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Body Number Plate 1972 deVille

Started by 19626, January 23, 2020, 08:47:08 AM

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19626

January 23, 2020, 08:47:08 AM
Hi - Thank you in advance for your help.  I have a new-to-me 1972 Coupe deVille.  The top line of the Body Number Plate reads:

ST 72 68347FWDO35455

I get that the 72 is the year, and that 68347 is the model designator, but what do the rest of the letters/numbers mean?  One would think FWD stands for front wheel drive, but it's a deVille not an Eldorado.

Again, thank you for any/all assistance.   

Eric DeVirgilis CLC# 8621

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January 23, 2020, 09:03:18 AM
FWD = Fleetwood Body Plant

035455 = Body #
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January 23, 2020, 01:06:46 PM
Yours is the 34,455th 1972 Coupe DeVille built, out of a total of 95,280 for the model year. The same body plate will have a code following the letters PNT, indicating the paint and vinyl roof (if so equipped) codes, and a code for TRM, indicating the interior trim combination, usually a three-digit code beginning with the numeral "3".  There is also a date code, a three-character alpha-numeric code, FOR EXAMPLE, 03C, which would denote a car built during the third week of March, 1972.  A group of letters in a line below this information indicates certain accessories.

Charles Fares
Forty-Five Years of Continuous Cadillac Ownership
1970 Fleetwood Brougham
1969 DeVille Convertible
1989 Fleetwood

"The splendor of the most special occasion is rivaled only by the pleasure of journeying there in a Cadillac"

19626

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January 23, 2020, 01:47:20 PM Last Edit: January 23, 2020, 01:53:24 PM by 19626
Thank you, Eric and Charles!  That all makes much more sense.  The TR is 354 (white with oxblood) and the Paint code is 11 J (white with a white vinyl top).  The date code is: 01C, which means the first week of March.  This is so helpful! 

19626

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January 23, 2020, 01:52:29 PM
Another question, if I may:  what's the difference between a Unit Production Number in the VIN and a Body Number on the plate, because those are two different numbers.  Wouldn't they be the same.  Flaunting my ignorance now. 

Eric DeVirgilis CLC# 8621

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January 23, 2020, 01:55:48 PM Last Edit: January 23, 2020, 01:59:05 PM by Eric DeVirgilis CLC# 8621
As Charles mentioned, the body number is for Coupe deVilles only; the VIN is broadcast number reflecting production sequence of all 1972 Cadillacs (built at the Fleetwood plant).

Broadcast number for DeVilles built in Linden NJ plant begin 350001.
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#6
January 23, 2020, 04:01:20 PM
Quote from: 19626 on January 23, 2020, 01:47:20 PM
The date code is: 01C, which means the first week of March.

No.  01C means the third week of January.  01 = January, C = third week.

Charles Fares
Forty-Five Years of Continuous Cadillac Ownership
1970 Fleetwood Brougham
1969 DeVille Convertible
1989 Fleetwood

"The splendor of the most special occasion is rivaled only by the pleasure of journeying there in a Cadillac"

19626

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January 23, 2020, 05:14:47 PM
Eric & Charles - I am humbled by your knowledge and appreciate your assistance.  Corrections made and difference noted. 
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