i know this is going to sound stupid but i was wondering why they call the camaros and firebirds f-bodies, and does every kind of car have a body type like they do? examples? thanx guys, stupid question but what the heck....:hail:

 

come on i know someone knows ..........

 

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hlight=fbodies

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Back in the early 60's Chev in all their great wisdom, gave them their F-body name,what I read in an old Hot Rod mag, was the F was given, cause the bigger cars ie: Chevelle was given the letter A was bigger that the Camaro.
If I'm wrong it wouldn't be the first time.

 

makes sense because B body are larger than F body, but then B b body are larger than A body so hm.. X body in the 68-79 years were smaller than B body, too, and H body in 71-80 or so were smaller thna all of them, so , hmmmm.. GM reinvents the body designation letters every decade or two or three as a whole new type of car, are reassigned..

 

Its just a way for GM to designate cars that are built on the same platform. There's no reason why one car or another is a different letter.

 

its like the old "k" cars from Chrysler, the F indicates a line of cars that are similar. 1g2fs the 4th didget is an F on all third gen camaros and Firebirds...