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Thread: 1968 Buick Riviera cowl tag - need help with decoding

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    1968 Buick Riviera cowl tag - need help with decoding

    I'm thinking about buying 1968 Buick Riviera, please help me to decode the cowl tag. I have tried to decode this and not everything looks to be correct according to the car.17888397_1133148803457167_320798410_n.jpg.

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    11A
    68 - 4 94 87 EUCO 79397
    684 G6


    11A == November, first week production
    68 == 1968 model year
    4 == Buick
    94 == Riviera
    87 == 2dr hardtop coupe
    EUCO == this is supposed to be the city of manufacture, i have no idea what this is supposed to designate. possible plants are Baltimore MD, Southgate CA, Doraville GA, Flint MI, Leeds MO, Bloomfield MI, Fairfield KS, Wilmington DE, Fremont CA and Oshawa Ontario.

    79397 == sequential Fisher body number
    684 == Gold interior https://www.teambuick.com/reference/...rim_number.php
    G6 == Ivory Gold Mist
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    EUC is for Euclid, Ohio.
    The 6 in G6 indicates a parchment vinyl top.
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    EUC is for Euclid, Ohio.


    eh? what's the VIN code for that? E?

    my reference books don't list Euclid for 1968.

    actually, i may as well ask what years Euclid was open. i don't show a Euclid plant from 1965 to 1975. i show it in 1961, but only for Pontiac.
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    Euclid was a Fisher Body plant. The bodies were shipped to Flint for final assembly, so the plant code in the VIN is H. The Buick bodies built at Euclid were the 1966-1970 Riviera bodies.




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    ah so.

    so i need a separate Fisher body plant list to decode the trim tag. sometimes.

    thanks for clueing me in.
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