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This one claims to be a Clipper on the door. I don't know how long it has been sitting here; its neighbor has a 30 foot palm growing through the engine compartment. It is sandwiched between a 39 Studebaker and a 75 Mont e Carlo. I took the body number off the cowl but had a bit of a problem with the door post Number. The driver's door would not open far enough with the Monte Carlo and the hinges were so rusted that it wouldn't open anyway.
Body number; 1692 3602 (thanks for the Packard Font, still looks like "I" to me)
This car has very interesting headlight rings that are inside the original chrome rings and extend about 3" out past the bulbs. They appear to be aluminum. I haven't had much luck with pictures, I'll try again. This is a car destined to be a parts donor or full custom. It would be a fortune to restore.
I'll try pictures again, Tom

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There is no number on the door post for these 21st Series cars, only the square plate on the upper left cowl and possibly a Briggs number on a small rectangular plate on the firewall. I'm sure that Dave C (Owen Dyneto) would be interested in the theft proof number if it could be provided.

Yes Tom, I'd love to have the embossed theft-proof or body dash number to go along with the vehicle number of 1692-3602. A 1692 is a 1946 Clipper Eight touring sedan.

I didn't see another number when I took the one off the embossed tag that was riveted to the firewall. I didn't look very hard when I found the door post inaccessible. The next time I hack my way through the underbrush I'll look for it. Is that number also on a plate or is it embossed directly on the firewall like mine. There are several other Packards roaming around, as I see them, I'll try to document numbers, Tom

Is that number also on a plate or is it embossed directly on the firewall

Large embossed number on the engine side of the firewall.

O_D would this be an example what to look for?
Wes

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Yes, the large, upper embossed number is the theft-proof or body serial number, and the lower (on the tag) is the Briggs body number used on postwar Briggs-built bodies. On the Briggs tag the first 4 digits should match those of the vehicle number; the 2nd set of digits may or may not match the corresponding second set on the vehicle number.