joeype

Can some please decode my cowl tag. I know most but not sure on colors.

Vintage Chief

BangScreech4-4-2

PNT: A = Ebony Black
2 = Black vinyl top

TR: 945= Garnet (brownish red) bucket seat interior.

no1oldsfan

Pictures please.

allyolds68

convertible top in this case (33667)

06A is first week of June, 1968

rcorrigan5

06A = time build code = June (06), first week of that month (A), 1968

ST 68 = style/model year = 1968

33667: Oldsmobile (3), Cutlass V8 (36), convertible (67). This could be a cowl tag for a Cutlass convertible or a 4-4-2 convertible.

LAN = assembly plant = Lansing MI

404270 BODY = Fisher Body number (has no relationship to the car's vehicle identification number)

TR 945 = trim/interior color and front seat type = garnet with bucket seats

A-2 PAINT = lower body color (A = ebony black) and convertible top color (2 = black)

Randy C.
'68 4-4-2 convertible
'69 4-4-2 convertible

BangScreech4-4-2

Whups! Missed that.

droldsmorland

Later production 68.

BangScreech4-4-2

Because of the June build date, right?

droldsmorland

Yes Sir, Sometime in August 68 is when the 69 models started goin down the line.

joeype

Great information, Thank you. Only difference is the top is white.

rcorrigan5

I like the color variation - black with white top and red interior. Only issue with a white convertible top that I've had is they tend to get dirty over time and hard to get "nice and really white" clean. But that color variation would look sharp. Is your car a Cutlass or a 4-4-2? The VIN will provide the answer. If the VIN reads 336678M------, it's a Cutlass. If it reads 344678M------, it's a 4-4-2. Lansing used the same cowl tag for both the Cutlass V8 and the 4-4-2 for the '68 model year (and, as I understand, part or all of the '69 model year).

Randy C.

droldsmorland

Probably not the original top. A daily driver or often driven car would likely have had at least one new top installed in 54 years.
Vert tops wear out relatively quickly if exposed to daily driving and not well cared for.
Black Black Red is a very cool combo. There is a triple black 69 vert lurking around my neighborhood...sharp too.

joeype

Thanks again, it's not the original top and it's a Cutlass S not a 442.