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runnerss 12-02-2021 08:32 AM

1970 tempest data plate help
 
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new guy here, i just saved this one from a yard and plan to get on the road, it has no interior , the trim code says z296 , but i can not find info on that ,hoping someone can help

thepontiacman 12-02-2021 09:50 AM

Looks like it could be green cloth interior. 96 code on order sheet for tempest.

Two tone paint looks like 50 sierra yellow, 47 verdoro green.



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pggto 12-02-2021 10:02 AM

Wow, that's a crazy color combo. Sierra Yellow and Verdoro Green. Guy must have been a Green Bay Packers fan!

I would have loved to see that car new.

I'm not familiar with the Z296 interior code.

Baron Von Zeppelin 12-02-2021 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by pggto (Post 6299412)
Wow, that's a crazy color combo. Sierra Yellow and Verdoro Green.

x100 !
Would have been Sierra Body / VooDoo Roof
and they even paid Extra to get it that way (2-tone charge)
yikes

The green cloth was of course a bench seat.

Congrats on the save, it looks like a decent body in the picture too.
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runnerss 12-02-2021 11:41 AM

thanks for the fast replies guys , those are some crazy colors, i have some black interior from a lemans that will get used ,car came with no motor or trans just bare bones to work with, it will need trunk floor and 1/4 s still worth saving getting harder to find around here with no rust, does the z2 in the code mean cloth .thanks jon

thepontiacman 12-02-2021 12:41 PM

Interior code is 296, not sure what the Z stands for . Maybe a interior paint or something to do with trim option.

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pggto 12-02-2021 02:56 PM

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Screw off time at lunch, LOL

I took my old 70 LeMans and added a Verdoro green top.

gloryrestoparts 12-02-2021 04:38 PM

well thats an odd color combo. but I like it. gotta go back that way.

the z has been a debate for a very long time, yet no one knows what it means. one prevailing theory is a special combination that wasn't the norm or recommended. a buddy's 70 442 convertible, built on first day of Lansing production, has a z in front of the trim code.

trishieldchief 12-02-2021 05:29 PM

Z is for override, meaning interior not recommended with exterior color but they built it anyway.
Cool color combination, hope you keep it that way.

Diego 12-09-2021 12:58 AM

Hey, missed ya this year. Hope you're doing well.

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Originally Posted by trishieldchief (Post 6299552)
Z is for override, meaning interior not recommended with exterior color but they built it anyway.

Not for Olds, as my car had a Z and was white with blue interior.


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