GM H platform (RWD)

:seealso|GM H platform (FWD)The H platform, or H-body, name has been used twice by General Motors. The 1970s H-body was an inexpensive rear-wheel drive compact automobile platform from the 1970s. The 1980s H-body was a front-wheel drive full-size car platform.

The 1970s H-bodies had 4, 6, and 8-cylinder longitudinal GM engines, a solid rear axle, and had a unibody construction. The Chevrolet Vega was designed to use a small-block V8, but this was not approved. The Chevrolet Monza was originally designed to use a Wankel engine but this project was cancelled. No H-body had 4 doors, though station wagon versions were offered. The fourth character in the Vehicle Identification Number for an H-body car is "H". The platform was introduced with the 1971 Chevrolet Vega and was replaced by the GM J platform in 1981.

Vehicles

External links

* [http://www.h-body.org H-Body.Org]
* [http://h-body.org/library/hbodyfaq/index.html H-Body FAQ]
* [http://www.v8monza.com Bob Gumm's V-8 Monza Site & Message Board]
* [http://monza.homestead.com/monza.html The Chevrolet Monza and similar GM cars ( Buick Skyhawk, Oldsmobile Starfire, Pontiac Sunbird)]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PontiacAstre]