8000 1940 cars. Most had the end brackets (sidewise triangles) though not all did, noteably the Henney and chassis sales. After the first more-or-less 8000 cars the thief-proof numbers reappear thru the end of the year in the normal fashion.

I've often wondered if this was somehow related to the onset of preparations for the relocation of body-building dies and equipment to Briggs - but that's just my own speculation, there could be many other reasons.