Re: 1956 clipper
Posted by Brian Wilson On 2020/4/11 20:07:19
Easter Greetings, Don.
Yes, interesting point you make about titling a 1956 Clipper. My 1956 RHD Clipper Deluxe was first registered (titled) in Australia. It has the small Packard badge on the trunk (see pic), and was registered here as a Packard. All the documentation says "Clipper". Guess it's a bit like many of the earlier Packards which were titled with the TPN. Of course, both are wrong but perhaps not surprising.
Another little twist is that the Clipper needed an engine number for registration here. I was told that one - V571150P - was stamped in a visible spot (see pic). I don't know whether the V8 engines had a factory number on them or where it might have been located. Perhaps you or Owen-Dyneto will know? The frame number - per the plate - is 56226194.
I guess the dealer who sold my Clipper new here called it a Packard on the registration (title) to help justify the price! And Packard seemed to backpedal a bit themselves by (reportedly) handing out the Packard badges to Clipper owners in 1956.
Odd behaviour occurs when things are not going well. So all of this is perhaps not so surprising.
Cheers
Brian
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Yes, interesting point you make about titling a 1956 Clipper. My 1956 RHD Clipper Deluxe was first registered (titled) in Australia. It has the small Packard badge on the trunk (see pic), and was registered here as a Packard. All the documentation says "Clipper". Guess it's a bit like many of the earlier Packards which were titled with the TPN. Of course, both are wrong but perhaps not surprising.
Another little twist is that the Clipper needed an engine number for registration here. I was told that one - V571150P - was stamped in a visible spot (see pic). I don't know whether the V8 engines had a factory number on them or where it might have been located. Perhaps you or Owen-Dyneto will know? The frame number - per the plate - is 56226194.
I guess the dealer who sold my Clipper new here called it a Packard on the registration (title) to help justify the price! And Packard seemed to backpedal a bit themselves by (reportedly) handing out the Packard badges to Clipper owners in 1956.
Odd behaviour occurs when things are not going well. So all of this is perhaps not so surprising.
Cheers
Brian
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