I have a car that looks to be original and has the following trim tag ...if anyone could decode I would appreciate!! I am a new buick owner have Chevelles so a different a body is good right. Vin 134371Z112855 Trim Tag 71 - 43437 Z 00891 ---WHY WOULD BODY NUMBER BE SO LOW? 165 B80 53 A 7(THE 7 IS STAMPED ODDLY A LITTLE HIGHER THAN A) 02A 098768 68044 Car has air cond and appears to have orig 455 in it...having a hard time finding vin on motor. Is is rare to have AC how many came with air. It has stage 1 emblems...how else do you tell if it is a stage 1? Has disc brakes, ps and pb. Also is has elec driver bucket, and tilt ...were these rare? Interior has woodgrain console and is white interior. I was thinking about a full restoration is this car a keeper all opinions are appreciated. Thanks!
Think your first digit in the VIN is a 4. 4=Buick 34=GS 37=2 dr. hardtop 1=1971 Z=Fremont , CA build plant Balance is sequence build number. Next car was 112856 00891 is an internal plant number, no relevance. 165=Ivory interior in Canada, White I think, in the US. B80=Chrome drip rail mouldings 53=Cotrez Gold lower body colour, A= white vinyl upper body colour. Not sure on the "7" Take the power steering pump & bracket off. On the block,driver side, just below the head you will find a stamped serial # on the motor. Hard to see, you may have to clean /scrape the paint & oil. The original motor will be stamped 41Z112855. Plenty of cars had AC but not many had the electric seat.Power locks too?? A really rare option was a power seat back release that came with power locks. Might have to look inside the seat back to confirm this. First give-away that it's a real Stage 1 car would be chrome valve covers. Few other things to look for but I'm not the expert here. 1971 is very difficult to identify. Check the identification article here: www.buickperformance.com BTW: Sounds like quite a car. They are usually all "keepers" unless rusted into oblivion. Be prepared to spend some effort looking for some trim parts, lots of help on this site. Post a pic when you can & let me know if I can help out anymore.
Sure thing. Low number (00891 is a Fischer Body number) because it was built in the Fremont, CA plant. I saw another GS with December build and 00666 body number. :laugh: 165= Pearl White buckets(also called Ivory from Fischer Body)! B80 = ? don't know, that was a Fremont thing, could be the pwr seat 53 A = Cortez Gold with White vinyl top, "7" = ? no idea. o No: 02A = 2nd week of February, 098768 68044 = no idea, I think cars headed to Canada got something there. o No: Yes, I'd say you have MANY desireable options and somewhat rare for GS's, and a great color combo! Excellent car to restore IMHO :TU: Stage 1? Read here and it will also tell you where to find the vin on the block! http://www.stage1registry.com/stage1info.html#E1
i think i saw a post by Marco saying the B80 code was something about roof moulding delete/ or no. i just made a post about another Z fremont car with the same code. edit: see the thread i bumped where Marco mentions the B80 code.
I thought all GS stage 1 cars in '71 were built in Flint?? The stage 1 has a different carb - I could look up the number if you need it.
