1967 electra 225 decoding protect-o-plate and fisher body tag

[thefarmer355]

Hey guy's I am T.J. from South Carolina, im 23 and recently stumbled across a very clean and straight 4 door electra 225 in our towns local scrap yard and I am currently waiting on the woman to sell it as she said I am first in line to get it. I have decoded the vin tag which is 482697H143523 which breaks down to a buick 4 door post sedan, 1967 built in Flint mich. Today I got the fisher body tag info and protect-o-plate which are as follows

trim tag
10d
ST67 48269 FL1 58682 body
TR 633 A HH Paint

5X FS 2ET
4F 5K


Protect-o-plate
635 HH R
A137
BT 297 247


I found that their is an options list located in the trunk? but the the car has no keys so therefore I couldn't look to verify this but the interior is loaded for a 1967 model car, power everything, a/c, am/fm radio and all. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am realy excited about restoring this car. Any advice or questions are welcome!

[Bob]

You can start by having a look under "Reference" at the top of the page, then go to the "Years" chart.

[thefarmer355]

thanks for the reply bob! I've already looked at everything in the reference, found that the 633-a is a saddle color bench seat. And that H-H is a green mist iridium paint color. What i was curious about were the accessory codes but I cannot locate a list of codes to see what is what.

[bob k. mando]

the Atlanta Buick guy may ( or may not ) be along shortly.

he can decode them for you.

[Buford26]

I think the list of options on the sticker in the trunk is only for later cars (like late 1970's and later).

Body tag:

10D = body build date = October (10) 1966, fourth week (D)
ST = Style
67 = 1967 mode year
48269 = Fisher Body style number (decodes same a VIN)
FL1 = Flint MI plant
58682 = body sequence number (no relation to VIN)
TR = trim
633 = Saddle Cloth and Vinyl
A = seat code = bench seat
HH = paint code = Green Mist Metallic (lower and upper, i.e., a single color)

Option codes

Group 1

Looks like there is a problem with group 1, so check the tag again, they should all be letters, no numbers

X = Power Window
F = 4-Way Power Seat (Bench)
S = Power Trunk Release

Group 2
E = don't know this one
T = Rear-mounted power antenna

Group 4
F = Remote contolled outside driver's mirror

Group 5
K = Door Edge Guards




Attached is a POP decoder for 1966, it shoud be similar to 1967.


635 = trim code, should match the body tag. There was no 635 so I'm guessing it really says 633.
HH = paint code = Green Mist Metallic
R = F for October maybe?
A = engine code (NA was for the 340-2V; ND, MD, or NE for the 430, so maybe check this again)
137 = engine day built code (A 137 should match stamp on engine)
BT = transmission code (BT = ST400 used in Wildcat, Electra, Riviera)
297 = transmission day built code (BT 297 should be on the tag attached to the trans)
247 = option codes? (2 = AC, 4 = radio, 7 = power windows)

[Buford26]

Apparently the POP decoder didn't load because I've exceeded my attachment limit. So if you send me a PM with your email address I will send it to you.

[thefarmer355]

to Buford, "Looks like there is a problem with group 1, so check the tag again, they should all be letters, no numbers" it has to be a G then, i rechecked my pic of it i took. The car has the 430 big block in it and the turbo 400 tranny. My email address is terrysharon355@yahoo.com thank you all for your replies and information its greatly appreciated!

[Buford26]

The only thing I have for Group 1 option G is power tailgate, which isn't correct. Maybe they stamped group 5 twice. I don't have anything for Group 5 option X, but it could be some sort of seat belts. Might be helpful if you could post pictures.

[thefarmer355]

well the woman at the scrap yard told me this morning that if the mans check bounces when she goes to cash it then the car was mine as I have cash in hand. I really like the old land yacht cars, and around here all you see are chevy impalas and so on, really hoping i can get this deuce and a quarter. I will post pics tonight or try to, I am on super slow dial up internet out here in the country to that really limits me on internet capability