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Cadillac Styling

 

The Fleetwood
System of Styling Codes
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In the classic thirties, Fleetwood’s peak production volume ranged from 400 to 500 bodies every month, an incredible number when one considers the hand-finishing that went into each one of them.

My research into the use of styling code by Fleetwood, Cadillac’s main body supplier since the early Twenties, has revealed a plethora of codes used in the Golden Years from the mid-Twenties to the late Thirties. In fact there was a limited selection of basic styles. However, by offering relatively simple variations to the habitable portion of these standard bodies, new, individual styles were created to satisfy quickly the desires of the most discerning and demanding customers - and delivery times could be kept down to one or two months. On the other hand, individual bodies requiring a major derivation from a catalog style could delay delivery up to four months.

One of the first of the "extra-special customs" made by Fleetwood in 1929, before operations came to a halt at the old coach works in the town of Fleetwood, PA, was the very first and unique Cadillac "Madame X", so named by Harley Earl after a character in a play of the same name which he had seen at the old Fisher Theater, across the street from the GM Building in downtown Detroit. The character had been played by one Pauline Fredericks to whom Earl had gone to pay his respects after the show (the actress Ruth Chatterton played the role again in ....).  This unique car turned out to be a "prototype" for what was to become, the following year, the very stylish and rare "Madame X" series of four-door cars built on the new, sixteen-cylinder chassis.  The first ones were built in Pennsylvania but production was soon transferred to the new Fleetwood shops in Detroit, starting in the second quarter 1930 [to find out more about the "Madame X" models, click here].

Getting back to Fleetwood’s ingenious coding system, these consisted initially of four numerals, e.g. style 8015, of which the final two digits [in this case, "15"] identify the basic body type (e.g. a sedan, a limousine, a coupe,  a town car, an open touring car, etc.)   You can also tell from these digits if the car has quarter windows, a plain metal roof or a leather-covered one.

Later job/style numbers are broken down even further. The two initial digits, indicate a particular series of cars (e.g. "40" identifies a La Salle, "43" a Cadillac V-16 with a raised hood panel, etc.)  As before, the final two digits identify the principal features of the habitable portion of the body from the cowl or windshield back (e.g. "02" identifies a roadster body, "12", "20" and "25" identify town cars with an open chauffeur compartment, "61" a close-coupled, five-passenger sedan or limousine, "75" a roomy sedan or limousine for seven passengers, etc.)

A letter suffix sometimes is used to identify a special or additional styling feature not usually found on the basic style. The suffix "S", for example, designates a sedan, that is an enclosed car for five or seven passengers, without a partition between the front and rear compartments (generally, enclosed cars comprised a partition). The suffix "C", short for "collapsible", is an indication that the rear roof portion over rear seat passengers may be folded back or "collapsed" in fair weather [I have found one exception: the 1940 La Salle style #5227C, which is a fixed-top coupe].

A list of initial and final digits follows later in this and the next section.   But first a remark regarding the third digit of Fleetwood's 4-digit styling code for enclosed sedan and limousine styles. It may be nothing more than a coincidence but you will note that, in the style codes for the closed body styles, the 3rd digit generally corresponds to the number of passengers who could be accommodated, in addition to the driver. For example, enclosed styles with the 3rd digit "3" (e.g. styles 3830, 4330S, etc.) could carry two passengers in the rear and one up front (i.e. there was no auxiliary seating in addition to the full-width seat in the rear compartment);  those with the 3rd digit "5" could carry four passengers in the rear and one up front (i.e. they featured two small, opera-type auxiliary seats in the rear compartment); finally, those with the 3rd digit "7" could carry up to six passengers in the rear and one up front (i.e. they had full-width auxiliary seating in the rear compartment).  Was this intended by Fleetwood, or is this mere supposition on my part?

 

Suffixes to Fleetwood Styling Codes 

 

Before describing the features relating to individual Fleetwood styling codes, first let me explain the meaning of the letter suffixes sometimes used with these codes.

 

"A"

This suffix indicated a major departure from a standard style, e.g. Series 452 styles 4257A and 4260A.  As to post-WW2 cars, the "A" indicated a special feature (e.g. 1941 style 6019A was a standard 5-passenger "60 Special" sedan fitted with a sunroof).

 

"AA"

Suffix for cars built between 1938 and 1941 with the optional sunroof (1500 Cadillacs and La Salles had this option, which cost $150 in 1939).

 

"B"

Minor or major departure from a standard style, e.g. Series 452 style 4220B (e.g. the addition of a leather roof covering on a body style normally finished with a plain, lacquered metal roof, or the deletion of the leather covering if this was the "standard" finish.

 

"C"

Abbreviation for "collapsible", i.e. an opening roof portion over the rear seating area, giving a "landau", "landaulet" or "landaulette" body style, e.g. Fleetwood V16 style 4155C [exception: 1940 La Salle style #5227C, a coupe for two passengers]

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Landaulet rear roof on 1929 LaSalle

 

"CP"

A combination of the abbreviations "C", for "collapsible", and "P", for "plain" in lieu of scalloped hood.

 

"D"

Probably an abbreviation for "De Luxe", e.g. style 6075D on the 146" wheel base V8 and V12 Cadillac chassis for 1934; in 1941, the "D" suffix was used for cars that had a fancier steering wheel; again, a "DeLuxe" feature.

 

"E"

Style 6075E on the 146" wheel base V8 and V12 Cadillac chassis for 1934; I assume this is the abbreviation for the word "extended", indicating that the car may have been "stretched", by special request. This suffix was used also after WW2 for a couple of 1958 models with an extended rear deck.

 

"F"

Abbreviation for "Formal", which indicates the addition of a division glass between front and rear compartments where the standard car had none, or blank rear quarters and the addition of a leather roof covering for a more "formal" appearance, e.g. 1938-1940 V16 styles 9019F [glass partition added] and 9033F [blank rear quarters and leather roof added].

 

"FL"

Abbreviations for "Formal" and "Leather", i.e. an imperial style with full leather roof covering where a painted metal finish was standard, e.g. 1932 V16 style 5175FL.

 

"FM"

Abbreviations for "formal" and "metal", e.g. style 5730FM,  an imperial or limousine style with blank rear quarters in lieu of the standard ¼-windows, and a plain metal roof where leather would have been the norm.

 

"H"

Abbreviation for "Height", i.e. a modification to the standard roof height [generally of the interior of a closed body style and sometimes followed by a numeral (see below)], e.g. 1930 V16 style 4257H (this may have been the first Fleetwood style to use the "H" suffix, at a time when it was not thought useful to specify any precise increase in height)].

 

"H2", "H3", "H4" [see above]

Interior headroom increased 2", 3"or 4", e.g. 1935 V16 style 6275H3 or 1932 V16 style 5175H4.

 

"L"

Abbreviation for "leather" or "livery", indicating the addition of a leather roof covering where plain metal was the standard offering. Cars for livery use had a plain trim and few luxury amenities.

 

"LB" [like "L", above]

Abbreviations for "Leather Back", as above, i.e. a car with a leather roof covering where the standard roof finish was painted metal. e.g. 1940 style 6053LB.

 

"LL"

For example, style 6075LL on the 146" wheel base V8 Cadillac chassis for 1935; the combined use of the abbreviations for "leather" and "livery" suggest that this car was given a formal finish with blanked out ¼-windows and full leather roof covering.

 

"M"

Abbreviation for "Metal", i.e. a painted metal roof where leather roof covering was standard.

 

"MB" [as above]

Abbreviations for "Metal Back", e.g. a painted metal roof where leather roof covering was standard, e.g. 1940 style 6053MB.

 

"O"

For example, 1934 V8 style 6075O; I assume that this is the abbreviation for "opera seats" and would indicate that the standard, full-size auxiliary seats were replaced with the lighter kind for occasional rather than frequent use.

 

"P"

This is the abbreviation for "Plain" in lieu of scalloped hood, e.g. style 1930 V8 style 3975P

 

"Q"

This is the abbreviation for "Quarter" as in "quarter"-windows, indicating the presence of quarter windows where formal or blank rear quarters was the standard configuration, e.g. 1931 V12 style 4864Q and 1932 V16 style 5125Q

 

"S"

Abbreviation for "sedan", i.e. a closed body style, generally with 4-doors, without a division glass between front and rear compartments, e.g. style 3975S (the absence of this suffix in a 4-door style generally indicates the presence of a partition and division glass - what we would call today a "Limousine").

 

"SA" or "S-A"

These suffixes were used in the late thirties to identify special sedans fitted with a sunroof; e.g. 1941 style 6019SA sunroof sedan.

 

"SC"

Abbreviations for "sedan" and "collapsible"; as above, but additionally with an opening roof portion over the rear seat passengers, i.e. a sedan landau or landaulet, e.g. 1930 V16 style 4155SC.

 

"SF"

Abbreviations for "sedan" and "formal", i.e. a sedan [as opposed to a limousine with division glass] that has blank rear quarters where quarter windows were the norm, e.g. 1937 V16 style 5875SF.

 

"SFL"

Combined use of the abbreviations "S", for "sedan", "F" for "formal" and "L", for "Leather", i.e. style 5130SFL; this is a car without division glass, with blank rear quarters and with a leather roof covering where plain metal was the standard feature.

 

"SL"

Combined use of the abbreviations "S", for "sedan", and "L", for "Livery", i.e. a car without a division glass and presumably with a leather roof covering, for a more formal appearance, where plain metal would be the standard finish.

 

"SX"

The combination of the suffixes "S" and "X" was first was used in 1929, e.g. style 3875SX, to denote a special order sedan, that is a departure from a basic style; in this case the car had leather rear quarters.

 

"W"

1934 style 5775W on the 146" wheel base V8, V12 and V16 Cadillac chassis for 1934; I assume this is the abbreviation for "Window"; I assume this merely indicates a change in the size of the back light, which was an option available in the Fleetwood catalogue.

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"X"

The "X" suffix was first used alone also in 1929, e.g. style 3875X; in this case, the car was a 7-pass. limousine with division; it too had leather rear quarters. Another special order car on the 1930-31 V16 chassis (job 2950X) also used the "X" suffix, e.g. It is assumed this car too had leather covered rear quarters.   Perhaps the "X" suffixes also indicates the presence of styling features typical of the "Madame X" V16 models of 1930-31.  In his excellent book entitled Fleetwood - The Company & the Coach Craft [ISBN #0-9624958-9-1] published in 2001, James J. Schild asserts that the "X" suffix indicated leather-covered rear quarters.

 

"XS"

The "XS" suffix was first used alone also in 1929, e.g. style 3875XS; in this case, the car was a 7-pass. sedan; it too had leather rear quarters.

 

 

Initial two digits of
Fleetwood Styling Codes

 

The initial two digits of Fleetwood’s 4-digit styling codes give some indication either of the year of production, the engine configuration or certain basic body features or characteristics. In his book, Mr. Schild indicates that the first two digits of the Fleetwood job numbers identify only the general type of body; however, there seem to be many exceptions.

The principal combinations that I have encountered in factory literature are listed below, in numerical order.

 

"28"

Styles 2891, 1927 Limousine Brougham and 2896 [unknown style]. I believe these are the only two recorded use of these initial digits.  Already in 1927 Fleetwood used the two final digits "91"to distinguish between a dozen or so basic body types. For example, the final digits "91", introduced in 1927, were retained for the next decade to identify a roomy town brougham with ¼-windows and a plain metal roof.

 

"29" (1)

Style 2925, 1927 town cabriolet and 2950 [unknown style]. It seems that only two 1927 Fleetwood styles used these initial digits. Final digits "25" were also retained for the next decade to identify a 7-passenger town car with a leather-covered roof and no rear quarter windows.

 

"29" (2)

In the 1930-31 V16 production listings there is a unique style identified by the code 2950X.  In this case, I believe that the initial digits "29" were merely an indication that the car was designed or built in 1929, during the initial phases of development of the V16.  Some unique Fisher bodies mounted on the V16 chassis also were identified with initial digits "29", presumably for the same reason. Any factual information or clarification on this point would be greatly appreciated.

 

"30"

Initial digits "30" were used, inter alia, to identify body styles on the La Salle 125" wheel base V8 chassis for 1927, 1928 and 1929, e.g. styles 3051 and 3012, both town cars.  Both cars had flat, vertical windshields and large, wind wings [note that the final digits "12" also were retained to identify,  later,   5-passenger town cars with leather-covered roof and no rear quarter windows].  Two other styles used these initial digits, presumably for bodies built on the 138" wheel base V8 chassis; they were styles 3015, a Series 314 7-passenger limousine, and 3097, a Series 341 5-passenger limousine, again presumably on the 138" wheel base V8 chassis [summary: 3012-314, 3015-341A, 3051-303 & 328, 3078-314, 3097-341]

 

"31" [convertible styles according to James J. Schild]

Initial digits "31" were used variously for Cadillac and La Salle styles. In 1927, 1928 and 1929 they were applied to a town car body on the 125" wheel base V8 La Salle chassis, style 3130. This style featured a flat, vertical windshield and large, wind wings

In 1929 it was applied to style 3180, a 5-passenger All-Weather phaeton on the 140" V8 Cadillac chassis; final digits "80" also were among those retained by Fleetwood for many years to identify the standard all-weather phaeton (AWP) and later convertible sedan. Two other La Salle styles on the 125" V8 chassis used these initial digits: 3110, a 2-passenger coupe, and 3120, a 5-passenger sedan.

Style 3133 is an all-weather touring car; this style number was first used in 1928 and once again in 1929 for bodies on the 140" wheel base V8 Cadillac chassis, e.g. style 3180, an All-Weather phaeton, or AWP.  That car weighed 4880 lbs and cost $5750. An outwardly identical style with an inner glass partition between front and rear compartments carries number 3880 [see below]. 

[summary: 3110-303, 3120-303, 3130-303 & 328, 3133-341B, 3136-341B, 3144-341, 3174-341B, 3180-341B, 3185-341, 3199-341B].

 

"32"  [styles featuring a plain, rather than a scalloped hood, according to James J. Schild] - 1927 style 3275 was a limousine with jump seats.  Initial digits "32" also were used in 1928, e.g. style 3274, a 5-passenger sport cabriolet sedan (presumably with a fixed leather roof). Style 3289A on the 452A V16 chassis for 1931 is an exception. I have a feeling this may have been a late order Series 452A car, designed and built in 1932 (59 units of 1930-31 V16 production were effectively built in February, 1932).

[summary: 3200-314, 3202-314, 3208-341B, 3238-341B, 3260-314, 3260S-314,3261-314, 3261S-314, 3274-341B, 3275-314, 3275S-314, 3276-314, 3289A-452].

 

"33"

Style 3375, a 7-passenger imperial built in 1928; another was built in 1930 (style 3350, an all-weather phaeton on the 152" wheel base V8 chassis for 1930). Two bodies were built also on the 134" wheel base V8 La Salle chassis for 1930 (styles 3351 and 3364).

[summary: 3300-314 &341A, 3350-353, 3351-340, 3360-341A, 3360C-341A, 3361-341A, 3361S-341A, 3364-340, 3375-341A, 3375S-341A, 3376-341A].

 

"34"

Style 3412, a town car built in 1928 on the 152" wheel base chassis.

[summary: 3412-341B & 353, 3435-341B & 353, 3475-341A].

 

"35" [only town car styles according to James J. Schild] Cars with a styling code beginning with these two digits featured the Pennsylvania-built, vertical, "V"- type windshield, e.g. styles 3512, a 1928 5-passenger town car, 3591, a town brougham, and 3525C, another town car with leather-covered roof and collapsible rear quarters, all on the 140" wheel base V8 chassis for 1928; these are listed as "Special Fleetwood Custom" models.   More were built in 1929.  A beautiful, restored example may be admired in the Self Starter for 2/91 [cover and pp. 4-5].

[summary: 3512-341, 3512C-341, 3512CP-341B, 3512P-341B, 3515-341, 3520-341, 3520C-341, 3520CP-341B, 3520P-341B, 3525-341, 3525C-341, 3525CP-341B, 3525P-341B, 3550-341, 3550C-341, 3591-341, 3591C-341, 3591CP-341B, 3591P-341B].

p29_3512.JPG (12365 bytes)

 

"37"

These digits were used to identify bodies on the 134" wheel base V8 La Salle chassis in 1928 and 1929, e.g. 3751, a La Salle town cabriolet.

[summary: 3751-303 & 328, 3751C-328, 3780-328].

 

"38" [only sedan styles (and some convertibles) according to James J. Schild]  These initial digits identify styles built only on the 140" wheel base V8 Cadillac, Series 341B, in 1929, e.g. 3880, an AWP with glass division and 3875S, a sedan for 7 passengers [sample ID tag, below].

[summary: 3830, 3830C, 3830S, 3830SC, 3855, 3855C, 3855S, 3855SC, 3861, 3861C, 3861S, 3861SC, 3875, 3875C, 3875S, 3875SC, 3875X, 3875XS, 3880, 3885, 3891].

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Here is the body tag from a 1929 Cadillac sedan in this category

 

"39"

These digits identify the 1930 custom styles on the 140" wheel base V8 Cadillac Series 353  for 1930, e.g. 3920, 3925, 3960, 3975, 3991.  Two styles were mounted also on the 148" V16 chassis for 1930: styles 3981 (or possibly 3982,  according to V16 historian, Rick Le Forge)  and 3991).

[summary: 3902, 3912, 3912C, 3920, 3920C, 3925, 3925C, 3930, 3930S, 3950, 3955, 3955S, 3975, 3975S, 3980, 3981, 3982, 3991, 3991C].

 

"40"

These are the initial digits used to identify bodies only on the 134" wheel base V8 La Salle Series 40 for 1930, e.g. style 4082, the Fleetwood "Fleetwind" sedanette.

[summary: 4002, 4057, 4060, 4080, 4081, 4082].

 

"41"

These digits identify a body style built on the 134" wheel base V8 La Salle Series 345A for 1930, style 4151, a town car, as well as one on the 140" wheel base V8 Cadillac Series 353 for 1930, style 4164B [a custom job]. More importantly, however, they identify the most expensive body styles built for the 148" wheel base V16 chassis in 1930-31, including the renowned "Madame X" models, e.g. style 4130, a 5-passenger limousine.

[V16 body style summary: 4130, 4130S, 4155, 4155C, 4155S, 4161, 4161C, 4161S, 4175, 4175C, 4175S].

 

"42"

These digits were used mainly to identify 2-door convertible and town car styles built on the 148" wheel base V16 chassis for 1930-31, featuring a curved or "mail coach" sill and built in Detroit. It may be noted that two artist's drawings of convertible styles 4235 and 4280 featured in an original Fleetwood styling album (both styles illustrated with top up and down) show these cars with the horizontal or straight, "43"-type sill; in fact they were built with the correct curved sill typical of styles identified by initial digits "42". I may have come across a reference to a style #4202 roadster in the V8 line for 1931 but it is not listed in the MPL.

[V16 body style summary: 4200, 4206, 4207, 4208, 4212, 4220, 4225, 4235, 4257A, 4257H, 4260, 4260B, 4264, 4264B, 4275, 4275C, 4276, 4280, 4285, 4291].

 

"43"

These initial digits identify only the standard line of bodies mounted on the 148" wheel base V16 Cadillac chassis in 1930-31.  Most of these too were built at the new Fleetwood shops in Detroit. The main features were a horizontal or straight body sill and a raised panel sweeping across the hood in a graceful curve and reaching down to the body sill on either side. In this respect, style 4302 was an exception; it had a plain hood.

[V16 body style summary: 4302, 4312, 4312C, 4320, 4320C, 4325, 4325C, 4330, 4330S, 4335, 4355, 4355S, 4361S, 4375, 4375S, 4376, 4380, 4381, 4391, 4391C].

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Two fine survivors using the raised hood panel as an ideal dividing line for the 2-tone paint combination

 

"44"

These are the initial digits of only two styles built on the 148" wheel base V16 Cadillac chassis in 1930-31 at the new Fleetwood shops in Detroit after April 1930; they featured the basic styling characteristics of cars with initial digits "43" without the raised, curved hood molding.  Fleetwood could equally well have identified these two styles as 4312P and 4376P, just as they did for 1930 V8 style 3975P.

Interestingly, style #4412 is not included in the MPL and I have seen no factory photographic record of it; in the line drawings that appear in this database, therefore, the one for this body style is a montage consisting of style 4312, fitted with a plain in lieu of scalloped hood.

[V16 body style summary: 4412 (?), 4476].

 

"45"

These are the initial digits of Fleetwood styles on the 134" wheel base Cadillac V8 Series  355A for 1931, e.g. style 4580, 5-passenger All-Weather Phaeton [1931].

[Summary: 4502, 4503A, 4535, 4550, 4557, 4560, 4580].

 

"46"

These are the initial digits of Fleetwood styles built only on the 134" wheel base La Salle Series 345A for 1931, e.g. Style 4657, 7p touring car [1931], #4680 all-weather phaeton [1931].

[Summary: 4602, 4657, 4680].

 

"47"

These are the initial digits of Fleetwood styles built only on the 140" wheel base Cadillac Series 370A for 1930, e,g. Style 4780 phaeton. There is one exception (style 4750) built on the 143" V12 chassis.

[Summary: 4702, 4735, 4750, 4757, 4760, 4780, 4785].

 

"48"

These are the initial digits of Fleetwood styles built only on the 143" wheel base Cadillac Series 370A for 1930-31, e,g. Style 4875, a 7-passenger limousine.

[Summary: 4812, 4820, 4825, 4825C, 4830, 4830S, 4850, 4855, 4855S, 4856A, 4864, 4864B, 4864Q, 4875, 4875S, 4882, 4883, 4891].

 

"49"

These are the initial digits of Fleetwood styles built only on the 140" wheel base Cadillac Series 355B for 1932, e.g. Style 4985, a 5-passenger Victoria convertible.

[Summary: 4925, 4975H4, 4985].

 

"50" (1)

These initial digits identify only bodies and special bodies on the 140" wheel base V12 Cadillac Series 370B for 1932. Style 5085, a 5-passenger convertible (Victoria). 

[Summary: 5029, 5030, 5030FL, 5031, 5031S, 5055, 5055C, 5056C, 5057, 5065, 5075FL, 5075H4, 5082, 5085].

 

"50" (2)

These initial digits also were used to identify the La Salle series of cars in 1935 through 1940.

[Summary: 5009, 5011, 5019, 5049, 5067, 5077].

 

"51"

These initial digits identify only bodies and special bodies on the 149" wheel base  V16 Cadillac chassis for 1932 [exception: one custom body was mounted on a special chassis with 165" wheelbase].

[Summary: 5125Q, 5130FL, 5130SFL, 5131, 5131S, 5140B, 5155, 5155C, 5165, 5175FL, 5175H4, 5177, 5185].

 

"52" (1)

These initial digits identify a single body style on the La Salle Series 345C for 1933: style #5281 [33-8-222?], believed to be a 5-pass. town coupe on 136" wheelbase.

 

"52" (2)

These digits identify bodies on the La Salle for 1940.

 

"53"

These digits identify bodies on the 140" wheel base V8 Cadillac Series 355C for 1933 [the MPL lists two cars:  5357, a large open touring car5,  and 5381 a 5-pass town coupe].

 

"54"

These digits identify only bodies on the 140" wheel base V12 Cadillac Series 370C for 1933.

[Summary: 5425C, 5430FL, 5455, 5457A, 5475H4, 5475FL, 5481, 5482, 5485].

 

"55"

These digits identify only body styles built on the 143" and 149" wheel base Cadillac V16 Series 452C for 1933. Considering that only 126 cars were built that year, many of these were "unique" styles although they differed only slightly from the regular, annual selection of Fleetwood styles [e.g. town cars #s 5512, 5520 and  5525,  5-pass. sedans and limousines #s 5530 and 5555, broughams #s 5564 and 5591, 7-pass. sedans and limousines  #s 5575 and 5-pass. Victoria convertibles #5585]; that year Fleetwood started giving individual body style numbers to bodies that were just a slight variation from a regular style. 

[Summary: 5502, 5508, 5512, 5513, 5514, 5520, 5521, 5524, 5525, 5526, 5530, 5530FL, 5530S, 5530SFL, 5531, 5531S, 5532, 5532S, 5533, 5533S, 5535, 5536, 5540, 5540S, 5545, 5545S, 5550, 5555, 5555C, 5557, 5558, 5559, 5560, 5561, 5561S, 5563, 5563S, 5564, 5564B, 5565, 5565S, 5566, 5566S, 5573, 5573S, 5574, 5574S, 5575, 5575FL, 5575S, 5575SFL, 5576, 5577, 55678, 5579, 5580, 5581, 5583, 5585, 5586, 5590, 5591, 5592, 5599].

 

"56" or "57"

These digits identify bodies built with a "V" windshield on the 146" wheel base V8 chassis for 1934 and 1935.

 

"57"

These initial digits identify Fleetwood bodies built with a "V" windshield on the 1934 and 1935 Cadillac Series 355D (V8), 370D (V12) and 452D(V16).

[Summary: 5712LB, 5725LB, 5730S, 5730FL, 5733S, 5735, 5775, 5775S, 5775FL, 5775FM, 5776, 5780, 5785, 5791, 5799].

 

"57" or "58"

These digits identify bodies built with a "V" windshield on the 154" wheel base V16 chassis from 1934 to 1937.

 

"60" (1)

These digits identify bodies built with a flat windshield on the 146" wheel base Cadillac 355D (V8), 370D (V12), and 452D (V16) for 1934 and 1935.

[Summary: 6030S, 6030FL, 6033S, 6075, 6075FL, 6075L, 6075LL, 6075S, 6075SL].

 

"60" (2)

These two digits were used later to identify series "60" Cadillacs [V8] introduced in 1936, as well as the revolutionary "60S" [Sixty Special] of 1938.

[Summary: 6011, 6019, 6027, 6049, 6067 - not all styles were built in all years].

 

"60" or "61"

These two digits were used later to identify bodies with a flat windshield built on the 146" wheel base V12 chassis for 1934 and 1935.

 

"60" or "62"

These two digits were used later to identify bodies with a flat windshield built on the 154" wheel base V16 chassis for 1934 and 1935.

 

"61"

Following the trend of 1936, Cadillac used these initial digits to identify a new series of V8 models built in 1938 and 1939, and starting in 1941.

 

"62"

Following the same trend, Cadillac used these initial digits to identify a new series of V8 models built starting in 1940.

 

"63"

These digits identified a single body style for 1941 and 1942.

 

"64"

There was a limited run of Cadillac Series 314 V8 models [e.g. 6420 a >>>>]

[Summary: 6400, 6410, 6420, 6430, 6440, 6450, 6460, 6470, 6480, 6490]

 

"65"

Going back a few years again, these initial digits were used for a series of V8 models built in 1937 and 1938.

[Summary: 6519, 6519F, 6549].

 

"66"

There was a limited run of Cadillac Series 314 V8 models [e.g. 6670 a >>>>]

[Summary: 66670, 6670L, 6680, 6680L, 6690, 6690L].

 

"67" (1)

There was a limited run of Cadillac Series 314 V8 models [e.g. 6700 a >>>>]

[Summary: 6700, 6700L].

 

"67"

These digits were first used in 1941 and 1942 for a limited run of large sedans and limousines.

 

"69" (2)

There was a limited run of Cadillac Series 314 V8 models [e.g. 6970 a >>>>]

[Summary: 6970, 6980].

 

"70" (1)

There was a limited run of Cadillac V8 models that used these initial styling code digits in 1936 and 1937.

[Summary: 7011, 7019, 7029, 7057, 7067 - not all styles were built in both years].

 

"70" (2)

There was a limited run of Cadillac Series 314 V8 models [e.g. 7020, a >>>>]

[Summary: 7000, 7010, 7020, 7030, 7040, 7050].

 

"70" (3)

The Eldorado Brougham models of 1957 and 58 were designated "Series 70" models.

"72"

These initial digits identified the large sedans, imperials and livery vehicles built on the 138" wheel base Cadillac V8 chassis in 1940.

 

"73"

These initial digits were among the earliest to be used by Fleetwood on La Salle Series 303 models [e.g. style 7380, a >>>>>]

[Summary: 7380, 7390].

 

"74"

These initial digits were among the earliest to be used by Fleetwood on La Salle Series 303 models [e.g. style 7410, a >>>>>]

[Summary: 7400, 7410, 7420].

 

"75"

Codes starting with these digits identified the largest of the Cadillac sedans, limousines and other livery vehicles, beginning in 1936 (up to 1936 they had been final digits). These models have grown to be known as the "Seventy-Fives".   Useful information on the early "75s" is to be found in CLC 2/92, p.14.

[Summary: 7503, 7503L, 7509, 7509F, 7511A, 7513, 7513L, 7518, 7519, 7519F, 7523, 7523L, 7523S, 7523SL, 7529, 7533, 7533F, 7533L, 7533SL, 7539, 7543, 7553, 7557, 7557B, 7559, 7567, 7589A, 7591, 7592].

 

"79"

These initial digits were among the earliest to be used by Fleetwood on Cadillac Series 341A models [e.g. style 7920, a >>>>>]

[Summary: 7920, 7930, 7940, 7940L, 7950, 7960, 7960L, 7970, 7980, 7990].

 

"80"

These initial digits were among the earliest to be used by Fleetwood on La Salle Series 303 and Cadillac Series 341A models [e.g. style 8020, a 5-passenger sedan].  Cars with these initial digits featured a flat, vertical windshield, as opposed to the "V"- type Pennsylvania-built windshield.

[Summary (Cadillac): 8000, 8000L, 8005, 8010, 8010L, 8015, 8020, 8020L (Series 341), 8025, 8030, 8030L (Series 341), 8035, 8045, 8055].

[Summary (La Salle): 8050, 8060,  8060A, 8070, 8080, 8090]

 

"81"

These initial digits were among the earliest to be used by Fleetwood on La Salle Series 303 models [e.g. style 8120 >>>>>]

[Summary: 8110, 8110A, 8120, 8130, 8140, 8140A, 050, 8060,  8060A, 8070, 8080, 8090]

 

"85"

These initial digits appear in the master Parts List as pertaining to Fisher-styled La Salle Series 328 models (e.g. styles #8540 and 8580)

[Summary: 8530, 8540, 8550, 8555, 8570, 8580, 8590].

 

"86" (1)

These initial digits appear in the Master Parts List as pertaining to Fisher-styled La Salle Series 328 models (e.g. styles #8600, 8605 and 8615)

[Summary: 8600, 8605, 8610, 8615].

 

"86" (2)

These initial digits appear in the Master Parts List as pertaining to Fisher-styled Cadillac Series 341B models (e.g. styles #8620, etc.)

[Summary: 8620, 8630, 8640, 8650, 8660, 8670, 8680, 8690].

 

"90"

These were the initial digits used for the second generation V16 Cadillac models built from 1938-1940.

[Summary: 9019, 9019F, 9023, 9029, 9033, 9033F, 9039, 9053, 9057, 9057B, 9059, 90675067, 5077].

 

 

 

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