New to the forum, so if there's a link to how to decode VIN's and Body Tag's, please add to this post.

Otherwise, here's what I'm trying to decode on the 1968 442 I recently acquired where I put question marks that I'd like confirmation from what I've found so far:

VIN = 344878M156115

BODY TAG:

10C
ST 68-33687 (Holiday Coupe?) LAN153504 (Built in Lansing, MI?)
TR 940 (Black Interior?) V-2 Paint (Juneau Gray Metallic with Black Vinyl Top?)

It appears someone did a color change to Safron Yellow at some point

if I'm right on the V-2 code?

Thanks for any help!

 

Welcome and congrats on the car.

10C = built the third week (C) of Oct (10), 1967
ST 68 = Style 1968 model year
3 = Oldsmobile Division
36 = Cutlass model line (also used by Fisher Body on 1968-69 442s and fully documented in factory literature)
87 = Holiday Coupe (2dr HT)
LAN = Lansing Assembly Plant
153504 BODY = Fisher Body sequential number
TR940 = Black vinyl bucket seat interior
V-2 PAINT = Juneau Gray (V) with Black Vinyl Top (2)

And as with all 68 442s today, someone incorrectly added the W36 stripes in the wrong place...

 

You don't see many 68 factory (V color code) Juneau Gray cars. Wonderful color on any Cutlass/442...not to say the current color isnt nice.

 

I agree. I'm not a big fan of yellow cars, but this one seems to work with the black interior and stripes.

If I every repainted it, I would put it back to the original metallic Juneau Gray, but that's a lot of work and $$!