Partially Decoded Production Order

[cjsteak]

I searched the forums and came up with the following:

AC 2884 - Climatizer - Assuming this is just heat? Car has no signs of A/C
AC 2750 - Cigar lighter
AC 2858 - Back up lights
AC 2900 - Full disc wheel covers - mine has XAC 2900 not sure if there's a difference or not. Probably not.

Codes I couldn't locate:
AC 2903 -
AC 2855 -
AC 2906 -
XAC 2886 -

This is for the same car in my signature.

For anyone interested in '58 hard tops, here's the rest of what was on my order:

Production Date: 11-26-57
Destination: CLEBURNE, TEXAS

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/cleburne++tx/
Just southwest of the Dallas Ft. Worth area, kinda local to me in the Austin area. About a 3 hour trip to Cleburne.

Ship Via: TRUCKAWAY WALKER
Sales Order Number: P4
Line No. 5496
Factory Order No. 33199
Engine No. V 413068
Body No. 216

Description of unit and equipment:
58B J4
P 5860 PARADE WHITE
419A CH 01 - Not too clear on this one, but I can only assume it's for the scheme for the two colors. Parade Red body, Parchment White hardtop.

FLIGHT O MATIC
4 BBL CAR
DUAL EXHAUST

SAFETY PADDED DASH
WHITE SIDEWALLS
DX ST WHL

AC 2884 AC 2750
AC 2903 XAC 2900
AC 2858 AC 2855
AC 2906 XAC 2886

Thanks!

Chris Salisbury
Hutto/Austin, TX

1958 Commander Starlight Hardtop

[rockne10]

The Climatizer did not include A/C but was not just heat. It refers to the two-core, two-motor system; one for heater and one for defroster. Models that did not have the separate defroster core/motor were not equipped with the climatizer.

[cjsteak]

That's really cool... I guess I just never noticed the dual engines / dual cores. That would explain all the extra hoses though! I'm still in the very early "investigating" stages of this car.

Thanks for the explanation.

Chris Salisbury
Hutto/Austin, TX

1958 Commander Starlight Hardtop

[Dwain G.]

AC 2903 -Clock
AC 2855 -Front bumper guards
AC 2906 -Push button radio
XAC 2886 -Rear deck antenna
I don't have all the '58 information, but I think 419A CH 01 might be 'charcoal' color upholstery.



Dwain G.

[cjsteak]

Thanks for the information Dwain!

Chris Salisbury
Hutto/Austin, TX

1958 Commander Starlight Hardtop

[StudeRich]

Chris; all of your "X" AC numbers are the loose, un-installed items placed with the floor mats and sill plate mouldings in the trunk at the factory.

Also the P5860 is the two tone combination of Parade Red and Parchment White. The other number Dwain decoded for you, is the Interior Trim.

StudeRich -Studebakers Northwest Ferndale, WA

[cjsteak]

Hey Rich,

You're 100% about the XAC numbers. I was looking at how my deck antenna was installed, and it looks like it took somebody at the dealer two tries with the hole cutter to mount it. Maybe happy hour started early that day or something.

Atleast I now know it wasn't aftermarket as I had once feared. I really like that deck antenna and it's in really decent shape.

Thanks for the input!

Chris Salisbury
Hutto/Austin, TX

1958 Commander Starlight Hardtop