Help with decoding
#2
This might help.
344678M209854 -Vehicle Identification number, built in Lansing Mich.
Cowl
ST68-33667- Cutlass V8 Sport Coupe
214782 Lansing Build Number
TR-950 Black Bench seat interior.
R-2 (Paint) Scarlet lower color and black upper color.
BTW There were 1662 Cutlass Sport Coupes built in the 1968 model year.
Others may have something to add.
Wayne
344678M209854 -Vehicle Identification number, built in Lansing Mich.
Cowl
ST68-33667- Cutlass V8 Sport Coupe
214782 Lansing Build Number
TR-950 Black Bench seat interior.
R-2 (Paint) Scarlet lower color and black upper color.
BTW There were 1662 Cutlass Sport Coupes built in the 1968 model year.
Others may have something to add.
Wayne
#3
This can't be correct because the "67" both in the VIN and on the cowl tag indicate convertible body style.
344678M209854
I decode this as a '68 442 convertible with V-8 engine built at Lansing.
On the cowl tag, the 12B indicates a production date of the second week (B) of December (12), so that would be December 1967 for a 1968 model car.
The first "3" on the cowl tag indicates Oldsmobile division. The next "36" would indicate Cutlass V-8 and not 442 V-8, but I think this is a well-documented issue with cowl tags on '68 442s built at Lansing. It's the VIN that confirms that the car is a 442.
344678M209854
I decode this as a '68 442 convertible with V-8 engine built at Lansing.
On the cowl tag, the 12B indicates a production date of the second week (B) of December (12), so that would be December 1967 for a 1968 model car.
The first "3" on the cowl tag indicates Oldsmobile division. The next "36" would indicate Cutlass V-8 and not 442 V-8, but I think this is a well-documented issue with cowl tags on '68 442s built at Lansing. It's the VIN that confirms that the car is a 442.
Last edited by jaunty75; July 13th, 2020 at 10:36 AM.
#5
Here's a detailed breakdown of your VIN and trim tag. First, the VIN of 344678M209854.
3 = GM division = Oldsmobile
44 = model series = 4-4-2
67 = body type = convertible
8 = model year = 1968
M = assembly plant = Lansing MI
209854 = assembly plant sequential number
Now, the trim tag.
12B = time build code = December (12), second week of that month (B), 1967
ST 68 = style/model year = 1968
33667: 3 = GM division = Oldsmobile, 36 = model series = Cutlass V8 (note that the Cutlass V8 code was used on the trim tag; the true identity of the car as a 4-4-2 is in the VIN), 67 = body type = convertible
LAN = assembly plant = Lansing MI
214782 BODY = Fisher body number (this number has no relationship to the VIN; they are two separate numbers, one issued by Fisher, the other by the assembly plant, respectively)
TR 950 = interior color and front seat type = black interior with a bench seat (somewhat rare to have a bench seat in a '68 4-4-2 convertible; most have bucket seats)
R - 2 PAINT = lower body color and convertible top color = scarlet (R) with a black convertible top (2)
Randy C.
'68 4-4-2 convertible (with a bench seat as well!)
'69 4-4-2 convertible
3 = GM division = Oldsmobile
44 = model series = 4-4-2
67 = body type = convertible
8 = model year = 1968
M = assembly plant = Lansing MI
209854 = assembly plant sequential number
Now, the trim tag.
12B = time build code = December (12), second week of that month (B), 1967
ST 68 = style/model year = 1968
33667: 3 = GM division = Oldsmobile, 36 = model series = Cutlass V8 (note that the Cutlass V8 code was used on the trim tag; the true identity of the car as a 4-4-2 is in the VIN), 67 = body type = convertible
LAN = assembly plant = Lansing MI
214782 BODY = Fisher body number (this number has no relationship to the VIN; they are two separate numbers, one issued by Fisher, the other by the assembly plant, respectively)
TR 950 = interior color and front seat type = black interior with a bench seat (somewhat rare to have a bench seat in a '68 4-4-2 convertible; most have bucket seats)
R - 2 PAINT = lower body color and convertible top color = scarlet (R) with a black convertible top (2)
Randy C.
'68 4-4-2 convertible (with a bench seat as well!)
'69 4-4-2 convertible
#7
A car with a PAINTED metal top would have a letter for the upper body color code in 1968, not a number.
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