ST 72-33669 Z 00088 BDY
TR 933 A52 B90 26 26 PNT
08E 004784 080156

Hello, I was wondering if you guys could try and help me out with the cowl tag, so I understand that 3 mean's oldsmobile and 36 represents cutlass and 69 is town sedan but i'm stumped on the rest.

Thanks,

Dan

 

33669= Cutlass 4 Dr Pillar Sedan
Z= Fremont CA Assembly Plant
00088= Production Unit Number
933= Blue Cloth Bench Seat
A52= Bench Seat
B90= Molding, Side Window Reveal
26= Viking Blue Poly Lower Exterior Color
26= Viking Blue Vinyl Top
08E= August 5th week 1971 Production Date
004784 080156 = Codes pertaining to Fremont plant and build sequence (would be on build sheet as blocks as to data processing #'s)

 

Wow! Thanks! I'm curious about that vinyl top though, as far as I can tell it never had one. Also, does the 00088 mean that it was the 88th car made that year with the body configuration?

 

No prob, it could mean just viking blue upper body color. Does not specify if it is vinyl top but normally it would be. The 00088 means it was the 88th Oldsmobile body built at Fremont for the 1972 model year in 1971.

 

Was it an export to Canada?

 

Is viking blue paint top and bottom....blue vinyl would be a letter code, maybe C but not sure.

e.g viking blue paint with blue vinyl would be 26 C (or some other letter)

with a convertible VIN and body code, the letter would stand for the top color.

 

Yep I see that now and it's not showing a blue vinyl top for '72.

Scot

 

No, the lady I bought it off of said that her uncle drove it up form California shortly after he purchased it in '72.

 

I was wondering if you could help decode my cowl tag
ST 72 33687 R 23608 BDY
TR 949 A51 56 F PNT
06A0966

 

You should have started your own post!
ST 72=1972 year
3=Oldsmobile
36=Cutlass V8
87=hardtop coupe
R=Arlington TX Fisher body
23608=build sequence
TR=trim
949 saddle themed interior
A51 ? molding of some sort
56=Sunfire Yellow
F=Saddle tan vinyl roof cover
06A0966?

 

He's possibly running characters together?

The 06A at the beginning of the last line could be the build date, first week of June (1972).


I have A51 = front bucket seats

 

Thanks for help out Jaunty!

Pat

 

And 0966 is meaningless as far as I know. Arlington, Fremont and Lindon used these #'s as pertaining to the build and were pretty much in-house (Fisher Body) (only) as related to the build/build sequence.