Discussion Forum - Northstar Chevelle Club

jim larson · 2K+ Club

64-70 chevelle parts catalog

bowtie · Secretary

As for OEM parts, I probably have a book somewhere from GM. If you're not used to how they're written, it's not the easiest to read because they have all common body styles inside (EXCEPT CORVETTE, CORVAIR, AND TRUCKS). I have a Camaro only disc somewhere, it was from someone who dissected the GM parts catalog and filtered out just Camaro stuff. Not a quick or simple feat. Also, over time, part numbers change for many reasons including design changes and evolution. Often too, the number you may seem stamped on a part isn't the actual part number but a casting number that was used in the manufacturing process

The aftermarket catalogs are better at singling out just chevelle stuff if you're looking to buy. for restoration purposes, there are some chevelle specific books out there. I know there's one by Jeff Steffes (onetime Northstar club member).

Here's a link to his book:
www.amazon.com/Chevelle-1964-1972-Muscle-Source-Book/dp/0972986928

jim larson · 2K+ Club

Thanks, I have a few books. I was looking for something like a book that shows pages from a parts book when using gmwkilinks. Were all the parts, like 1.000 or the engine parts available for chevelles and other model like Camaros from 1964-1970. Called a parts manual.

jim larson · 2K+ Club

http://www.gmpartswiki.com/getpage?pageid=77999

bowtie · Secretary

If you can find one, GM produced the paper parts manual called "pre-1975" that listed parts for the main models. It's organized like the link shown, upper picture, and if you know how to translate what you think it's called into GM's terms or know the group numbers (GM parts have a cataloging system akin to the dewey decimal system the library uses but done in their own way.) You can see how it's broken down like that, but there's a lot of sub model abbreviations used in areas too. There is also a paper "illustration book" which would show a blow up pic and call outs to parts which would give a grouping number you could use in the other catalog. Also, the pricing shown was updated often and there were price update books released every quarter so you could keep up to date.

Here was the process:
1-customer says what they need
2-you look in picture book, find group number
3-use group number in catalog to find part
4-figure out by option code what specific part number is needed
5-go to price book to get current price
6-go to your master inventory pad to see where you stock the part and find it
then create your invoice.

Most parts guys learned group numbers pretty fast, at least the top 100 or so common ones and then got very adept at finding the rest quickly.

The old saying "Bob is great, he knew all the part numbers off the top of his head" was accurate because there wasn't nearly as many things changing every year and there was fewer models. The term "they're all the same" was usually appropriate back then too.

by the way, the "through 1975 " book is 2600 pages long, but has a lot of good info