02E - 5th week of February 1972. A52 - Bench seat 114 = Sandalwood Interior 50/50 Sandalwood upper/lower color exterior
the 5th week of Feburary 1972 consisted of 3 days, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. So it was either Monday 2/28 or Tuesday 2/29 (leap year).
In this case, yes, but the first number corresponds to the lower body paint color. Second color is the top.
Covert was generic "GM speak" for what Buick named Sandalwood, a light tan color with a tinge of green.
My data code is 114, my interior is cloth , even the door panels are cloth I figured someone changed the interior moreover nobody has replacement cloth interior
Data code for 72 suncoupe 114 sandalwood 72 suncoupe Hasn't been driven in 30yrs moreover it’s a one owner 72 suncoupe owner claimed he never recovered seats or swapped them out moreover he bought the car off the show room floor with burnt orange seats ...what do you guys think
Please trash that interior. It’s the humane thing to do. That poor car has been exposed to elements for years. Junkyard cars I know of in New England never look that bad. Floors have to be Swiss Cheese as well.
Another observation. Why are the kick panels black? Or are they dark brown? Black doesn’t seem right for that color interior?
Some of the issues with "color names" is due to jurisdiction. Buick called the colors by one name and Fisher Body often called them by another name.............therefore the color name you find with factory information differed depending on where the info originated. Also, 1972 trim codes are weird, again it had to do with jurisdiction, so you may get conflicting info from different sources. Somewhere I have all the 72 trim codes listed, now where I put that??????????????????? Also, for 72 models, GM was trying to give their cars the "European look", hence the blacked out grills, the black & tan interiors, the saddle interiors, etc. You might want to find a 72 Upholstery trim book. I believe they list what color dashes etc would go with the interior colors..............and do not assume the 72's were done the same as the 71's, because a lot of times they were not. I used to hate trying to figure out 72 trim codes/colors when I had the upholstery business going. Duane
