why do they call it an f body. i feel bad for askin this but i always wanted to know

 

GM designated the camaro/firebird chassis the code F
such as they gave the corvette Chassis code Y

 

Not the chassis, the car line.

A second generation X body is identical to a first generation F body under the skin, but they have different car line identifiers.

This is probably also why it's called an "F car" or "F body" instead of an "F chassis".

 

i was close!

 

huh... i always thought the f was for fischer as in fischer carraige company.........my the door sills in my friends 88 iroc-z have a carraige on them and around it it says fischer carraige co. (i know carraiges are out of date but i thought maybe they kept making "transportation" forms and just kept the name

 

If you look, you'll find the "Body by Fisher" logo on pretty much every GM passenger car built up to 1984.

The Fisher Brothers were coachbuilders, back in the day when the body was built entirely separately from the chassis. They were bought out by GM sometime in the interwar years, became the Fisher Body Division. In 1984 the division was closed down as a separate entity.

 

o how bout that never really noticed before thanks for the info

 

Than why does mine say that as well, and its an 88?

 

They closed down the division as a separate corporate entity in 1984, it doesn't mean they stopped using the name and carriage logo.

 

I see thanks for the info

 

i think the corvette is a cbody. thus c-5. c5 being the 5th generation of corvette. am i way off base? i always thought we should start calling our cars f3s. as in "i love my f3"

 

Actually there called Y-Bodies.

 

c-5 just means corvette, 5th generation, it is a y-car

some of the later model designations i can't remember them all

a-celebrity, century, etc
b-caprice, roadmaster, etc
f-camaro firebird
g-rwd regal, cutlass, etc
h-bonneville, lesabre
j-cavalier, sunfire
n-grand am alero
s/t s-10 blazer s-2wd t-4wd
c/k full size c-2wd k-4wd
w-grand prix fwd regal
y-vette

 

L-body = Corsica/Beretta

 

hey mike why do you off hand know what code a beretta is. do you race circle track???

 

 

haha, j-body is cav and sunfire

 

I don't get it. Whats funny?

 

No, Before this car I had a 1990 Corsica LT.

 

a-body also refers to the (pre-83) RWD Malibu, Lemans, etc

 

F BODY= FLEX BODY