GM A Body styles 1970-72

[Canuck]

I am trying to get a handle on GM A body styles from 1970-72 and understand why GM offered some marques in 2 dr hardtop and 2 dr coupe (post) in some years but not all.

I am Familiar with the Olds Cutlass and 442, which offered a two door post all three years but the 442 was not available on a post coupe in 71. I cant find any reference to a Chevelle 2 dt post after 69 yet Buick and Pontiac came and went with 2 dr post offerings in the 3 year span. Anyone know why the Chevelle was never offered as a 2 dr post or are they so rare you just dont see them?

[jannes_z-28]

Here is the 1971 Chevelle specsheet:

http://images14.fotki.com/v384/photos/6/63625/986311/Chev71_15-vi.jpg

This is from a guy who collects broshures and kindly shares them on his site:
http://fuzzydice.fotki.com/old_car_ads__brochures/chevrolet_-_ads_-1/page2.html

Jan

[Keith Seymore]

You can also refer to the GM Heritage Center archives and download (free) .pdf files of the information packets for the various years. These reference documents are a compilation of the actual docs that engineering used in order to release parts to the assembly plant.

http://www.gmheritagecenter.com/gm-heritage-archive/vehicle-information-kits.html

In terms of model and option content, and why some models were offered for various years and not others, it is a pure business case decision made by the specific program teams at the time. There's really no way to know unless you were a fly on the wall in the conference room while the discussions took place (or if you can find someone that took really good notes).

K

[Tracker1]

This was about as close to a two door post - philosophically - as you could get in 1970...but no post <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae110/guyfromnewf/70chev35794-2.jpg