Body Types?
 

I hope this makes sense but here goes. W hat designates a body style such as an A.-body, G-body,
F=body, and so on in a GM car

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Either it did not make any sense or nobody knows the answer?

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If you are talking about the body designations, the W stands for:

1988 to 2007 - FWD

Buick Century
Buick LaCrosse
Buick Regal
Chevrolet Impala
Chevrolet Lumina
Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
Oldsmobile Intrigue
Pontiac Grand Prix

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Thanks D6. What about a 1966 Bel=Air is that considered an A=Body.
Anybody?

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Our engineering project management groups have always given names to the various body/chassis architectures we develop globally... used to be all letter designations... now they are all numbers... e.g., the new full-size pickups and utilities are all part of the 900 program... to my knowledge, and I've been around the company for 28 years, there's nothing more scientific to it than that... Novosel -- do you know anything better than that??


Scott Mackie
Regional General Manager, Northeast
General Motors
S/C, S/G 1808

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Eddie, it's been over 20 years since I worked in a GM parts dept., but if memory serves, this is the way I remember it:

B body= Full size, ie. Impalas, Olds 98's, LeSabre's, Bonnevilles, etc.

F body= Camaro's and Firebird's

X body= Nova, Apollo, Omega, Ventura

H body= Vega, Astre, Starfire, Skyhawk

A body= Starting in '64 Chevelle, Tempest, Cutlass, Skylark. In other words all GM intermediate size.

I think the first year for Celebrities etc. was 1981 and they assumed the "A" designation I believe. That was when the intermediates were changed to "G" designation. Pissed off most parts guys as I recall. So, if you have an '80 Malibu, it's an A body. But, if you have an '81, it's a G body.

Just to keep it interesting, they added the "T" bodies, Chevettes and other pieces of crap, about the same time. This is probably all outdated information now,LOL. Hope this is what you were looking for.

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Thanks Ken that pretty much answers my question. When looking in the parts book it just gives letter designations for the model the parts fit and I didn't know what I was looking for.
:)

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Working with Powertrain - the engine codes I think come from a random letter/number generator!!

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the 66 impala wagon is a B body... B stands for BARGE :)

jack