Fremont built 1970 442 - Above where the emissions sticker goes on the radiator core top plate there are the remains of a yellow sticker.

Is this the engine cooling system decal? http://www.fusickautomotiveproducts....sp?number=DC43
Or possibly the CA emissions decal?
Is this a factory decal or something added by a garage later in life? See picture below.

 

Al, that is the remnant of the 1970 California Emission Label.

Fortunately, there was a lot more left of my label when I bought the car--so it was easier for me to identify it.

There are three varieties of the label available. My car was built a few days after Jan 1, 1970, so it had the Revision A label.

Gary



1970 Emission Label

 

Thanks Gary,

Good info. I have a fourth week of Feb 1970 build date. Trim tag date code: 02D
Any idea which revision I would need?
I found the other thread: https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...ickers-140200/

Is this the correct decal? PT. NO. 3980214
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-CHEVRO...53.m2749.l2649




Al

 

Al, I think your car would have the second revision--where number 2 procedure on the label will call for a filter change, not filter cleaning.

But that may not be critically important. If you are not building a 1000-point show car, who would know if your label is the perfect version?

 

Al,

Here's a picture of the CB (version 2) revision of the Emission Label.

Gary

 

Just as easy to put the right decal on.

Is there a height/width difference between these decals? It seems from the pictures that the version 2 (CB) decal is a little taller than the version 1 (CA) decal. I measured the outline of mine and it looks to be about 1 3/8" tall. Was there a particular date the version 2 decal started being used?

Al

 

Al,

My examples are 1 1/2" wide (camera angle was different).

That width checks with the remnant of the original that was on my car. Length varies 6 1/4 to 6 1/2" among my examples--the remnant is too tattered at the ends to check that; either could be correct.

I don't have much information on the version date ranges. When I lived in LA, I saw a version 2 on a Fremont car built in February.

My Lansing car was built on Jan 06, the second day of calendar 1970 production. It has the version 1 instructions, which are incorrect for the canister on the car. It has no funnel and the filter is meant to be changed, not washed.

Logically, they would change that label quickly.

Fremont could have started with version 2 or quickly transitioned to version 2. Fremont probably built more California-destined cars than Lansing did.

Gary

 

Looking further at my examples of repro labels, I have both CA and CB labels with the change-filter instruction.

The CA version with part number 3963360 and CB with part number 3963361 read identically.

 

California, causing misery for motorists for at least half a century. Carry on!

 

Did California sold Olds have the vapor line to the canister and fuel tank along frame like Buick did? My 1970 GSX was Flint built but California sold so it carried those things. There was a weird plastic vapor separator at the fuel tank that was held to the trunk floor by carriage head bolts. The floor of the trunk was even different than a 49 state car. There even was a small gold metal thing that looked like a flying saucer back there. Gas tank was unique to California sold as well. I restored it all. What a pain. Did Olds use similar set up?

 

Oh, yes. Total PITA. Three ports on the back of the gas tank to the vapor separator, and a line down the frame rail to the canister up front. And the carriage bolts through the trunk floor to hold that separator in place. Mine was built in Lansing but sold in Cali.

 

Cat,
The GM cars had similar systems for California emissions.
Some Olds models had a unique tank, some had the same tank with unique gas cap.

 

Spotted the vapor separator while I was checking the rear end code.