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Old 01-08-2013, 05:02 PM
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Default GM A Body styles 1970-72

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?
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Default Re: GM A Body styles 1970-72

Here is the 1971 Chevelle specsheet:



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

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Default Re: GM A Body styles 1970-72

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-h...tion-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).

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Default Re: GM A Body styles 1970-72

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

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