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Old July 28th, 2021, 11:26 PM
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GM A-Body Roof Rail Interchange

I have a 1971 F-85/Cutlass Holiday coupe and need the roof rails and weatherstripping. Will other non post vehicle roof rails be the same? Skylark, LeMans, Chevelle etc? I've read that the rear windows don't interchange but the door windows will. I tried searching through the forum and was having a hard time finding an answer so sorry if this has been answered before. Does anybody have the actual part numbers? Or the correct name of the parts? It is the part that screws to the roof and holds the top seal above the side windows on a non post car. Any help would be great. The reason I asked is there is a 72 LeMans/ GTO that someone about 60 miles from me is parting out and I didn't want to waste my time or money if they won't work.

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Old August 1st, 2021, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by hunter97321
I have a 1971 F-85/Cutlass Holiday coupe and need the roof rails and weatherstripping. Will other non post vehicle roof rails be the same? Skylark, LeMans, Chevelle etc? I've read that the rear windows don't interchange but the door windows will. I tried searching through the forum and was having a hard time finding an answer so sorry if this has been answered before. Does anybody have the actual part numbers? Or the correct name of the parts? It is the part that screws to the roof and holds the top seal above the side windows on a non post car. Any help would be great. The reason I asked is there is a 72 LeMans/ GTO that someone about 60 miles from me is parting out and I didn't want to waste my time or money if they won't work.
Am going to say, yes most likely the roof rail channels will interchange for '69 - '72. A body Hardtops. '68 had wing windows and is different. Post cars - built by BOP through '72 are different. Chevelle and Buick Skylark used the same rear Quarter windows '70 - '72. You might check the weatherstrip outfits - Steele, Softseal, Metro, etc. to confirm. I suspect their part #'s for roof rail weatherstrips is the same for '69 - '72 A hardtops.

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