Ya I should have known....

the number from the first line of the plate is:

992 21915

the X number is shown on the title.

Update: turns out the X number is the engine number which was used to register the car. I have heard on several occassions and can be a pain to get changed in some states.

Dave. Is there a special name for the oilers that you fit to the Kingpins and do you know if they are available from anyone such as Restoration Stuff?
Failing this can the oil be poured into the Kingpin aperture albeit slowly considering the thickness of the oil.
Thanks
Terry

That is so butt ugly!

The numbers are {drum roll + cymbal crash}

VIN = X68592
Embossed Number = 268I40

Many thanks for the thief-proof number. Your VN is not a Packard vehicle number, where did you get it from? Should be on the first line of the patent plate on the engine side of the cowl.

a point that I was trying to make - that dilution of such rights to the Packard trademark may have occurred in the years since they were exercised. It doesn't make sense that someone can then lay claim to names or logos that have been in generic use for so long.

Yes Brian, absolutely correct. And there is a similar parallel in patent law regarding enforcement or the lack thereof with respect to infringement. You are on target with that point.

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Good advice. When I bought my '47 it had been stored inside but had driven less that 100 miles a year for the previous 50 years and smoked oil and with so much blowby and lifter noise that I thought I would have to rebuild the engine. I was embarrassed to drive it. An old mechanic told me to just drive it for 500 miles and see what would happen. After a few highway runs the engine ran very well now with very little blowby or oil burning and the lifters noise all but disappeared.Drive it a while and see what happens; you might be pleasantly surprised.

drove my 51 to work today and where i work 90 percent of the guys are in their 60's . they all loved the car and remembered it well and thought it was so cool that i drive it when possible and am restoring it, but did get asked several times who made packard. even the younger guys said it was a cool ride

Mine is getting my car painted by local artists.

I got a call by a local artist who does the paintings for the local Concours posters. He said he had painted my car in a 24x30 watercolor and told me where I could see it.

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JHH: I already did the research a long time ago. That is why I brought up the question.

Packard Piano Company was located in Fort Wanye Ind.


John F. Shireman

John

I don't know the history offhand of the Packard Piano Company, but can find out the dates pretty easily. Piano companies were plentiful and fluid in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. There is a substantial chance that Packard pianos were "stencil" pianos, bought by a dealer who put his own trade name on them. Naming a piano after Packard and trying to ride on their reputation probably occurred to more than one hungry piano salesman.

The family grave site in Warren, predating PMCC, (not J.W.'s, the other one in the same cemetery) carries the familiar Packard script. If memory serves me right it was the trade mark of Warren's lumber company, and the succeeding family businesses continued to use it.

Regards


John Harley