General Information
Identification Numbers
Serial Number
The Serial Number plate is located on the left front
door hinge pillar. The Serial Number itself consists
of 7 numeric digits.
The serial numbers of cars produced at South Bend
are 6030001 through 6033472. The serial numbers
of cars assembled at Los Angeles are 6800001
through 6800601.
Although this indicates a total of 4073 serial
numbers, only 4071 cars were produced. Two cars,
serial numbers 6030726 and 6031367, were
scrapped and were not included in the production
total.
There was no reason indicated on the production order for either car, as to why the car was
scrapped. See the production orders on the following page.
For some reason, Studebaker-Packard used
what would be best described as a Roman
Numeral “I” in place of the number "1". Any
Serial Number containing a 1 will have that
Roman Numeral character in its place.
This has caused some confusion whenever a
car changes hands, especially when trying to
obtain, or transfer, a title for a car that was
purchased in another State. The title or
registration will show a numeral “1" while the
character on the Serial Number plate will look
like the letter “I”.
The first two cars were designated as show cars and had final assembly dates of May 23, 1955
and September 23, 1955. The remainder of the South Bend production ran from November 22,
1955 through August 15, 1956.
In between, came the 601 Los Angeles assembled
1956 Golden Hawks.
The first, LA serial number 6800001, was (probably)
built on or before October 27, 1955. There was no
date on the production order, however serial numbers
6800002 through 6800013 were built on October 27,
1955.
The last Los Angeles car, 6800601 was assembled on
June 3, 1956 and shipped on July 11, 1956.
Last Update - July 2, 2018
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