just bought a 71 cutlass and need some help with cowl tag!! 1st. line st71-34257 r11028 bdy 2nd. line tr.973 11-24 pnt. 3rd. line 04d620 thanks for the help.

 

Welcome to CO. Someone will decode the data for you soon, I am sure.

 

O.K. is there anywhere that i can go to decode my cowl tag. it must be a tough one! if i cant get help here! thanks

 

Welcome aboard

71= 1971
3= Oldsmobile
4257= 2 door hard top
R= Arlington Texas
11028=Sequential production number
973= Blue interior
11= White
24= Nordic Blue
04D= Fourth week in April buid date

 

O.K. is there somewhere i can go to get my cowl tag decoded ? i tried here a few days ago and didnt get any help ,so could anyone suggest a place , i can try to do it? thanks again

 

thank you very much! is there a reason why they dont have the seat option on there? only the color.

 

Same reason you didn't get a "Shift key " I guess.

 

Post up a pic.

 

Mr. moderator its a shame i tried to get a little info. on a cutlass i just bought, and end up with mr. perfect telling me about a shift key, are you there to give computer lessons or help people or be a smart a--.if this is what your forums are about, I DONT need it, im sure YOU dont have any faults. sorry for bothering you

 

My sincerst appologies, If I offened you. I did not know the answer to your questions and was only trying to be funny

Sorry

 

Welcome. I merged your two threads since they were the identical question. This will hopefully avoid any confusion with responses.

 

Thanks, i was trying to find a way to do that.but didnt know if i could.

 

Welcome to our site! You have to understand the sense of humor my guys have on here! You should see some of the stuff they say to me - I never know if it's true or if they're foolin with me, lol! See I would have read that post and come back and said "Jamesbo.... what's a shift key"?? Even though I know there probably isn't such a thing cause he put all those big grins on there! Besides, he's been traumatized lately - gotta give him a break! He needs to laugh!!

 

A shift key is what you use to start your shift, dummies!

Olds didn't always put the seat type on the body tag. The trim code is often specific to a certain type of seat if you have the information to decode it. I'll look when I get home tonight.

 

Lol!! You are funny!

 

OK- 1971 TR 973 codes to 4257 Cutlass Supreme Holiday Coupe (2D HT) blue vinyl Strato-bucket seats.

PNT 11/24 sounds like car was originally a white painted roof which is unusual on a Supreme. Most of them had vinyl roof cover but your body tag doesn't indicate CO8 for vinyl roof.

620 sounds like an Arlington-specific code, but it had something to do with a body option that Fisher Body had to make provisions for. It may have to do with the outline trim for the painted roof as Fisher would have had to install the weld studs for the trim clips.

And uh, yeah, Monty, Jamesbo just lost a 69 Hurst to an electrical fire. Amazing he's keeping a sense of humour at all.

 

Yeh to that. I mucked about with a 442 book I've got here trying to help out with the codes but couldn't get everything Newbee Montyman needed. Knew someone like Jamesbo would have the answer & be happy to help out.
A bunch of means the poster is having a bit of fun which is what happens here on CO.
Welcome aboard Montyman. How about sharing some pics of your car.

 

sorry that i dont know how to do on here yet! i have pics in my doc.s and in a kodak album but dont see how to do it here

 

I'm the technologically challenged one, so I can't help ya, but someone will! Hang in there!

 

Lighten up buddy.

No need for sandy vags.

 

Maybe you should tell that to the Moderator I had decided to drop it, let it go, lighten up! and not say anymore about it. will i be able to ?

 

Yes you will be able to!! Even though I'm dyin to ask what "sandy vags" means, but I don't want to stir the pot, lol... so nevermind!

 

Pm sent

 

Welcome to the site,
Code what code, you have a code?
Spider

 

If you save your pics into www.photobucket.com you should be able to then download them into a post using the "advanced" function.

 

thanks! ill try that. i did manage to get one of my car in the gallery, but that is all i had at the time.

 

The pic in your avitar looks nice!! And we have another Buckeye onboard.... gonna be catchin up with the Texans pretty soon, lol!

 

Also if you use the 'reply' on the lower left,not the 'quick reply' box inder the post,you go down a bit and it says 'manage attachements'. Hit that and you can post pics.Just remember to resize them first if they are huge.
And everyone gets them busted occasionally,I got it my second day.
Oh,well.It looks like you are getting the info you need.Welcome! ---bil

 

HEY i am originally from ohio and only reason i am in texas is cause be statoned in san antonio. so do i count as an ohioan with an absentee ballot or straight texan . but on that note if i wasnt stationed here i wouldnt have my dream car, so it looks like it was meant to be

 

Speaking of avatar, what is that bizarre aircleaner looking thing you have in yours now?!




Sicky, I work with a guy who was stationed in SA in the 80s. Lord help I hope you don't have some of the stories he does... he was either buck wild or has a vivid imagination. And I'm hard to shock.

 

lol it can go either way to be honest down here. still some crazy people stationed here i would say but i am a mellow type of guy so no crazy antics for me so far...

 

.....Speaking of avatar, what is that bizarre aircleaner looking thing you have in yours now?!


Excuse me..... sir?? You wouldn't be talking about my first trophy, now would you? It's been in my avatar for months, lol!

 

OOPS! my car was born in Arlinton, texas, does work against me will work on a better pic.

 

Nope not at all, lol!!