gm y-body picture thread

Im building a 62 cutlass and want to see pics of other 61-63 olds f-85/cutlass, pontiac lemans/tempest and buick special/skylark. corvairs are ok too. Ill start with some pics of my car and some of other cars i have saved. First one is my car.

 

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Very understated little cars with huge potential for about any style build. I almost bought a Buick in '07. Sorta regret not doin it.

 

a 62 f-85 wagon i almost bought and continue to convince myself not to.

 

My 62 Special convert - V8, factory 4 speed. Michigan car, currently undergoing "de-rusting"

 

O.K. these are Y bodies, got it.
What would a 1980 Chev. Malibu be ?

 

Who cares about an 80 model malibu?

 

I do, or I wouldn't have asked, it's HAMB friendly it's sitting under my 49 Merc.

I'd still like to know what they are called.

 

It is called an "A" body.....

 

In 78 or 79 gm midsize cars went to g platform. So an 80 Malibu is a g body car

 

O.K. is it an A or a G ?

Reason I ask, when you look things up say suspension , brakes etc. a lot of times they refer to the body or group or the biggest confusing description, a metric chassis !
And it does have some metric nuts and bolts on it.

Just trying to learn something I didn't know yesterday.

 

Its a g body, the a body designation was dropped in 78 with the chevelle name

 

http://www.summitracing.com/expertadviceandnews/chartsandguides/a-gm-body-code-guide



This list has it as an "A" body.

 

Should have called them J for junk.

 

Here's mine from about a year ago... I have since done some bodywork and drive the hell out of it!

Andy

 

Are you refering to the G Body, A Body or the original poster's Y Body? Just looking for some clarification...

 

Then that list is wrong! 1973-77 Cutlass/LeMans/Malibu/Skylark = A body
78-87 = G Body (also known as "Metric" or "Metric Chassis)

I never knew the early ones were called "Y body" cars. Viva la HAMB!

 

In GM parts terminology it's considered an A-body. In '82, the same chassis was redesignated as a G-body. The Celebrity and other similar GM FWD cars then became the A-body.

Clear as mud, eh?

And I thought Y-bodies were always the Corvettes. Gotta do a little more research.

 

one I saw at the track


and this is one I am doing...

 

The 77-89 midsize platform.

 

Screw the Y body, how about a Buick Y Job

 

Seems like those letter designations cover different cars for different model years.

 

FWIW -- A bodies were Chevelles (and the other GM variants) from 64-77; with the downsizing in 78 they became G bodies. Suspension-wise almost nothing other than steering boxes interchange between them and the 64-66 A bodies are a little different than the later ones (like rear springs don't interchange, the rear end is a little narrower, etc. on the early ones).

The mid-70's Novas (75-79) were X bodies, as were the earlier versions 68-74, and also the 80's front drive cars like Citations carried the same X designation. The mid-70's RWD X versions shared many parts with 71-81 Camaros/Firebirds, the 68-74 RWD X car versions shared most parts with 67-69 Camaros.

F Bodies were Camaros and Firebirds.

I don't remember what early (62-67) Nova's were called, I thought they were also known as X bodies but am probably wrong.

A 67-69 Camaro and 68-74 Nova rear end will bolt into an early Nova, but it is a little wider. I had to do fenderlip surgery on my 66 Nova when I put a z-28 rear end in it back in 1979.

Al in TN

 

I started a y body picture thread not a gm platform designation discussion. Can we please keep it on track?

 

Sorry, but got to correct all the mis-information.......1978 FWD Malibu, F85, Century,etc. carried on the "A" body designation from the RWD Chevelle, et al. However, remember the RWD 2 door Monte Carlo, Gran Prix, etc. carried on - these were designated as "G" cars. I worked on the 78 "A" program for GM....................OK, carry on with "Y" bodies......

 

OK - wow - forget the last post - brain fade - 82 "A" was FWD. In that year, RWD carried over and was called "G" body. Sorry..... But, 78 intermediate was still "A" designation.......

 

found some on the meltdown website.

 

Mine seeing the light of day for the first time in a year and a half.

 

I have alway's liked those little car's !!! Thank's for all of the pic's.