Gentlemen,

If you would be so kind and help me break this down:

 

72 = 1972
3 = GM Division (Oldsmobile)
36 = Cutlass with V8
87 = 2 Door Hardtop Fastback Coupe
LAN = Lansing, Mich Assembly Plant
250386 = Fisher Body Unit #
947 = White in color themed interior with bench front seat
65 = Flame Orange Lower Body Color
A = White Vinyl Top
09D = 4th week of Sept 1971 build date
A52 = Conventional Bench Seat
B80 = Exterior Drip Scalp Molding

 

Thanks GA. Debating whether to take on ANOTHER project. Still have two nowhere close to complete but, the price is right.

Of course the car is silver with a white gut, black vinyl top and black W30 stripes. Restoring to original will mean a new top as well as a paint. Solid body and great interior.

Anyway I can find out what the original stripes were from cowl tag?

 

sounds like a nice car - I wouldn't worry too much about originality, enjoy it and use as is for a while. I have never seen a cowl tag from that era on an Oldsmobile depict what color the stripes were, not sure I have even seen a broadcast card with that info though maybe I just don't know how to decode it. I do have an original PO that mentions stripe color though

 

i know this is an old thread but wondering if Code " A " on the cowl tag could be white accent strip instead of A = White Vinyl Top

 

No, accent colors are not called out on the tag, this info is in the assembly manual and the service manual

 

Thank you for the response , This guy with a 72 says his car never had a white vinyl top, but the cowl tag disputes that then.