Re: Packard build sheet info

Posted by BH On 2008/4/1 8:12:55

Don -

Welcome to the best place in the world to research Packard questions. Even if we don't have an immediate answer, just asking here, publicly, might help draw more information come out from under the woodwork.

I am working on a couple of tables for the site that will explain the build sheet option codes for 55th-56th Series. I don't have those quite ready for BigKev and don't have the files at work, but let me give you what I know from my own cars, along with some help from paint chip sets and parts book references - both of which are available here, free for the download:

5587 = 55th Series (1955) Four Hundred hardtope coupe

GL = two-tone paint, Moonstone (G) over Turquoise (L)

4766 = sequenced, serialized number (starting from 1001)

84 = interior trim set, black cloth and white leather with turquoise robe rail (for 55th Series only)

HEUH = fresh air heater, defroster, and front underseat heater

RUE = three-way tuning radio with electric antenna and rear compartment speaker

BU = power brake

PS = power steering

EWL = electric window lifts

ST = four-way power seat

SF = Solex (tinted) glass with shaded windshield

TLS = torsion-level suspension

The handwritten "R R" sounds like someone signing-off on the build.

As far as optional equipment, I suspect that a lot of these Senior coupes were built this way for '55 - second only to the Caribbean convertible that year.