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Originally Posted by Allan R
WHOOPS, something was bugging me right after I posted that last one, so I looked it up in my 1972 GM pricing manual.
f85 was only offered as the 4 door sedan not as a 2 door.
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That was true in 1972, but not in prior years. You could definitely get a 2dr F85 - my family bought a brand new one in 1965. The various model names were used in different configurations during different model years. They are only marketing designations. For a given year, all A-body cars were mechanically the same and all used exactly the same sheet metal (with the obvious roofline/wagon/number of doors variations). Also keep in mind that 1972 was an atypical year for Olds and GM, since the Colonnade styling cars of 1973 were actually supposed to be released in 1972. A strike delayed the release by a year and forced GM to slap some lipstick on the 71s and call them 72s. The model designations and available equipment in 1972 is not typical of the prior years.