Can some please decode my cowl tag. I know most but not sure on colors.

 

 

PNT: A = Ebony Black
2 = Black vinyl top

TR: 945= Garnet (brownish red) bucket seat interior.

 

Pictures please.

 

convertible top in this case (33667)

06A is first week of June, 1968

 

06A = time build code = June (06), first week of that month (A), 1968

ST 68 = style/model year = 1968

33667: Oldsmobile (3), Cutlass V8 (36), convertible (67). This could be a cowl tag for a Cutlass convertible or a 4-4-2 convertible.

LAN = assembly plant = Lansing MI

404270 BODY = Fisher Body number (has no relationship to the car's vehicle identification number)

TR 945 = trim/interior color and front seat type = garnet with bucket seats

A-2 PAINT = lower body color (A = ebony black) and convertible top color (2 = black)

Randy C.
'68 4-4-2 convertible
'69 4-4-2 convertible

 

Whups! Missed that.

 

Later production 68.

 

Because of the June build date, right?

 

Yes Sir, Sometime in August 68 is when the 69 models started goin down the line.

 

Great information, Thank you. Only difference is the top is white.

 

I like the color variation - black with white top and red interior. Only issue with a white convertible top that I've had is they tend to get dirty over time and hard to get "nice and really white" clean. But that color variation would look sharp. Is your car a Cutlass or a 4-4-2? The VIN will provide the answer. If the VIN reads 336678M------, it's a Cutlass. If it reads 344678M------, it's a 4-4-2. Lansing used the same cowl tag for both the Cutlass V8 and the 4-4-2 for the '68 model year (and, as I understand, part or all of the '69 model year).

Randy C.

 

Probably not the original top. A daily driver or often driven car would likely have had at least one new top installed in 54 years.
Vert tops wear out relatively quickly if exposed to daily driving and not well cared for.
Black Black Red is a very cool combo. There is a triple black 69 vert lurking around my neighborhood...sharp too.

 

Thanks again, it's not the original top and it's a Cutlass S not a 442.

 

Sorry for digging up this old thread, but my question is related. I'm trying to figure out how my cowl tag decodes, everything checks out except for the trim number and seat type. The '68 Olds SM shows the trim number as being 3 digits, followed by a lettered seat code:



My cowl tag just shows a trim number (no seat code):



I've not been able to find the documentation that shows what "950" means, or what a "blank" seat code means (my car came with black bench seats). Can someone please point me to the documentation that shows what "950" trim number means? TIA.

 

Your 950 trim code is your seat code. Black Bench.

I've never seen the letter after the trim code on a cowl tag in 68. There was no reason to add the "v" after the trim code because cloth seats got a different number and cloth was only available in 4 doors and Vista's

 

Perfect, just what I was looking for. THANKS.