Re: Henry's 1938 M/N 1182 restoration project

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2011/4/22 22:23:14

There really was no such thing as a (single) "standard" color, but of course there were standard colors. Black was usually paint code "X" and many paint charts don't bother to list it, perhaps assuming that black was black and didn't need futher description?

In Packard's internal written records (build slips, vehicle unit record cards, etc, mostly all gone now) the paint code letter was for many years displayed between the two portions of the vehicle number, for example 1288-X-2XXX. But that convention was not carried over the to the vehicle number as displayed on the patent plate or decal inthe case of 1938. It wasn't until sometime into the run of the 22nd series cars that the paint and trim codes were identified on the patent plate (vehicle # plate).

Hope this proves helpful.