Thread: 1947 Cadillac Series 62 Trim Tag Decoding

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Taking a closer look at a Cadillac i recently picked up im drawing up some blanks when it comes to completely decoding the trim tag, the following is what i have so far. The area im questioning is the Paint #. It says 2K but cannot find any references on the internet nor in the paint samples or vintage manuals i bought right after bringing the ol girl home. Any help would be appreciated. The nice thing i found out after going through some archives and checking my inventory it would seem not only was the car in great shape, but this one has most of the extra options you could get in 47'. im a lil iffey on whether or not the steering wheel is or was upgraded so any details on that would be great as well

1947 Cadillac Series 62
Style # 47-6269 (1947 Cadillac Series 62 Sedan & Coupe w/o Power Windows)
Body # FW 9272
Trim # 71 (Blue-Grey Dual Cord)
Paint # 2K 2(Antoinette Blue) (K-Unknown)
Wheel Options (Antoinette Blue or Vin Red)

anyone have a clue on this im still drawing up blanks in reference material

Are the 2 and K together with no spaces? Later trim tags had the lower body paint color first with the upper (roof) color second.

In some fifites cars, the K meant air conditioning and the K was on the line under the paint code.

2k are together. Just tough to figure since no "Cadillac " paint books for this year have those two together. Id even thought about trying to track down the original owner if its possible

go to the AACA forum and ask the Cadillac guys
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