Re: 1949 2271 LWB

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2011/4/16 8:55:19

WS - if the same code as used a couple of years later = white sidewall tires.

The difference between the Briggs # and vehicle # is typical of the era. The Briggs represents the sequential production at Briggs, and the vehicle # represents the finished car production sequence at Packard. Finished cars were not necessarily produced in the same order as that in which the bodies were produced. The last 4 digits do occasionally correspond exactly, but more often are +/- 25 digits of each other. Beginning with the 24th series the Briggs and vehicle number are almost always in agreement.

PS - A "-9-" actually could be a renumbered car but in your case it's not. When they were renumbered, the sequential number was "jumped" by 10,000 numbers or so. Wait for Robert Neal's new book for a better explanation.