great, another fake part and wrong at that - anyone ever see a 70 OW tag like this - yellow! and the stamp font isn't even close from what I remember

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/70-OL...Q5fAccessories

 

Hmm....shouldn't that be red?

 

70 was light blue

 

GM service replacement part or.... incorrect reproduction???

The Parts Place carries the tag with the light blue printing.

 

Bzzzzzzt. '70 was black.

As for the yellow tag on eBay, I can't vouch for the details of color or font, but I do know that some Buick GSs received the Olds OW transmission, and that the Buick OW tag was different than the Olds OW tag. That eBay tag looks similar to the Buick tags I've seen. FWIW, Buick also stamped more information on the tag than Olds did. (Actually, I'm sure the Hydramatic plant stamped the tags, but it was done to Olds and Buick's specification.)

 

you sure? I thought it was blue, mine is all silver now if I rember correctly, I don't think I have any color left on mine - I do know there were OWs on Buick's in 70 as well.

 

OH 69 Hurst tags are yellow. I believe 71 tags are blue IIRC. Can't remember the 70 ones, but I don't think they were yellow.

 

I make a decal for the T-400 that goes over your metal trans tag and the tag in the auction is wrong for Oldsmobile. From what I've seen Brian the 70 tag is blue.



The blue is a little off color. The decal is sitting on a aluminum tag so it might look a little fuzzy.







The tag on the left is a NOS tag. If you take a good look you can see differences in the fonts on the tag I make.

 

Another thing I noticed was in the auction, there's a block in the center with lettering in it? I don't recall that being on there either.

 

yes, I think that's the blue mine is or was - soon I can check as the weather is breaking

 

Well if you guys say you've seen blue '70 TH400 tags, I won't argue. I can't dispute your experience.

But every 1970 TH400 tag of which I've taken note was black. (OK, I'll admit I haven't noted that many; I don't crawl under every car I see.)

And there's a post on V8Buick by someone who claims that the tags rotated on a three year cycle:
Blue......65, 68, 71
Yellow...66, 69, 72
Black.....67, 70, but by '73 they switched the black to red.

I welcome stories of others' experiences.

 

the Oldsmobile ones I have seen are blue for 70 red for 71 at least on the OWs I think I have some images

 

Maybe it's the same people that made the dash tag for the supposed "Kennedy Ambulance" that sold at Barrett-Jackson.