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Done!

When will people stop removing vehicle number (patent) plates; when lost the car's link to its past is gone.

Your owner info doesn't make sense, a 1502 would be a 1937, not 1936. As a convertible sedan a 1502 would have a 139 inch wb, the former standard Eight engine (320 ci), and ifs.

For 1936 each series, 120, Eight, Super Eight and Twelve offered a convertible sedan. A 1402 would be a Eight, not a Super. Why not measure the wheelbase, and send photos.

Better yet, give us a motor number and advise if IFS or a solid beam front axle. Also bumper photo would help.

PS - let me make it easier. If you have independent front suspension (IFS) and the distributor is mounted on the cylinder head, you have a 37 (or later) Super Eight, which is the same engine as the 1936 Eight.

If you have IFS and the distributor is mounted on the driver's side of the engine block, you have a "junior" Packard, a/k/a a model 120. Engine # would tell you which year.

If you have a solid beam front axle and the distributor is mounted on the cylinder head, you could have either a 1935 or 1936 Eight (sometimes incorrectly called the Standard Eight) or a Super Eight. Eight and Super Eight engines look similar but displacement and physical external size is different. Engine # would tell you which.

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Thanks guys - keeps us "Obsessive-Compulsives" happy, if nothing else.

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Thank You SIR, This well be helpfull, I will Have more info, on Monday.....I have downloaded some Photo's under 36 Packard.....Sure Hope this is the right Year like you say...Your Information does help......Thanks again....Cedar OK.......I have some new Info......I guess it is a 1502......so if you have some pictures of the platform that supports the trunk, and is a stop for the convertable top......that would be great.......Thank You....I was scanning some of the 37.....they also have a solid windshield, not a spit......this a solid window