Found my best ever metal tag. 1936 Packard!

[Jerry1NJ]

Went out on a fast hunt before dinner at the local park. Dug what I thought was a piece of sheet metal, ended up having stamped numbers on it. After a hour of cleaning with WD40 and some light steel wool, it turned up being a ID plate for a 1936 Packard 120 business coupe. I looked up the serial numbers on a Packard website. Where is the rest of the car? It has the guys name who delivered the car Frank J Burks Princeton NJ 6-11-36

 

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[crazyjarhead]

I believe that packard museum is in Indiana. Very interesting piece of history

 

[DMN]

And this is what it would have looked like.........

 

[artzstuff1]

And this is what it would have looked like.........

Strait up Gangster stuff there!!!!!

nice find by the way!!!!

 

[BobinSouthVA]

thats a cool find, and in great condition.

any of the plates like that I've dug have been pretty mangled.

Nice find

 

[KOOTNEY KID]

NICE

 

[mainer]

Cool piece. That will display nicely.

 

[Indiana Digger]

Very neat historical auto piece!

HH,


~Indiana Digger~

 

[ModernMiner]

Great find.
Congrats,
MM

 

[China or Bust]

Where is the rest of the car?

How deep did you dig?

 

[Woodland Detectors]

That's awesome!

 

[julesjunk]

Neat find!
Depending on how complete old Packard records are, you might be able to track down a previous owner. Would make for a fun conversation.....