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GENERAL INFORMATION
BODY STYLE NUMBER
The body style number consists of five digits as
they appear on the body number plate. (Refer to
previous section for body number plate location.)
The body style number is used to include or exclude
a specific style (ex. on 16637, use
; on all
styles, except the 68069 style, use
).
BODY STYLE NUMBER SERIES
4 9 - 4 door sedan hardtop
5 5 - 4 door station wagon two seat with skylight
5 7 - 2 door sport coupe hardtop
6 5 - 4 door
station wagon t h r e e
seat with
skylight
6 7 - 2 door convertible coupe
69 - 4 door sedan with pillar post (some models
equipped with door window frames)
8 0 - 2 door pick-up delivery
87 - 2 door sport coupe hardtop (plain back)
The body style number series
indicate three possibilities:
may be used to
Division - first digit and four zeros (ex. 10000
Chevrolet; 20000 Pontiac).
Division and Car Line
- first two digits and
three zeros (ex. 33000 Oldsmobile F 85; 45000
Buick LeSabre).
Division, Car Line and Style Group - First three
digits and two zeros (ex. 25200 Catalina; 25600
Star Chief).
BODY STYLE NUMBER SUFFIX
The last two digits of the body style number indi-
cate body type as follows:
0 7 - 2 door sport coupe with pillar post
(strut back)
1 1 - 2 door sedan with pillar post
1 7 - 2 door sport coupe hardtop (strut back)
2 3 - 4 door sedan with auxiliary center seat
3 3 - 4 door sedan with auxiliary center seat
and center partition window
3 5 - 4 door station wagon two seat
3 7 - 2 door coupe hardtop
3 9 - 4 door sedan hardtop
4 5 - 4 door station wagon three seat
4 7 - 2 door sport coupe hardtop
DIVISION SERIES - i
TIME BUILT CODE
MODEL YEAR
— BODY TYPE
-ASSEMBLY PLANT
- U N I T NUMBER
STCTORJ CORP
65-12345 FBD 123456
BODY
123-A
A-A
PAINT
o
TRIM NUMBER-
)DY BY FISHER
O
UPPER BODY COLOR,
OR FOLDING TOP
OR ROOF COVER
-LOWER BODY COLOR
Fig. 1-1—Body Number Plate
BODY TYPE NAME
Body type names are used for group classification
as follows (style number suffix shown in brackets):
Closed Style
Two door sedan (11)
Two door sport coupe (07)
Four door sedan (69)
Limousine (23, 33)
Hard Top
Sport coupe hardtop (17, 47, 57, 87)
Coupe hardtop (37)
Sedan hardtop (39, 49)
Station Wagon
Station wagon two seat (35 less skylight; 55
with skylight)
Station wagon three seat (45 less skylight; 65
with skylight)
Convertible Coupe (67)
Sedan Delivery (80)
BODY TYPE LETTER
Basic body types can be identified by generic group
classifications as follows:
"A" - Chevrolet 13000 Series
Pontiac 23-24000 Series
Oldsmobile 33000 Series
Buick 43-44000 Series
"B" - Chevrolet 15-16000 Series
Pontiac 25-26000 Series
Oldsmobile 35000 Series
Buick 45-46000 Series
"C" - Oldsmobile 384-386-39800 Series
Buick 482-48400 Series
Cadillac 68000 Series
"D" - Cadillac 69700 Series
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