Re: Thief-Proof Numbers (body serial numbers)
Posted by Guscha On 2013/7/17 23:06:48
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Yes John, again right. I still remember this substantial thread including the eye-opening minutes of meeting from Dave, which can be found here.
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The efforts were unsuccessful, otherwise I would have raised red flags.
Dave, are the pics above sufficent to read the #s of the 1941 Packard or do we need a second try?
Today a short excursion to the Kingdom of Belgium, where a Packard Six is asking to change hands. Well, again a 1938 and its decal is long gone. Let's listen to Dave:
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The salesman did his best and submitted a copy of the registration document (attached) but ...
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Gerd, I think we have determined that the bodies for the 1941 and 1942 non-Clipper models were not built by Briggs...
Yes John, again right. I still remember this substantial thread including the eye-opening minutes of meeting from Dave, which can be found here.
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...Please let us know if you come across one of the non-Clippers with a Briggs body tag...
The efforts were unsuccessful, otherwise I would have raised red flags.
Dave, are the pics above sufficent to read the #s of the 1941 Packard or do we need a second try?
Today a short excursion to the Kingdom of Belgium, where a Packard Six is asking to change hands. Well, again a 1938 and its decal is long gone. Let's listen to Dave:
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... 1938 #s have been among the hardest to come by. As to the VN, 1938 was the one and only year that Packard used a decal rather than a metal plate; ... But if you can't get the original VN from prior documentation or owners, there really isn't any significant chance that the # can be recovered. Somewhere along the line of ownership and titles it was recorded, if you can trace it back far enough, that's about the only chance...[2009/3/23]
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