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1976 TRIM TAG DECODER

TRIM TAG DECODER

First Line

06C - 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 06C is the 3rd week of June.

179 - Plant use code

460 - Plant use code

Second Line

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

H - H-Body (found on all Trim Tags)

D07 - Car Model (see VIN # Decoder)

C - Build Plant (C - Southgate, California)

176921 - Sequential Serial Number (same as last 6 digits of the VIN#)

Third Line

37L - Exterior paint colour (see RPO Code list)

37U - Exterior paint colour OR vinyl roof colour (See RPO Code list)

SPACE - The space on this tag could have Vinyl roof cover or striping RPO Code in its place on other cars (See RPO Code list)

71B - Interior trim colour and type (See RPO Code list)

First Line

76 - Model Year

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

H - H-Body (found on all Trim Tags)

S07 - Car Model (see VIN # Decoder)

C - Build Plant (C - Southgate, California)

102744 - Sequential Serial Number (same as last 6 digits of the VIN#)

Second Line

06N - 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

50L - Exterior paint colour (see RPO Code list)

W - Water based paint - always stamped before both L - Lower and U - Upper paint codes on cars built in California.

50U - Exterior paint colour OR vinyl roof colour (See RPO Code list)

Third Line

12A - 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 12A is the 1st week of December.

048733 - 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 1st week of December, this 04 would represent the 104th day of production at Southgate. This 2-digit code would cycle to 99 then revert back to 00, instead of 100, and so forth. 8733 refers to ... Unknown at this time.

24260 - Plant-use chassis number

Cars manufactured at Southgate still used an identical tag found on 1975 models. "Body by Fisher" was stamped at the top and the Government conformity statement at the bottom. The 1st line still represented the car's style and body while the 2nd line displayed trim and paint RPO Codes and the 3rd line were plant-use codes.

For 1976, the plant at Ste. Therese decided to simplify their trim tags and significantly altered them compared to the '75 issue. I will focus on the Canadian-assembled cars and trim tags after the Southgate trim tag information.

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

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

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

Southgate, CA Trim Tags

Ste. Therese, Quebec Trim Tags

Body Style >>>>>>>>>>>> <<<<<<<<<<< Serial #

Build Date >>>>>>>>>>>> <<<<<<<<<<< Plant use

Paint Codes >>>>>>>>>>> <<<<<<<<<<< Trim Code

1st Line 1st Line

2nd Line 2nd Line

3rd Line 3rd Line

1st line 1st Line

2nd Line 2nd Line

3rd line 3rd line