Re: Body Dash Numbers

Posted by Daniel Leininger On 2008/10/13 13:09:23

O_D

Fresh Data for you!

1941 Clipper

Body Number 14019733
This is displayed in two places.
1. Stamped into the PMC plate mounted on the driver-side cowl. The '1' s in the number also look like 'I's. No other data is stamped on the plate (dealer, delivery, city etc.) I assume this was common with the glut of Clippers coming through dealerships in late summer 1941.
2. A 'Body Number' plate fastened to the firewall on the passenger-side.

BDN <604556>
The 0 also looks like a D, as others reported.
That is stamped in the driver's side of the firewall. The voltage regulator and wiring harness are above it, so the 0 and second 5 are not readily visible.

Engine Number D407534C
Block Casting Date 5-2-41 (on both sides of the lower side of the block).
- This number fits the range of original Clipper engines. I assume the added 'C' is for 'Clipper.' I don't know if later Clippers had that added letter in the end or if they were separating out 282 engines meant for the new 'Clipper' line.

Good luck in your 'Code Breaking' hobby.
You are a 'detail man',
the Sherlock Holmes of PInfo
the "Enigma Cipher Machine of Packard history"
"The game is afoot"

SORRY, I got carried away there ....

Anyway, it is hard to own, repair, and drive a Packard w/o a 'detective instinct.'

Let us know your conclusions, no matter how tentative.

DanL