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Having a hard time locating one. Any recommendations?

thanks

Assuming your drain plug is the same as used from 32 thru 39 on the oil pans and transmissions, Byron York has been making and selling excellent reproductions for many years, hopefully he still is.

BTW, an 833 is considered a 1931 model year car, not a 1930.

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Thanks, all the paper work I have seen for this car( I have not seen title yet) says 1930.

Well, I suggest either the paperwork you've seen is incorrect, or it's not an 8th series car, or it was mis-registered some time in the past. Are you sure it's an 833? 133 inch wheelbase? Vehicle number from the patent plate? Motor number? Theft-proof number? Frame and/or steering gear number? The large embossed number on the firewall (theft-proof number) would be the most conclusive.

thanks for Byron's info he is getting me one out tomorrow at the latest.

Here is the Theft number I 39623

In the font that Packard used for these purposes the digit "1" appears like a "I" but with smaller serifs.

Although we don't know of any official factory records, I've been tracking theft-proof numbers for many years; 139623 falls clearly into the 1931 or 8th series production, the earliest 8th series number known to me is 138477. 8th Series production began in August 1930 so your car was probably manufactured in 1930 - perhaps that played a role in how it was titled.

Title cam in mail today it is a 31 thanks

My "new" 1963 Studebaker Avanti was titled and registered as a 1964. Everything I have on the car, serial number, motor number, body number, production request form, production inventory form, and dealer invoice affirms it is a 1963 model. Plus it has all the trim that was used on the late '63s, some items were changed for the 64 models. Some how, some where, at some time in its life, it was the decision of the California DMV to title the car as a 1964. This was probably done on the first registration which may have been in 1964. I still refer to the car as a 1963 in spite of the clerical error. The numbers don't lie.

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