oldsmobilty

I have seen threads about this but I can't find what I'm looking for. Can anyone tell me what color my original interior is from the cowl tag or direct me to the decoder?

GAOldsman

977 = White in color themed interior
75 A = Matador Red Lower Body Color with White Convertible Top
08E = Early build of 5th week of August 1971
A65 = Custom Sport Front Bench Seat

oldsmobilty

Thanks. Is it true that pearl was not offered in 72? I ordered new door panels and seat covers in white and they sent pearl.

GAOldsman

You are quite welcome and yes you are correct, pearl wasn't offered in '72

oldsmobilty

It was like Christmas for a short moment at my house today. I would lol but it's not funny.

GAOldsman

Where did you buy them from?

oldsmobilty

Brothers

oldsmobilty

I didn't get home until 8:00pm tonight after they were closed I will call them first thing in the morning.

Allan R

Just a few things to add on here Scot,

ST 72 - 1972 model production. ** I'll come back to that in a second
3 - Oldsmobile division
42 - Model; Cutlass Supreme
67 - Body style; convertible
LAN - Lansing MI production
223213 - Body number assigned by Fisher Body Works at Lansing. Has nothing to do with VIN
08E - time build code. Assembled by Fisher in the 5th week (E) of August (08) 1971. After being built by Fisher, the body (from cowl to rear deck) was shipped to the Lansing Assembly line to be completed. Fisher took anywhere from 3-4 days to get the car ready for the assembly line.

**This is an early production 72 indicated by the build date. Factories finished the 1971 model year production around the end of June each year and retooled for production of new model years in early July to build inventory for dealers. This car appears to have been built almost 2 months into production. From what I've been able to learn, the early months production numbers were ramped up significantly, and slowed somewhat as the dealer demands dropped back to normal levels.
A65 - Split bench front seat with center armrest

Allan R

Sorry to hear. I've dealt with them exactly 2x and both times they were rude and wouldn't work with me. Most of the members here steer clear of BAP (80442 on ebay) for good reason.

Hopefully you get better service and product replacement than a lot of us have experienced.

oldsmobilty

I guess I should have asked about them before I ordered. I was going to order from The Parts Place but they were rude to me over the phone. I hope they don't give me any problems with this matter. The most frustrating thing about this is that I have never ordered upholstery for any of the cars I've owned and when I do a mistake like this occurs. Is there a suggested retailer for upholstery?

Charlie Jones

The name Legendary keeps popping up on this forum.

GAOldsman

Sorry to hear that and that would explain it all

Allan thank you for the break down brother, the op just asked for the interior code and I went a little further. But you my friend have it spelled out like no other

oldsmobilty

Thanks to both off you guys. GAOldsman you gave me a little more information than I asked for and I appreciate that. Allan R gave me the ABC's and 123's of that cowl tag.