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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Do you know the dealers name that sold it?

 

Holiday Olds in New York

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

1972 model that was delivered 08-1971

 

I dont have 24-860 listed yet.

 

Any thoughts on how I could sleuth it out?

Is there any way other than somebody having reporting it?

 

Dealer zone list

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

 

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

 

Buick database doesn't have it either

 

Nor does the GTO site

 

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

 

Thanks I fixed it