Decoding Body Tag

The Body Tag contains some information about your Monte Carlo. The body tag is located on the top of the cowl area on the drivers side. To view it you must open your hood and look above the master cylinder.

Year
The year code is simply the two digit year (70, 71 or 72)

Division, Series and Body Style
All 1970 to 1972 Monte Carlos are 13857 which is code for (1) Chevrolet (38) Monte Carlo (57) 2-door coupe

Assembly Plant
The Assembly Plant code tells you where your Monte Carlo was built. This code can be 1 or 2 letters depending on the assembly plant.

B - Baltimore, MD
FL - Flint, MI
K  - Kansas City, MO
BL or L - Van Nuys, CA
OS - Oshawa, ON
R - Arlington, TX

Body Number
This is not the same as the sequence number in the VIN

Week Build Code
This code tells you when the car was manufactured. The first two numbers tells you the month (for example, 02=Feb., and 11=November). The third digit is the week (A=first week in that month, C=the third, etc. The built date on the body tag could be 4 to 8 weeks off from date coded parts.

Lower Color
This 2 digit code tells you the original paint color of the car. See our Paint Codes page for a list of colors

Upper Color or Vinyl Roof Color
If this code is 2 numbers it tells you the paint color for the roof of the car. If this code is one letter then it tells you the color of the vinyl top.

1970 Vinyl top codes
A - White
B - Black
C - Dark Blue
G - Dark Green
H - Dark Gold

1971 Vinyl top codes
A - White
B - Black
C - Dark Blue
F - Dark Brown
G - Dark Green

1972 Vinyl top codes
A - White
B - Black
F - Medium Tan
G - Medium Green
T - Light Covert

Interior Color and Seat Type
This trim code tells you about the color and type of interior that was originally installed in your Monte Carlo.

1970 Codes
748 - Black Prima Cloth Bench Seat
749 - Black Prima Cloth Bucket Seat
754 - Black Vinyl Bench Seat
757 - Black Vinyl Bucket Seat
758 - Blue Riano Cloth Bench Seat
767 - Blue Prima Cloth Bench Seat
768 - Blue Vinyl Bench Seat
769 - Saddle Vinyl Bucket Seat
774 - Gold Riano Cloth Bench Seat
778 - Saddle Vinyl Bench Seat
780 - Green Prima Cloth Bench Seat
784 - Green Vinyl Bucket Seat
785 - Green Vinyl Bench Seat
792 - Sandalwood Riano Cloth Bench Seat

1971 Codes
707 - Black Cloth Bucket Seat
708 - Black Cloth Bench Seat
710 - Black Vinyl Bucket Seat
716 - Sandalwood Cloth Bucket Seat
717 - Sandalwood Cloth Bench Seat
723 - Saddle Vinyl Bucket Seat
727 - Blue Cloth Bucket Seat
728 - Blue Cloth Bench Seat
729 - Jade Vinyl Bucket Seat
733 - Jade Cloth Bucket Seat
734 - Jade Cloth Bench Seat

1972 Codes - Color and Material
706 - Black Cloth
708 - Black Vinyl
715 - Green Cloth
717 - Green Vinyl
725 - Blue Cloth
731 - Covert Cloth
734 - Covert Vinyl
735 - Saddle Vinyl
740 - Pewter Cloth

1972 Codes - Seat Type
A41 - 4-way Power Bench Seat
A46 - 4-way Power Bucket Seat
A51 - Bucket Seat
A52 or no code - Bench Seat

Other numbers or codes
There could be other numbers or codes below the trim and paint section. Canadian-built cars could have the RPO code for the SS454 in 1970 or 1971 (Z20) or the Custom in 1972 (Z03).