Re: Thief-Proof Numbers (body serial numbers)

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2009/3/23 9:33:43

Thief-Proof number 456445 but couldn't find the VIN-tag. Now he found it but it isn't readable.

Gusha, thanks for the #, 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; frankly I'm a bit amazed that there is that much of it remaining (it is a decal, isn't it?). 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.

PS - I believe that perhaps only the Detroit-built Packards in 1938 used the decal, the few Canadian-built ones that I've taken note of have a brass plate.