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Thread: 65 skylark GS Code info needed

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    65 skylark GS Code info needed

    ST65-44437FB 131818
    TR 158
    RA Paint
    Pretty sure I got the above as a Flint made 2 dr coupe Black and red with black trim and vinyl bucket seats.


    What does this mean?

    WO-2XGP-4FS-5KW

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    In 65 GS was a late year model option to a Skylark. So the sequence code is still skylark and it does not tell you if it is a GS option car. What is the build date code off the cowl tag?


    ST65 = Style 1965 = 1965 model year

    4 = Buick

    44 = Skylark sport coupe

    37 = 2 door

    FB = Flint plant of assembly

    131818 = Fisher body sequence number

    TR 158 = Black interior with bucket seats

    RA Paint = red body with a black painted top

    1W = Tinted windshield

    1O = Two tone paint

    2X = St 300 auto trans

    2G = Long auto console

    2P = (Debate here) Either push button Am radio or its a conveniece group option

    4F = Remote contolled outside driver's mirror

    4S = tilt steering column ( Need you to verify a tilt is present for me)

    5K = Door edge guards

    5W = Deluxe seat belts with retractors

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    Thank you very much. It is not my car but I am going to be trying to sell it for a friend that has zero computer skills. I will go look at it tomorrow and take pictures. I will verify what I can.

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    There be a number /lettter sequence on the cowl tag. It will suggest whether it was made during the months that a GS option car was available during the 65 model year.

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    Is O2D the production date code?

    I have seen other Gran sports with 03A
    Last edited by Bigjohn; 07-12-2008 at 07:12 PM.

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    Yes It is the 4th week of Feb 1965.

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    All Gran Sports had the Convertible chassis as standard. An easy thing to check for.
    Norman A Lutz

    1965 Gran Sport Conv (455/200R4)
    1969 Riviera
    1972 Centurion Conv.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flynbuick View Post
    2P = (Debate here) Either push button Am radio or its a conveniece group option


    4S = tilt steering column ( Need you to verify a tilt is present for me)
    I am reasonably certain that 2P is a push button AM radio. However, my car also has the 4S option code, but does not have the tilt column. Since I have the original dealer invoice, I am 99.876% certain that my car never had that option. Thus, 4S continues to be somewhat of a mystery. I would like to find out what it means as well.

    In checking the pictures posted in Bigjohn's other thread, the tilt column looks to be present.

    All the other codes match the info I have.
    Last edited by Topless64Skylark; 07-16-2008 at 08:07 AM.
    Tom B
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    [quote=Topless64Skylark;54037. However, my car also has the 4S option code, but does not have the tilt column. Since I have the original dealer invoice, I am 99.876% certain that my car never had that option. Thus, 4S continues to be somewhat of a mystery. I would like to find out what it means as well.

    . [/quote]


    This does not puzzle me that much. I know a lot of people swear that 4S is the tilt but most of the group 4 codes are devoted to exterior moldings. So I am supicious that it is something like a rocker panel molding.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flynbuick View Post
    This does not puzzle me that much. I know a lot of people swear that 4S is the tilt but most of the group 4 codes are devoted to exterior moldings. So I am supicious that it is something like a rocker panel molding.
    Ah, you might very well be onto something there, as my car does have the rocker panel moldings. Or could it be wheel moldings, which I also have. Or possibly something simple like a hood ornament??
    Tom B
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