Diffrence between cowl tag and build sheet

[RalfK]

Hi all, my name is Ralf Keiser, I come from Cologne, Germany. First of all, my English ist not the best, but I hope you will understand what I mean.

My car: A 1970 Coupe de Ville, bayberry, white vinyl top, 50,500 mls on it.

This is the cowl tag of the car:



2nd row: TR 344 means Med. God Dynasty, thats correct. "59" means the paint, bayberry, also correct. Then the "J". What stands this for? I expect there a "1", for the white vinyl top. On the build sheet is a "1" at this place.
3rd row: 02C: 3rd Week in Feb., that´s correct, build sheet says Production Date Feb. 25th. The options: E Y S K N
E: Soft ray glass, Y: 6-way power seat, K: Climate control, N: Shoulder belts front (this are Standard at 1970) 
The "S": Stands for Dual comfort seat. But the car isn´t equipped with this. It do has the remote trunk control and in 69 the "S" stands for this option.

The options from the build sheet: Y 59 1 E R W Q T K D and Radio 2. This is all correct. Do not all options appear on the cowl tag?

Then the protect-o-plate: This says Y1QT2KR   What means the "1"?  "2" is the radio? Why do the E and K miss?

Last, but not least: The car has a cruise control. It seems it isn´t original from the factory. Was it possible to attach this option additional by the dealer? Was this common practice in the seventies?   By the way: it still works fine!

So, I hope someone can explain me the diffrences and forgive me my "English"

Thank you and best regards from Germany

Ralf

[Eric DeVirgilis CLC# 8621]

Hello Ralf- Although I'm no a expert on 1969 but I can tell you that "J" is the alpha code for Coupe deVille. Also Cruise Control could be dealer installed throughout a number of years. As far as the data plate goes-  inconsistencies are common between what's on the data plate and what's on the build sheet- such as in cases where certain options were standard equipment on a given model, other times when equipment/power groups were ordered. I've never quite figured out Cadillac's method to their madness and someone with more expertise on the subject may have more info. 

[Bob Hoffmann CLC#96]

Ralf,
The J on your data plate means the same as a 1, white vinyl. The S may well be power trunk. We need someone to confirm it. If it was a split seat, the S would be after the trim code. I just verifyed that myself. Not all options appear on the data plate. It never shows tilt wheels,cruise controlles, posi read ends as an example, Hope this helps.
Bob

[The Tassie Devil(le)]

One question is:   "Is only what is optional and fitted at the factory only appearing on the Plate"?

As What is "Standard fitment" for that model therefore shouldn't appear as optional?

Bruce.

[RalfK]

Hi all,

@Eric: Thank you for the information of the cruise control

@ Bob: Yeah, I also found this information: J white, K black, L dark blue, M beige, N bayberry and R dark brown.

Thank you all for your help

Ralf