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Mine came with the Y70 originally but I cant seem to find much info on it. Does this car have the Y70 package? Looking to get the exterior/interior back to original, Saturn Gold w/white vinyl top and white int, and the Y70. Can anyone help? Thanks!

ELECMAN

As per the manual in 72.FUSICK AUTOMOTIVE SELLS AND OTHER CUTLASS PARTS PLACE SELL A MANUAL CALLED ILLUSTRATED FACTS AND FEATURE MANUAL TELLS YOU ALL THE OPTIONS THAT CAME IN THE YEAR CAR.I BOUGHT MOST OF MY INTERIOR PARTS FROM YEARONE ALWAYS LOOK ON LINE THAY ARE ALWAYS GIVE PROMOTION CODES,LEGENDARY IS VERY GOOD TOO.

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Perfect, thank you! If I had hair I'd have pulled it out the last few days trying to figure this out. So the stripes on the hood arent part of the Y70?

ELECMAN

So far i know get BOTH THE ILLUSTRATED FACTS AND FEATURE AND ALSO THE ASSEMBLY MANUAL VERY VERY HELPFUL manual it is very helpful i also have a 72

Allan R

What is the production date on your car? The package in the picture was discontinued part way through the model year. If you still have the original door sticker, it will have the month and production year on it. The Cowl tag will also have an alpha numeric code to indicate production (eg: my car was built on April 7, 1972. This translates to a code 04A on the lower left side of the cowl tag).

Another thing to look at: is this striping painted on or decals?

You have a very good looking car. I'm not a fan of yellow, but it looks decent in this picture.

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Would this be the 4th week of March?
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Also, the car in the pic isnt mine, just one I found while scouring google, here's mine:
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Old pic but looks pretty much the same.
On my next round of goodie buying I'll have to pic up an assembly manual, I'm sure it's full of good info.

1969w3155

Would this be the 4th week of March?
Yes it would.

Allan R

Yes (as 1969W3155) says. In addition, the cowl tag shows that your car was a 72 model year, painted code 53 (saturn gold) body and had a code A (white) vinyl top. I cannot read the letters or numbers beside the ST 72 Maybe you could list them for me? That information will give more info about the body style, production plant, and sequence number. Your VIN (from the front dash will provide more information. Can you post it too?

Interior was A52 (bench seat) and trim level was ??? I can't read it. Maybe you could check it and post it. All the trim levels are a 3 digit number starting with a 9 so yours is 9??

BTW, an assembly manual is ok, but what you really want is the 1972 chassis service manual.

BlackGold

The hood stripes probably are part of Y70. I don't have a '72 assembly manual in front of me, but there's probably another page which covers the stripes for the hood. Note how the page posted is titled "Body Side Stripes" and is too full to show a picture of a hood as well.

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Here's what the tag says:
ST72 33287LAN422577 BDY
TR 917 53 A PNT
3D A52

and the VIN is:
3F87H2M200182

Thanks to everyone for the great info!

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That would be sweet, cant wait til I'm able to get her looking like she rolled off the showroom floor.

Allan R

ST72 - 1972 model
3 - Oldsmobile
3287 - f85 2 door hardtop (FYI you could still get the 442 and W30 options with this model)
LAN - Lansing production
422577 - is the body number assigned to the car (as a matter of interest, my 72 was built at Lansing on April 7 of 72 and has body number 442325. If you find a broadcast card in your car, this number will be shown in the box for Body number)
TR 917 - White all Morocceen naugahyde (available with all exterior colors)
53 - lower body paint color = Saturn Gold
A - Upper body vinyl roof color = white
3D - produced in March during the 3rd week
A52 - Bench seat

VIN
3 - Olds division
F-f-85
87-fastback coupe
H - 350 2bbl 160bhp Rocket v8
2 - production year 1972
M - production plant Lansing code
200182 - Lansing production sequence number (this number will not match your body number)

Allan R

Here are some info pages for I scanned from the 72 assembly manual. The Y70 option is noted unter Body Side Paint Stripes (35Y70 and 35Y75) This provides the graphic details for striping the CS (fastback) and 87 (Fastback) models with striping. Those Y70 code stripes were considerably bigger than the ones shown on the original post. Maybe they have been customized by the previous owner?


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Wow, I'm definitely getting an assembly manual!
If I'm reading the dimensions right the main stripe is just 2 tenths of an inch with a 6 hundredth if an inch stripe above and below that so the yellow car is probably correct. The pics in the manual were probably exaggerated because of the small scale to make it a bit easier to make out.
Too bad she didnt come with the Y73 hood stripes, I like those.
Trying really hard to keep her looking as stock as possible:

Though drivetrain, suspension and brakes are a different story.

Allan R

Nice piece of documentation on your car! The original bill of sale is always nice to have. Do you have the original owners manual, emissions booklet and protecto plate?

BTW, yes you're reading the information right. I would recommend both the Assembly manual and Chassis service manual. They are both incredibly helpful.

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Yep, I believe I have everything from the original sale of the car, even the letter from Olds to the original owner thanking him for his purchase.
I was thumbing through the owners manual the other day and it was like stepping back in a time machine, pretty cool.