1975 TRIM TAG DECODER

1975 TRIM TAG DECODER

TRIM TAG DECODER

First Line

75 - Model Year

1 - GM line (1 - Chevrolet, 2 - Pontiac, 3 - Oldsmobile, 4 - Buick)

H - H-Body (found on all Trim Tags)

M27 - Car Model (see VIN # Decoder)

C - Build Plant (C - Southgate, California / ST - Ste. Therese, Quebec, Canada)

061293 - Sequential Serial Number (same as last 6 digits of the VIN#)

Second Line

11H - Interior Trim Colour and Type (see RPO Code list)

A51 - Type of seats, in this case, A51 - Bucket Seats

W - Water based paint - found on all cars assembled at Southgate in California

75L - Exterior paint colour (see RPO Code list)

11T - Exterior paint colour OR vinyl roof colour (See RPO Code list)

Third Line

05B - Build Date.  First 2 digits (always numbers) represent the month of manufacture, the last digit (always a letter) represents the week in that month, therefore 05B is the 2nd week of May.

061293 - This number is split into 2 sections. The first 2 digits always represent the week of manufacture. In this case, due to the car being built the 2nd week of May, this 06 would represent the 206th day of production at the plant. This 2-digit code would cycle to 99 then revert back to 00, instead of 100, and so forth. 1293 refers to ... Unknown at this time

2529 - Plant-use chassis number

ST - Style   >>>>>                                                                                                                                            <<<<<   BDY - Body

TR - Trim   >>>>>                                                                                                                                            <<<<<   PNT - Paint

Build Date >>>>>>>>>>>>                                                                                                   <<<<<<<<<<<<  Chassis #

Below is a typical 1975 trim tag with "Body by Fisher" at the top and the Government conformity statement at the bottom.  The 1st line represents the car's style and body while the 2nd line displays trim and paint RPO Codes and the 3rd line are plant-use codes.

1st Line                                                                                                                                                                                       1st Line

2nd Line                                                                                                                                                                                     2nd Line

3rd Line                                                                                                                                                                                      3rd Line

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