leepear

Can someone give me a lesson on the Oldsmobile Protect-o-plate. I can see a vin and guessing date built but what is 00006 and 05-410 on the plate. This is a 1971 car. Thanks Lee

leepear

I meant not date built but date purchased 07-02-71

BlackGold

05 is the Zone number and 410 is the Dealer number.

leepear

Thanks Brian. That solves the mystery. The other number is the delivered mileage 00006 miles on the car. Now I can read a protecto plate...........Lee

kpl70sx

I'm pretty sure the 00006 is the number of miles on the car on the 'in-service' date.

TK-65

Do you know the dealers name that sold it?

leepear

Holiday Olds in New York

ddd777

Can someone please point me in the direction of a list of zones and dealers, so as to be able to decipher a protect-o-plate?

Thx

GAOldsman

ddd777 this thread is almost 2 years old? Now that you are a member, you can start your own threads in any of the forums. Usually if you post a question about your POP, cowl tag or VIN someone can decode it for you. There ares tons of websites and literature out there that have some of the info you seek, but depending on the car and year model you may have to "combine" your efforts. Basically it's easier to just ask, unless you want to purchase literature for your application or be pointed in the right direction.

There is no one book or one website out there that has every answer for every application.

ddd777

Got it. Thanks.

FYI, when i googled "zone dealer oldsmobile protect-o-plate" this thread came up first....so I figured this is where I would start....

The number I am investigating is 24-860

from some more peeking around here and here, the zone looks like it is Southern California (SF Looks like it is 23).

Thanks in advance for any clues on Oldsmobile dealer number 860.

GAOldsman

Zone 24 is the LA area Zone. Dealer # 860 I cannot find either, maybe TK-65 has it in his registry

GAOldsman

Another thing to consider is what time frame are you looking for, as dealer # codes changed through the years as dealerships changed owners and or merged into other dealerships or what have you.

ddd777

1972 model that was delivered 08-1971

TK-65

I dont have 24-860 listed yet.

ddd777

Any thoughts on how I could sleuth it out?

Is there any way other than somebody having reporting it?

ROCKET VAPOR

Dealer zone list

http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43413

ddd777

thx
860 missing from the list that is posted there as well :-(
http://firstgenfirebird.org/FAQ/docs/dealer_codes.txt


this pontiac list had a lot of good info - but again not 860 (might have been exclusively Oldsmobile...)
http://www.wallaceracing.com/dealer-search.htm

Buick here:
http://www.buickgsx.net/Dealer%20Codes%20by%20Zone.pdf

GAOldsman

Buick database doesn't have it either

GAOldsman

Nor does the GTO site

ddd777

http://www.ultimategto.com/art18.htm

GAOldsman

Thanks I fixed it