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Offline luis.x.gonzalez.

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Cowl Tag Decoding Help needed.
« on: March 21, 2021, 09:53:33 AM »
Cowl Tag Decoding Help needed. I know that the Trans am is 1978 ws4 (Trans Am) I don't understand the exterior color codes or the interior. Please if anyone can give me more insight I would greatly appreciate it.
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Re: Cowl Tag Decoding Help needed.
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2021, 10:53:39 AM »
19L and 19U is starlight black exterior lower and upper, 74B is carmine cloth interior.

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Re: Cowl Tag Decoding Help needed.
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2021, 02:02:00 PM »
thank you very much. This is my father's trans am and I remember it being blue and he would tell me it was originally black and for some reason, I just never believed it and now I know for a fact it is black. Is there anything else I need to look for on the car to identify it even more?

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Re: Cowl Tag Decoding Help needed.
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2021, 03:05:27 PM »
There's this info here on the site:
https://www.78ta.com/Pages/vincowltag.htm

And if you need/want to know everything about the car as it was built from the factory: http://www.phs-online.com/
Jeff

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Re: Cowl Tag Decoding Help needed.
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2021, 03:13:28 PM »
I was just decoding the rest of the cowl tag myself and I did use that information on the main website the CA1 right under the 19U is the only thing that I can not decipher. Everything else is completed as far as information goes.

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Re: Cowl Tag Decoding Help needed.
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2021, 03:41:54 PM »
I believe CA1 also means carmine interior.

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Re: Cowl Tag Decoding Help needed.
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2021, 04:08:02 PM »
Thank you!