72 GS Decoding Please

[TWO72"s]

Could someone please decode this for me, especially the interior color code. ST 72 434367FLI 037625BDY
TR 136 56 B PNT
09C A65

Thanks, Chris

[Mike Trom]

Tr 136 = Saddle Color Vinyl Notch back seat
56 = Sunburst Yellow Body
B = Black top
09C = Built 3rd week of September
A65 = Vinyl notch back bench seat

I think you have one to many digits in the vin
Is it 3437 or 3467 ?

[TWO72"s]

43467 it is Mike, Here is another for you,
ST 72 43437 FLI 021765 BDY
TR 137 63 A PNT
08D A51 Thanks, Chris :TU:

[Mike Trom]

43467 it is Mike, Here is another for you,
ST 72 43437 FLI 021765 BDY
TR 137 63 A PNT
08D A51 Thanks, Chris :TU:

TR 137 = tan black vinyl buckets
63 =Burnished Copper body
A = White top
08D = Built 4th week of August
A51 = Code for Bucket seats

Must be a special order car since buckets were not a regular option for convertibles in 1972...

:beer

[TWO72"s]

Mike, this one is a coupe. When you say Tan/Black, I assume the black is the dash,rug,headliner,kick panels and pillars etc. The seats are very light color, almost like a butterscotch. Would that be a white vinyl or painted top? These are my cars, which are both black now. I may be repainting the coupe back to original someday and this is the first time I checked on the paint and trim codes.Very interesting :beer Chris

[TWO72"s]

43437 SORRY, :Dou:

[Mike Trom]

Chris,

I think another name for Tan/black as they have listed is "Covert" but I am not sure why it is listed as Tan/black? :Do No:

As for the top, that is a good question about a painted or vinly top and I don't think you can tell that from the cowl tag, you would need a build sheet or sloan data to be sure.

Sorry I got confused with the second decode (coupe/conv.) :Dou:

:beer

[Brad Conley]

Chris,

I think another name for Tan/black as they have listed is "Covert" but I am not sure why it is listed as Tan/black? :Do No:

Mike,

Covert (Ditzler name) was also known as Sandalwood in Buick-speak. The Tan/Black was sold as just that, Tan/Black. It is listed in my 1972 Color & Trim book as Tan/Black with a Trim Style number of 467 or 367 (should match the number on the data plate). Covert (Sandalwood) will have their interior codes end in a "4".

Those silly marketing guys....tried to pull one over on us! Hey! My degree is in marketing! No wonder I understand this crap!
:Dou:

[Nicholas Sloop]

Chris,

As for the top, that is a good question about a painted or vinly top and I don't think you can tell that from the cowl tag, you would need a build sheet or sloan data to be sure.

Sure you can. A painted two tone to has two numeric paint codes. A letter code is either a vinyl top or a convertible.

[Mike Trom]

Sure you can. A painted two tone to has two numeric paint codes. A letter code is either a vinyl top or a convertible.

:Dou: :Dou: :Dou: I knew that :Dou: :Dou: :Dou:

:beer