Data tag

[Matt 68]

Looking to get a data tag decoded can anyone help?

[joe_padavano]

03B = second week (B) of March (03) 1968 build date

ST68 = 1968 model year

33667 = Oldsmobile (3) Cutlass S (36) convertible (67) Note that Oldsmobile also used Cutlass cowl tags on 442s in the 1968-69 model years.  This is well documented in factory literature.

LAN = Lansing assembly plant

300226 BODY = Fisher Body sequence number (not related to VIN)

TR940 = Black bucket seat interior

N-2 PAINT = Burgundy Poly paint (N) with black convertible top (2)

[Matt 68]

The vin starts with 344

[Matt 68]

It has black bench with column shifter now. Did they do bench with column shifter?

[joe_padavano]

 

1 hour ago, Matt 68 said:

The vin starts with 344

 

I had a hunch, which is why mentioned, both 442s and Cutlii used the same 336 cowl tags in 1968-69.

 

1 hour ago, Matt 68 said:

It has black bench with column shifter now. Did they do bench with column shifter?

 

I ASSUME you are talking about an AT column shifter.  The base equipment in a 1968 442 was bucket seats with the HD three speed manual "Dearborn" trans (don't call it a Ford Toploader...) with a Hurst floor shifter and NO console. If you ordered an automatic, you got the column shift (even with bucket seats) unless you also paid $57.93 extra for RPO D55 console and floor shifter. Also note that while bucket seats were standard, a bench seat was optionally available under RPO A52 - a $68.46 credit. Note that if the car had come from the factory with a black bench, the cowl tag would have had trim code 950.

 

Edited June 15, 2018 by joe_padavano (see edit history)