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akidsgal
Dec 18th, 04, 11:38 AM
I have a Canadian 66 Chevelle. This car calls for different springs then the American according to the auto parts stores around. Does anyone have any kind of information that could help me?

Cam
Dec 19th, 04, 11:17 AM
I have found through limited experience that part numbers and spring assignments are generally the same on Canadian vs. U.S. cars for a given application. e.g. Malibu sport coupe V8 standard suspension is the same whether U.S. or Canadian; Malibu SS with optional 396 & F40 is the same as SS396 with F40, etc. Do you see where I'm going?
When I checked the spring tags on my Oshawa-built '67 they were the same ones listed in the reprinted Chevelle Assembly Manual (U.S. edition) that's available out there. I was a bit peeved when a shop threw out the tags when replacing my springs, even though I asked them to save everything and let me sort through it myself.

engineer
Dec 20th, 04, 3:36 PM
no difference on a 66 chevelle for springs between canadian and US. Now Pontiacs are different.