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I created a list of all of the bulbs for my '48 Packard (should be the same for the '49 & '50 as well). Do any of you have the actual bulb #s? All 6V of course.

Front Parking Lamp Bulb X 2
Front Courtesy Lamp Bulb X 2
Glove Box Lamp Bulb
Dash - High Beam Indicator Lamp Bulb
Dash - Flasher Bulb
Dash - Instrument Cluster Bulb X8
Ignition Switch Lamp Bulb
Dash - Instrument Switch Panel - Switch Identification Lamp Bulb
Dash - Instrument Switch Panel - Indicator Lamp Bulb
Rear Reading Lamp Bulb
Trunk Lamp Bulb
Rear Direction Signal Light Bulb X 2
Rear Tail Lamp / Brake Lamp Bulb X 2
License Lamp Bulb
Backup Lamp Bulb

Thank you very much

From the owners manual

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There is a guy that sells complete bulb sets on ebay and other sites for these cars-reasonable-let me know if you cannot find

Thank you

Awesome! Thank you very much

I got all the bulbs for my 1950 Series 23 from Restoration Supply in Escondido, CA. They have a nice catalogue too, either on line or on paper.

Many of the 6v bulbs can still be found at your local Napa.

BK above's right. Light bulbs are the least of our worries. My local NAPA outlet has always been able to help, and that includes ignition parts, for my '47 Super,
and other Packards before that.

Is 1158 correct for stop & tail light . The one I took out of my stop & tail is 1154. May be part of my problem ?

The owners manual lists the 1154 for parking and directional and the 1158 for stop and tail. If you look at the candlepower rating, the respective filaments are reversed. Packard apparently wired the sockets to provide the different selection.

Spec wise they are virtually identical except for the pin locations. The 1154 is indexed with different height pins. Look at your socket and see if the slots are the same depth or different and then check the bulb to see which you need. Packards have been known to have worn slots and an incorrect bulb can be forcibly inserted.

The wrong bulb could affect turn signal flashing since the flasher is dependent on a certain filament resistance. Generally not the brake and tail light function other than brake could be dimmer and tail brighter than the correct bulb would have.

Don't remember if you mentioned the problem but if you have voltage to the brake switch and no brake lights, suspect the switch. Known failure item sometimes just from sitting. If the switch is OK, depending on your car the brake lights go thru the turn signal switch. Those have been known to act up with the connections becoming flaky because the phenolic contact support in the switch warps. IIRC, 22nd series do not but 23rd do go thru the signal switch. Need to verify that. At the steering column connection to turn signal switch if you have a round plug with 6 wires they do, If only 3 wires they do not.


Here are some partial specs from Don's Bulbdonsbulbs.com/cgi-bin/r/t.pl/library.html

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