Re: Earl C. Anthony registry?????

Posted by Leeedy On 2019/10/15 20:49:35

That would be Earle C. Anthony (with an "e" on the Earle). Magazines and people making repop serial plates for some odd reason leave off the "e" and spell the name wrong-unwittingly revealing that the plate has been faked. But the name was always correctly spelled "Earle C. Anthony."

There was a prominent magazine that featured a supposed celebrity-owned Packard that supposedly was sold by the Los Angeles ECA dealership. Trouble was that the photo they published of the serial plate showed a shiny plate with Mr. Anthony's name spelled "Earl C. Anthony" stamped into the plate. Having known executives of ECA, Inc. there is no way, no how that Mr. Anthony would have allowed a car to be delivered to a celebrity with Mr. Anthony's name misspelled.

As a founding member of the Earle C. Anthony region of the Packard Club in the 1970s, I have tried to keep up with such things. But as far as I know, there is no registry for "Earle C. Anthony cars." Which raises yet another question.

Biggest part of the problem is that most people don't know the actual reasons why the ECA name ended up on their car. This is a necessary thing to fully understand. And... they don't understand or can't know if their car was actually sold by an Earle C. Anthony dealership or merely distributed by ECA. Big difference.