72 GS 350? numbers

[cpk 71]

would someone decode for me please
ST 7243437 G 76149
TR 134 A65 53 T PNT
D3D

vin is 4G37K2G143912

[GrittyKitty]

Decoding body tags (http://www.yearone.com/updatedsinglepages/Id_info/decoding_body_tags.htm)

[GrittyKitty]

The vin is

4=Buick
G=GS
37= 2 door coupe
K=350-4bbl v-8 (GS)
2=1972
G = Framingham, MA

The last 6 numbers is the production run numbers.

The 76149 in the fisher body number

Paint 53 is Cortez Gold Poly I believe. (only available on the skylark,sportwagon and GS)

A65 is notch back bench seat (indicates you have a manual trans :laugh: )

The 134 is the interior trim color and reads as Covert (light tan). (http://www.atlantabuick.com/images/Restoration/72Trim.jpg)

I think you may be reading the D3D wrong. It's probably 03D which is the build date 03 is March and D is the 4th week of that month.

[cpk 71]

Thanks gritty kitty I thought it was a real GS but wasnt for sure,it has an auto in it now but it has a 73 motor in itand they could have changed the trans alsobut i dont think so but it would be cool if it was a four speed cause i have a complete four speed setup for one of these.It also has a white interior also so something is fishy here.It needs alot of work but i'm glad i got it.

[Smartin]

Stupid question:

Why would a notchback bench seat indicate a manual tranny?

[GrittyKitty]

Because they notched the bench around the shifter. I know my 70 Chevelle was like that. So I assumed the GS would be the same.

I thought they called that notched. Or is it the back of the bench so it folds down?

[Smartin]

This is the notchback bench:

The difference between this and the regular bench, is the split seatback and the fold-down armrest:beer

These have to be the most comfortable seats ever :bglasses:

[GrittyKitty]

OK. But what is the bench seat called that is cut out around the floor shifter? Or it must have been a custom job on the seat. Because I've just searched and cannot find any pics of one.

I have some pics of the car but not of the seat. :mad:

[GrittyKitty]

Thanks gritty kitty I thought it was a real GS but wasnt for sure,it has an auto in it now but it has a 73 motor in itand they could have changed the trans alsobut i dont think so but it would be cool if it was a four speed cause i have a complete four speed setup for one of these.It also has a white interior also so something is fishy here.It needs alot of work but i'm glad i got it.

Someone here has a convertible that had covert and he said you can't get the color anymore. He redid his in saddle. (http://www.members.shaw.ca/ritc1/interior.html) So I'm thinking the interior on yours was redone and they used white.

[cpk 71]

It also doesnt have GS emblems on the doors or gauges or a tach i think in 72 that was all optional stuff am i right?

[Brad Conley]

OK. But what is the bench seat called that is cut out around the floor shifter? Or it must have been a custom job on the seat. Because I've just searched and cannot find any pics of one.

I have some pics of the car but not of the seat. :mad:

GS's did not cut out around the 4 speed shifter on the bottom cushon of the front seat when ordered with either the standard bench or the optional notchback bench seat. Either a custom job or a seat out of another car which did have that cut out. You cannot assume having a notchback seat means a 4 speed was present when new. In fact, most probably came with automatics.

Notchback is like Adam stated...fold down armrest with a split front seatback. Probably the most comfortable of all the seating arrangements offered, IMHO.

[Nicholas Sloop]

It also doesnt have GS emblems on the doors or gauges or a tach i think in 72 that was all optional stuff am i right?

Tach and gauges were never srtandard, always an option.
There have been other threads on 72 door panel emblems; don't know the consensus, but plenty of combinations did not have them.