Hello, I'm thinking of buying this '71 car to fix up. The owner has the car in a primer state. All my books are for 1972 Buicks He emailed me the numbers off of the body plate. ST71 44437 FL1 126 764 BDY TR 165 42 42 PNT 030 ST71 = 1971 44437 = Skylark Custom?? TR165 = Ivory interior?? 42 42 = ?? It would be a great help if someone could decode this for me. And correct any info that I might have wrong. Thank you for your time. Bert
42 = Willowmist green yes it is a custom I show 165 as pearl white but it may be called ivory in some other reference.
Bert 42 42 is Willowmist green and yes the 165 is Ivory.Are you sure its not 03D?? that would be the build date of it.Oh by the way 203 were made that color (42) in 71.
Thank you for your help!! Thanks Jim and Pat for your quick replies. You guys just saved me a 3 hour drive to see this Buick. I've been on the phone and emails for 2 weeks now with this guy who claims he has a 1971 GS350. He sent me pictures. The car has a GS hood and even the namplates. No air cleaner. That is how he bought the car. He was going to drag with this car and found out how hard Buick parts are hard to get. Tonight he email me the above body plate. Body plates never lie unless the guy knows what he is doing. I just email the guy and gave him the bad news. Also told him that I will consider your car if the price is right. (As a Skylark Custom of course) Again many thanks. :TU: Bert
just FY and the sellers I the correct trim code/VIN code for a GS would be 43437 or 43467 (convertible) or 44637/44667 for a GS455/GS400 68-70.
No Skylark!! Hi Tim, No. I didn't buy this Skylark. He still claims it is a GS. Because the guy who sold it to him said it was a GS. He wanted $4500.00 Cdn. And it needs a lot of work even to make it good GS clone. Still looking for a GS hard top here in Ontario. Something will come up. I'm in no hurry. Talk to you soon, Bert :beer
