Found:Born on date for TR's

turbofish38 · 03-24-2004, 10:06 PM

Found this on the frame for my 455 Regal. It is a build date found on the frame which unlike the date on your door label also includes a day. I only have found this date code on frames for G-bodies that were assembled on the Pontiac MI assembly line which includes all 84-87 TRs. This particular example came from a 83 carb turbo T-Type and even though I didn't check the date on the door label the date 7-20-82 seems right because this car has the early T-Type emblems on it. It is located on the rear suspension crossmember. It is on the right side where the right upper control arm mounts to the frame and on the axle(rear) side. Just out of curiousity I check all the G-body frames I had access to and found it only is on the Pontiac cars. The date on my 86 GN frame is 2-7-86 and the door label says 2-86 and I found a build sheet in the door which says 0212(2-12-86) so this date is pretty accurate in determining what week your car was assembled on. I haven't been able to decypher the other codes and the 14059167 may be the part number for the frame or the piece of metal that it is stamped on.

This is my first attempt at posting a picture so if it is screwed up go to this link: http://www.msnusers.com/turbofish38/...oto&PhotoID=48

JDSfastGN · 03-24-2004, 10:43 PM

cool, I'll have to go look on my car at some point, the door says 10/87 , it would be a match made in heaven if it was 10/23 my B-day, but i think that was a sunday

FlyinGN · 03-25-2004, 05:37 AM

is on the frame where it faces the ground or the rear or the front? I guess Im asking for a better explanation to exactly where this is..

turbofish38 · 03-25-2004, 11:56 AM

Its facing the rear of the car, you will have to look up in the rear cavity where the crossflow muffler would normally sit. That yellow blury thing in my picture is the upper arm on the right side. It is on the flat surface of the crossmember. Find the heat sheild for the fuel lines and it is in that area.

03-24-2004, 10:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
turbofish38 Turbocharged BrunoStachel Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Deltona,FL,USA Posts: 4,514	Found:Born on date for TR's Found this on the frame for my 455 Regal. It is a build date found on the frame which unlike the date on your door label also includes a day. I only have found this date code on frames for G-bodies that were assembled on the Pontiac MI assembly line which includes all 84-87 TRs. This particular example came from a 83 carb turbo T-Type and even though I didn't check the date on the door label the date 7-20-82 seems right because this car has the early T-Type emblems on it. It is located on the rear suspension crossmember. It is on the right side where the right upper control arm mounts to the frame and on the axle(rear) side. Just out of curiousity I check all the G-body frames I had access to and found it only is on the Pontiac cars. The date on my 86 GN frame is 2-7-86 and the door label says 2-86 and I found a build sheet in the door which says 0212(2-12-86) so this date is pretty accurate in determining what week your car was assembled on. I haven't been able to decypher the other codes and the 14059167 may be the part number for the frame or the piece of metal that it is stamped on. This is my first attempt at posting a picture so if it is screwed up go to this link: http://www.msnusers.com/turbofish38/...oto&PhotoID=48 __________________ Eric Fisher GM Parts Specialist efisher@billheard.com I invented Oxygen. Take that Herr Daimler and your invention that pumps gasoline. I brought Top Fuel racing to Isreal. And coined the phrase "Burning Down The Menorah". I invented drifting. So Toyota could conform to the Americans With Disabilties Act. I sucker punched Zap and my thread only got three views. I built this city with Rock and Roll. But I built this car with Dew and PopTarts. 86 GN 11.80@115 TA49,60# Mototrons,TT chip and stock intercooler SCCA Regional Champion. Nebraska Region 1997 1986 Buick Grand National E/StreetPrepared Stay Boosted My Friends Last edited by turbofish38 : 03-24-2004 at 10:09 PM.

03-24-2004, 10:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
JDSfastGN Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Galveston Tx USA Posts: 778	cool, I'll have to go look on my car at some point, the door says 10/87 , it would be a match made in heaven if it was 10/23 my B-day, but i think that was a sunday __________________ 10-27-07 60 ft: 1.7 1/4: 11.255 @121.5 (best mph 124.1) 87 GN, PT61, turbotweak, .030 over, TRW pistons,, ported and polished iron heads, speed pro 204/214 cam, ATR headers, 2 1/2 exhaust, 3 ATR" downpipe, BGC intercooler, LT1 MAF, billet tranny, RJC powerplate, bilsteins, 36mm 1lE bar,62mm TB from Steve Monroe, 3400 CK 10.5, and mototron 60s , eaton posi, richmond 3.23s, Zeitronix WBO2. Dads 86 GN-ported heads, 204/214, ATR headers/exhaust, PT61, 60s, alky, 3400 9/11, ebay front mount (supporting mods...) 11.5 at 124.1 mph 24 psi.

03-25-2004, 05:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
FlyinGN Registered User Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,938	is on the frame where it faces the ground or the rear or the front? I guess Im asking for a better explanation to exactly where this is.. __________________ FlyinGN 87 GN flyin_gn@yahoo.com http://turbobuicks.net/gallery2/main...g2_itemId=6504

03-25-2004, 11:56 AM	#4 (permalink)
turbofish38 Turbocharged BrunoStachel Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Deltona,FL,USA Posts: 4,514	Its facing the rear of the car, you will have to look up in the rear cavity where the crossflow muffler would normally sit. That yellow blury thing in my picture is the upper arm on the right side. It is on the flat surface of the crossmember. Find the heat sheild for the fuel lines and it is in that area. __________________ Eric Fisher GM Parts Specialist efisher@billheard.com I invented Oxygen. Take that Herr Daimler and your invention that pumps gasoline. I brought Top Fuel racing to Isreal. And coined the phrase "Burning Down The Menorah". I invented drifting. So Toyota could conform to the Americans With Disabilties Act. I sucker punched Zap and my thread only got three views. I built this city with Rock and Roll. But I built this car with Dew and PopTarts. 86 GN 11.80@115 TA49,60# Mototrons,TT chip and stock intercooler SCCA Regional Champion. Nebraska Region 1997 1986 Buick Grand National E/StreetPrepared Stay Boosted My Friends

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