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General Motors Body Types

General Motors identifies body types by letters. For example, the "F-body" or "F" Series GM/Fisher body vehicle is a Chevrolet Camaro or Pontiac Firebird. If you see information that lists the application as "X" that means the GM X body, or Nova/Ventura/Omega/Apollo, etc...

Corvette: Prior to 1972 the body type was the series designation - 194.

Summarization from 1971 through 1980

  Body Type Buick Cadillac Chevrolet Oldsmobile Pontiac
A Skylark
Skylark Custom
GS/GS 455
Sportwagon
Century
Regal
- Chevelle
Malibu Concours
Estate Wagon
Nomad
El Camino
GMC Sprint
Laguna
Monte Carlo
(A-spec)
Cutlass
Cutlass Supreme
442
Vista Cruiser
(A-ext)
F-85
Lemans
Lemans Sport
Luxury Lemans
Grand Am
T37
GTO
Grand Prix
(A-Spec)
-
B LeSabre
LeSabre Custom
Estate Wagon
Centurion
- Biscayne
Bel Air
Impala
Caprice
Delta 88
Delta 88 Custom
Delta 88 Royale
Custom Cruiser
Catalina
Broughham
Bonneville
Grand Safari
Grand ville
-
C Electra
Electra Custom
Calais
Deville
Fleetwood
Broughham (C-Spec)
- Ninty-8
Ninty8 Regency
- -
D - Fleetwood 75 - - - -
E Riviera Eldorado - Toronado
Toranado Dlx
- -
F - - Camaro
Camaro LT
Berlinetta
- Firebird
Esprit
Formula
Trans Am
-
H Skyhawk (H-Spec) - Vega
Vega LX
Monza 2+2
Starfire Astre
Sunbird
-
K - Seville - - - -
T - - Chevette - - -
  X Apollo
Skylark
- Nova
Nova Custom
Citation
Omega
Omega Salon
Ventura
Ventura SJ
Phoenix
  Y - - Corvette - -

 

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