Hello and welcome to Packard Motor Car Information! If you're new here, please register for a free account.  
Login
Username:

Password:

Remember me



Lost Password?

Register now!
FAQ's
Main Menu
Recent Forum Topics
Who is Online
249 user(s) are online (177 user(s) are browsing Forums)

Members: 2
Guests: 247

Don B, DM37, more...
Helping out...
PackardInfo is a free resource for Packard Owners that is completely supported by user donations. If you can help out, that would be great!

Donate via PayPal
Video Content
Visit PackardInfo.com YouTube Playlist

Donate via PayPal




Packard Serial Tag ID
#1
Home away from home
Home away from home

Eric Boyle
See User information
I recently bought an original serial tag for a Packard off of eBay, and I'm wondering what year it's from. The #'s are "U28847A". It looks like it was nickel plated, but the plating's mostly rubbed off. Also, I haven't seen another like it. Any ideas?

Attach file:



jpg  (25.16 KB)
34_480f74410530c.jpg 600X800 px

Posted on: 2008/4/23 12:39
 Top  Print   
 


Re: Packard Serial Tag ID
#2
Home away from home
Home away from home

Eric Boyle
See User information
Over 50 views and no one has any idea?

Posted on: 2008/4/24 18:08
 Top  Print   
 


Re: Packard Serial Tag ID
#3
Just can't stay away
Just can't stay away

Dan Marrin
See User information
I'll take a stab at it, but in order to confirm this, you'd have to track down one of the old packard gurus atpackardclub.org/

By reviewing the list of models that were produced by Packard over the years in that site's reference section, there are only two model years that show a U or a UA in the model designation:

1907 series 30 (30 hp) Model U
or
1908 series 30 (30 hp) Model UA

I have no clue what the other numbers represent, since they don't seem to correspond with engine series numbers (which I understand used to be used as the vehicle identification number) or the production numbers for either of those two years.

I hope someone can further clarify.

Posted on: 2008/4/24 21:13
Dan Marrin
Summers; Breezy Point, MN, Winters; The Villages, FL
'48 Sup8 conv, '48 Sup8Del LWB sed, '58 Hawk.
 Top  Print   
 


Re: Packard Serial Tag ID
#4
Forum Ambassador
Forum Ambassador

Owen_Dyneto
See User information
Model UA would seem a good guess. One clue to the vintage of the patent plate, were the photo a bit clearer, would be the number of patents Packard claimed were utilized by them at the time. For example the 1936 plate claimed 1200, the 1934 plate claimed 1100, and the 1927-1930 plate claimed 600. So if this plate were from as early as 1908, it would no doubt be a very small number. I wish I had some patent plates from the early years so this could be a bit more quantitative.

Posted on: 2008/4/24 22:44
 Top  Print   
 


Re: Packard Serial Tag ID
#5
Home away from home
Home away from home

Eric Boyle
See User information
Thanks for the stab guys. Here's exactly what it says:
"The Packard Motor Car Company is the owner of more than Five Hundred U.S. Patents and of more than Two Hundred and Seventy Pending U.S. applications for Patents. It is licensed under more than Three Hundred and Sixty U.S. Patents relating to Motor Vehicles and Aircraft. It's Motors and Vehicles and it's trademarks are also protected in most other countries."

If this is from 1908 or thereabouts, it's a little early for my 1925 project. Sorry about the poor pic, but I am out of batteries for the camera so I used my cellphone.

I can give you all the link from the eBay auction that I won it on:cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 9916&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=019

Posted on: 2008/4/25 2:09
 Top  Print   
 


Re: Packard Serial Tag ID
#6
Forum Ambassador
Forum Ambassador

Owen_Dyneto
See User information
Thanks for clarifying the text. It's just a pure guess, but I'd think the patent plate is from the early to mid-1920s, based on the # of patents. I'll be taking a look at the text on a 2-36 in a few days and will advise. But even if this is correct, no explanation for the unusual number.

Posted on: 2008/4/25 8:04
 Top  Print   
 


Re: Packard Serial Tag ID
#7
Home away from home
Home away from home

Eric Boyle
See User information
Thanks Owen! Well, the car it's going on will be unusual enough, so when I seen it on eBay, I thought it was fitting!

Posted on: 2008/4/25 13:11
 Top  Print   
 


Re: Packard Serial Tag ID
#8
Forum Ambassador
Forum Ambassador

Owen_Dyneto
See User information
Took a look today at the patent plate on a 2nd series Eight (2-36, 1925) and it claims the same 600 U.S. Patents as the 27-30 plate, so yours is obviously older than that.

Posted on: 2008/4/25 14:54
 Top  Print   
 


Re: Packard Serial Tag ID
#9
Home away from home
Home away from home

Eric Boyle
See User information
Well, now that we know it's before '25, I'll really confuse those who "know" at car shows when I'm done with it!!

Posted on: 2008/4/25 20:07
 Top  Print   
 









- The following Google Ad-Sense Advert helps fund the cost of providing this free resource -
- Logged in users will not see these. Please Join and Donate to help support the website -
Search
Recent Photos
Photo of the Day
Recent Registry
Upcoming Events
46th Annual Texas Packard Meet
04/03/2025 - 04/06/2025
Packard Salon - Calling All Twelves
05/27/2025 - 05/29/2025
58th Annual National Meet
05/31/2025 - 06/06/2025
AACA Fall Meet (Hershey)
10/06/2025 - 10/10/2025
South Pacific Packard Club 2026 Rally
03/22/2026 - 03/28/2026
Website Comments or Questions?? Click Here Copyright 2006-2024, PackardInfo.com All Rights Reserved