Re: Thief-Proof Numbers (body serial numbers)
Posted by Guscha On 2021/4/27 12:57:53
Dave (O_D), the seller calls it 1938 Packard Eight "Saloon", well, at least Packard is correct and the front window seems to confirm 1938. The ocean blue beauty queen comes without vehicle number and the paint that covers its thief-proof number started to flake away.
I think it deserves a place in your cabinet of curiosities.
To register it in the Kingdom of Belgium, the thief-proof number <423504> embossed into the firewall was stamped into a plate too, that is fixed at the frame. Now it is double-safe, but nevertheless part of a comedy of mistaken identity.
The website where the below shown images originate has two lists:
a) -> offered cars and
b) -> sold cars
The Packard in question, which is a RHD with New Zealand roots occupies both lists.
images source: oldtimerfarm.be
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Saloon.jpg (80.01 KB)
saloon2.jpg (105.49 KB)
saloon3.jpeg (81.79 KB)
saloon4.jpeg (216.08 KB)
I think it deserves a place in your cabinet of curiosities.
To register it in the Kingdom of Belgium, the thief-proof number <423504> embossed into the firewall was stamped into a plate too, that is fixed at the frame. Now it is double-safe, but nevertheless part of a comedy of mistaken identity.
The website where the below shown images originate has two lists:
a) -> offered cars and
b) -> sold cars
The Packard in question, which is a RHD with New Zealand roots occupies both lists.
images source: oldtimerfarm.be
Attach file:
Saloon.jpg (80.01 KB)
saloon2.jpg (105.49 KB) saloon3.jpeg (81.79 KB)
saloon4.jpeg (216.08 KB)
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