Re: Thief-Proof Numbers (body serial numbers)

Posted by Robert Lecoque On 2019/5/16 14:06:10

Thanks all. This has been very helpful and enlightening. Is there a location anywhere else on the car or chassis that would have been stamped with a sequence or serial number? As we work on this car, it will be interesting to see what is on the back of the original door panels and under the seats to see if there were any crayon marks to indicate a body number that might help narrow down the serial number mystery. Unfortunately, even if I were to come up with the actual serial number as it should be, it might be a battle not worth fighting to get the Washington DOL to correct the titled number. So, this Packard may forever be know as 201A for title purposes. I have guessed, based on the early range you state of the known numbers, that the error on the title might have actually been a misread of -2011, -2014, or -2017 depending on how it was hand written on an old document.