Hello to all the great folks out there that love the old Cars as much as I do. I have always been a MOPAR guy and raised in a small dealership that my dad owned untill 1976. I was told that I had Grease in my diapers before i had poop in em. Anyway I am new to the Oldsmobile side of things and have been trying to decode a 1974 W-30 Hurst Olds. The car was purchased about 2yrs ago by a friend of mine and put back for a future Project because we were already knee deep in other restorations. Recently we decided to sell it along with a couple other cars. I found the break down for the VIN# but can not find for the Cowl Tag. If anyone can help me here I would appreciate it very much.
The VIN is 3J47TV4M275622 and the cowl tag reads from top left

ST74 3AG37LAN385913 BDY
TR 957 11 11 PNT
03B AN7 19X
00 265 65A 717

If anyone can help with this I would appreciate it very much. This car is for sale if anyone is interested.
Thanks,
Mike A

 

There is something wrong with your VIN. VIN's from that year were 13 characters, and you have 14. I'm guessing you should not have both a "T" and a "V" after the 7.

3J47TV4M275622

http://service.gm.com/dealerworld/vi.../vincard74.pdf

3 = Oldsmobile Division
J = Cutlass Supreme
47 = "coupe - 2-door hardtop"
T = 455 V-8 4-bbl, 210 hp while V = 455 V-8 4-bbl, 275 hp
4 = model year 1974
M = Lansing, Michigan assembly plant
275622 = production sequence number at the Lansing plant


As far as the cowl tag, the only thing I can help you with is the 03B, which indicates the car was assembled the second week (B) of March (03), which would be March 1974.


Please post some photos of the car.