[FC] FC carryover parts to '64-66 Chevy vans? Addendum

[LonzoVair at aol.com]

And since the Chevy Van & GMC Handy-van were both "G" series vans, I  
somehow dodged a "very wrong" answer... and I should have added a bit of detail  
on which C trucks... I'd assume just the C10s (1/2 ton), and not the 3/4 or 
1  ton (C20 & C30)... I think the K series used different hubcaps all  
together... but I could be wrong.
:-)
Lonzo
 
 
In a message dated 12/22/2012 11:55:08 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
LonzoVair at aol.com writes:

Ben,  
I met up with a guy back in August who had a 65 Chevy Van. It  originally  
was a panel van, and a previous owner put solid windows  in it (they didn't 
pop  out or anything)... this van was also a  factory 4 cylinder engine van 
with 3  speed on the column... talk  about a nightmare of linkage...
What I found  interesting was the fact  that his side door used what we 
know 
as the "left side  intermediate  door handle", or the "8 door door handle", 
only it is on the right   side door... and to open it, you twist it up 
(quite 
an unnatural   feeling!)....
The hubcaps fit all the C & R series trucks, 61-63  &  64-66...
Take care!
Lonzo


In a message dated  12/22/2012 4:30:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
lbstiles at verizon.net  writes:

Hello-

A  fellow vanner on a vintage van site  recently  asked me what parts are 
transferable between Corvair FCs  and the earliest  Chevy vans. I came up 
with at least steering  wheels, horn buttons, dash  clusters, glove box 
doors, door handles  (exterior and interior and gaskets  for such), vent 
window handles,  turn signal levers, and interior window  cranks. Also  
hubcaps.

I know Clark's has reproduced much of this. I  would  like to give the 
Chevy/GMC van guys info for another parts source   for their vans.  GM 
"borrowed" lots of our FC parts in order to  bring  out the Chevy van in 
1964 with extreme economy. Question is-  how much was  borrowed?

This thread would not correlate to the  1968 GMC van Pete  Koehler 
recently talked about on the Corvair  Forums. GM totally redesigned  the 
Chevy and GMC vans for 1967 and  the common shared parts mentioned  above 
were no longer   used.
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