PetChemMan

Something crossed my mind today from out of the blue that I thought I'd pass on . Back in the mid 1960s, a friend took me for a ride in his new car.
I think it was a '64 Chevelle. I noticed that the inside door handle, or maybe it was the window crank, was exactly the same as the one on my '55 Olds.
I got a kick that the same part would be used some 9 years later, but I suppose there were quite a few such examples of reuse . I'm not sure if manuals such as Hollanders list small interior part exchanges. I do have a 1947 parts exchange catalog if anyone needs information.

1969w3155

Many of those small parts were used by all of the GM divisions for many years, now-a-days, it's not that uncommon to see the same or very similar switches in the cars from different automakers.

Yellowstatue

Look at the heater controls with the three round *****-function , fan, temperature!!!

Higgins

I just replaced the window crank on my 63 Starfire with a reproduction one advertised as for a 1966 Chev. Impala. It was also used on Caddys.

joe_padavano

Lots of interior parts are common across most of the GM car lines. Window cranks, door handles, arm rest pads, steering columns, etc. In the 1960s, Olds used the same bucket seats on the A-body, full size, and Toronado lines. The seat frames are common on all GM car lines in those years.

rocketraider

The difference is that in 1955 those window cranks were the deluxe version. In 1964 they were the entry-level car version. The deluxe version had by then moved up to what Higgins found in his Starfire (and Impala). 1966 Chevys were still using the 1950s style cranks on Biscayne/BelAir and the deluxe on Impala/Caprice (and BelAir if you ordered a deluxe interior trim option).

You'll find a lot of interior geegaws like that. Another example is the inside door reflectors that Pontiac used 62-65. They showed up again on 1970-72 Oldsmobile Cutlasses.

66ninetyeightls

So what cars might have had the same armrests as a 66 Ninetyeight???

rocketraider

Offhand, any Electra 225 of same body style or trim level. A Series 62 Cadillac may have had the same.