78 - Model Year
2 - Division number
2 - Pontiac
F - Body Type
F - Firebird
S - Series
S - Firebird
T - Esprit
U - Formula
W - Trans Am
87 - Body Style
N - Assembly Plant
N - Norwood, OH
L - Van Nuys, CA
318609 - Fisher Body Unit Number
19B - Interior Trim Code
11N1 White Vinyl
19B1 Black Cloth
19N1 Black Vinyl
24B1 Blue Cloth
24N1 Blue Vinyl
62B1 Camel Cloth
62N1 Camel Vinyl
74B1 Carmine Cloth
74N1 Carmine Vinyl
11R1 White
19R1 Black
62R1 Camel
74R1 Carmine
Trim Appointments with Trims 11N1 and 11R1 white, colored carpet, dash, console.
24X Blue
67X Ember
62X Camel
74X Carmine
A51 - Bucket Seats
19L - Lower Body Paint Code
11 Cameo White
15 Platinum Poly
19 Starlight Black
22 Glacier Blue
24 Martinique Blue
42 Redbird Red
48 Berkshire Green
50 Solar Gold
51 Sundance Yellow
55 Gold (Accent Color)
58 Blue (Accent Color)
63 Laredo Brown
67 Ember Mist
69 Chesterfield Brown
75 Mayan Red
77 Carmine
19U - Upper Body Paint Code
11 Cameo White
15 Platinum Poly
19 Starlight Black
22 Glacier Blue
24 Martinique Blue
42 Redbird Red
48 Berkshire Green
50 Solar Gold
51 Sundance Yellow
55 Gold (Accent Color)
58 Blue (Accent Color)
63 Laredo Brown
67 Ember Mist
69 Chesterfield Brown
75 Mayan Red
77 Carmine
07B - Assembly Date
01 - January
02 - February
03 - March
04 - April
05 - May
06 - June
07 - July
08 - August
09 - September
10 - October
11 - November
12 - December
A - First Week
B - Second Week
C - Third Week
D - Fourth Week
E - Fifth Week
A31 - Power Windows
WS4 - Trans Am
BK1 - Secondary Interior Color (Black)
330839 - Fisher Time Date Code
Note: Some 1978 Special Edition cars may have the following UPC codes on the Cowl Date Plate.
Y82 - Black&Gold S/E Trans Am with UPC code WY9 Hurst T-Top
Y84 - Black&Gold S/E Trans Am with UPC code CC1 Fisher T-Top
Y88 - Gold S/E Trans Am with UPC code CC1 Fisher T-Top
Now this is just a sample of a 1978 Cowl Tag. Your cowl tag may differ and have some different codes listed on there. If you have any questions, or see a code that is not listed here (which there probably are many), please email me at Hitman@78ta.com
