79 - Model Year
11B - 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
2 - Division number
2 - Pontiac
F - Body Type
F - Firebird
S - Series
S - Firebird
T - Esprit
U - Formula
W - Trans Am
X - 10th Anniversary Trans Am
87 - Body Style (2-Door Coupe)
N - Assembly Plant
N - Norwood, OH
L - Van Nuys, CA
064907 - Fisher Body Unit Number
19N - Interior Trim Code
12R Oyster Vinyl (standard)
12N Oyster Vinyl (deluxe)
19R Black Vinyl (standard)
19B Black Cloth
19N Black Vinyl (deluxe)
24B Blue Cloth
24N Blue Vinyl
62R Camel Vinyl (standard)
62B Camel Cloth
62N Camel Vinyl (deluxe)
74R Carmine Vinyl (standard)
74B Carmine Cloth
74N Carmine Vinyl (deluxe)
152 Silver Leather
Trim Appointments with Trims 12N and 12R Oyster, colored carpet, dash, console.
24X Blue
16X Grey
19X Black
62X Camel
74X Carmine
L - Paint Type
L - Lacquer Based Paint
W - Water Based Paint
A51 - Bucket Seats
19L - Lower Body Paint Code
11 Cameo White
15 Platinum Poly
16 Dark Charcoal
19 Starlight Black
24 Atlantis Blue
29 Nocturn Blue
50 Solar Gold
51 Sundance Yellow
63 Sierra Copper
69 Heritage Brown
75 Mayan Red
77 Carmine
80 Redbird Red
19U - Upper Body Paint Code
11 Cameo White
15 Platinum Poly
16 Dark Charcoal
19 Starlight Black
24 Atlantis Blue
29 Nocturn Blue
50 Solar Gold
51 Sundance Yellow
63 Sierra Copper
69 Heritage Brown
75 Mayan Red
77 Carmine
80 Redbird Red
A31 - Power Windows
CC1 - Fisher T-tops
BL2 - Secondary Interior Color (Black)
510326 - Fisher Time Date Code
Note: Some 1979 Special Edition cars may have the following UPC codes on the Cowl Date Plate.
Y84 - Black&Gold S/E Trans Am with UPC code CC1 Fisher T-Top
Y89 - 10th Anniversary Trans Am
Now this is just a sample of a 1979 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
