67Toronado

Hello all I recently purchased a 67 Toronado, It has power bucket seats, I am looking for a center console, in addition I would like to know if the bodyplate provides the codes for the options that the car was built to. Attached is the photo of the plate

Lastly, I am looking for info for the rear wheel bearings to determine if they need/ can be repacked or replaced. There looks as if there is grease leakage around the cap, but I havent taken anything apart yet.
Thanks in advance

jaunty75

I can help a bit, maybe.

05D = build date, 4th week of May 1967
3 = Oldsmobile
9687 = Toronado Deluxe
EUC = Euclid, Ohio (plant where body was made)
Paint X = Garnet Red lower body color
Paint 2 = black vinyl top
095-B = black vinyl strato bucket seat. Not sure of this.
E = tinted windshield and windows
X = power windows
T = power driver's seat
S = power trunk release
2E = air conditioning
2R = rear speaker
3P = ?
5Y = deluxe seat belts


Did I get any of this right?

Can we see some photos of the car?

67Toronado

Thx, a lot of the codes map to actual configuration which appear correct and un altered the vehicle interior is solid red, and it does not look like there was a vinyl top,(Could be wrong in that the vehicle was painted white). I was thinking that the X2 paint code meant red top and body paint. Is there a plate decoder out there somewhere to figure out the 3P code? Thx

jaunty75

Here's the site I went to. I could not find a translation of the 3P code.

http://datatagdecoder.com/

67Toronado

thx for your help!

joe_padavano

Pretty much nailed it (though the second "X" in Group 1 is an "S", so that's a typo.
The "P" in Group 3 is rumored to be power steering, though I don't know why Fisher Body cared about that. It has been seen on another 67 Toro.

To the OP, these cowl tag codes only refer to options that Fisher Body cared about, so they typically won't cover options that got installed on the Olds assembly line as opposed as by Fisher.

67Toronado

I found some additional info in the build manual posted

on this site, regarding the seats trim code 095 appears to be dark red color

jaunty75

Looks correct!

droldsmorland

As for the rear bearings grease leaking on either side of the hub is not an indication of needing to replace a bearing.
Weeping from the dust cover is VERY common and no reason for alarm.
First step is to get tire off the ground and wiggle the tire/rim. It should be tight with minimal wobble which can be adjusted after servicing. Then pull it all apart and inspect.

Leaking from the grease seal at the rear of the drum (or rotor) should be addressed when you gently pull the OEM(?) bearings out to clean inspect and re-grease...Which should be part of bringing any old car back to life and part of regular routine maintenance.

If the bearing and races inspect OK repack and reuse. DO replace the rubber lipped grease seal and cotter pin.
If the bearings are OEM or at least older USA replacements do not toss them just to make yourself feel better about new bearings. The old USA bearings are best.

If needed BDI is who you want to contact for new bearings/races seals. Dont expect to find anything but chinese junk at the big box parts houses. DO expect bearing failure in short order if that's the route you are thinking of going in.

Before calling BDI Have your part numbers ready to go. Insist on USA made or anything other than china. For some reason chineasium is the first thing they will try to sell you when for a few dollars more you can get a bearing or seal you can trust. Swiss, Japan, German, Canadian even Mexican is better quality/durability. Use the right grease too.

https://www.bdiexpress.com/us/en/

Click accept all at the bottom right when the site opens(this is new)

67Toronado

Thank you for the information!

jaunty75

Thanks. Fixed it.

rocketraider

Acquiring these should be your first order of business. Original paper copies only.

rocketraider

This is from Nov 73 factory body parts book.


Garnet vinyl available for both Strato-bench and Strato-bucket interiors ONLY on 9687. N/A for 9487.