I just picked up a 56 olds 88. This car needs complete restoration. The guy I bought it off of was going to cut it up and scrap it. I am going to save this thing from the crusher. I need help decoding the cowl tag, none of the books I have give any explanation to these numbers.

Style - 56-3611
Body - 1409
Trim - 364
Paint - S64-63
Top - ACC

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Style 56 means it's a '56
36 is an 88
11 is a 2-door sedan
If there was a D on the end, that would mean it was a Super 88

Body 1409 means it is the 1409th 2-door sedan body built at that plant. There should be a code in front of number that tells what plant the body was built at.

Trim 364 is the code for the interior trim, which I don't have in front of me right now. I'm going to guess tan, because...

S64-63 is the code for special two tone paint (meaning two tone on the body instead of just the roof) in Shantung Beige over Citation Bronze.

Top would be the top code if it were a convertible.

ACC would be accessory codes that would effect the build of the body (like air conditioning or power windows).

Paul

From some very faded computer images,I think that 364 is beige morroceen(I know the spelling doesn't seem right) and beige and white cloth.

Thanks for the info.