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Hello all, I am the tech officer for the Packard Auto club of Australia and have been asked "where is the mounting place for the Body Plate on a 626". This is not the delivery plate on the firewall. Please advise and a pic would be good if possible, Thanks.

Peter, my 633 Sedan had a brass body plate screwed to the floor just inside the LHS rear door, you can just see it in the attached photo.

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Hello David, It is not for this plate. it is a plate about the same size but with two number sets on it. It is for Will Kirkby who apparently has a 626 RHD 385 Speedster (yes, I never knew that there was one in OZ). I shall go over to Jacobs Street and have a look at where the plate is on my 533. Thanks for the input. Peter T

Peter that brass plate was stamped 334, the body number for a 633 7-passenger sedan, it was one of the few original parts of the body that had survived still attached.

Absolutely agree, I checked my 533 and the plate on my 533 is 304. still on the original timber floor in the back in the same position as your 633. I shall get Will to send me a pic of the plate. Since ( if it is authentic) it was a 626 Speedster it may have a special Packard plate. I am quite intrigued as I had no idea a genuine RHD 626 Speedster was in OZ. He apparently also has a 645 RHD rumble seat coupe. The outcome could be interesting.

Hello all, it is apparently a Dietrich Detroit body plate for his 626 Speedster. Can someone please advise where this should be affixed?

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