Everyone seems to skip my model year, it's hard to find parts. What companies are good with hard to find parts? What is the name of the cross-reference manual that shows what models(Buick, Pontiac, Chevy....) that used the same parts?
zuesmyrott
The catalog that tells you what parts interchange is the Hollander Interchange manualthat used to be a published book.Today it is a computer database that has tobe accessed by way of a paid suscription.You can still find old paper copies for sale on line from time to time.
It helps to mention which parts you are looking for, and the year, and model of B-body that you have.
Big Dave
It helps to mention which parts you are looking for, and the year, and model of B-body that you have.
Big Dave
For us older Impala guys, the paper catalog for '54-'66 is not that bad at $50
https://hollanderinterchange.net/ca...roduct_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=30&osCsid=f6dd8b46ce1a75f3e714a2db949fd68e
'65-'79 takes a big jump in price to $150 for some reason
https://hollanderinterchange.net/ca...roduct_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=31&osCsid=f6dd8b46ce1a75f3e714a2db949fd68e
https://hollanderinterchange.net/ca...roduct_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=30&osCsid=f6dd8b46ce1a75f3e714a2db949fd68e
'65-'79 takes a big jump in price to $150 for some reason
https://hollanderinterchange.net/ca...roduct_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=31&osCsid=f6dd8b46ce1a75f3e714a2db949fd68e
A Hollander number is a unique number assigned to every part on your car. With it you can ask for the Hollander number (or put it up for bid across the web if the part is small enough to be cheaply mailed to you) and they will walk out in the yard (or warehouse if they prepull, clean and test parts) and hand you a part that could have been used on any other GM vehicle guaranteed to fit. (Hollander numbers sometimes come with letters at the end of the number where part B (as an example I have seen as high as a letter "G" for some cars with along production run) that will fit an earlier A part without issue, but the A part will not easily interchange with a B part. If you come across a situation like this for a hard to find part you might want to buy it any way and modify the newer part as these letters where assigned back when the cars where new and body shops wouldn't invest any time in anytrhing other than a bolt on and paint part.
I have several old Holadnder manuals that I have bought over the years off of e-Bay for under $100 to cover Chevy's from 1953 to 1987. Each manual covers a five year spread and they where published annually with a new edition number (they do not list the years covered, just the edition number: so it is often hard to figure out which edition you need to get the correct coverage for your model year). Because of this I bought one manual that was only two years newer than another I had paying nearly $200 bucks for seven years of coverage so be carefull.
Big Dave
I have several old Holadnder manuals that I have bought over the years off of e-Bay for under $100 to cover Chevy's from 1953 to 1987. Each manual covers a five year spread and they where published annually with a new edition number (they do not list the years covered, just the edition number: so it is often hard to figure out which edition you need to get the correct coverage for your model year). Because of this I bought one manual that was only two years newer than another I had paying nearly $200 bucks for seven years of coverage so be carefull.
Big Dave
Dave based on your above post would it be a wise choice to order the Hollander interchange for '56 to '66 (listed in the above link by dcarins)? Mine is a '64 impala SS and I would like a good source book for interchangeable parts. As I am having a hard time finding some parts and/or finding interchangeable parts. It shows to be two volumes, but if I understand what you said, it could be hard to tell if either volume of this edition would give me good coverage for my '64. I would not want to get it if it does not. Your opinion please. Thanks for the help.
It is a good buy. Even though it is the Readers Digest version of the book it still list all of the major parts and it covers all those years in two volumes, but the two volume set is still smaller in volume and by far cheaper than a single edition manual that has every make and model made with the part numbers in it (including your Hudsons and Renaults that you might not be interested in).
That being said if I told you a Hollander number of 1541 was for a rear quarter for a 1964 four door hard top, could you walk in the front door of your local salvage yard and get the chunck of car that you want?
Knowing the Hollander number and finding the part are two different things. But then again armed with the Hollander number you can walk into your local yard and put a request on the "line" (their internet connection) and somewhere in Canada, Mexico, or the continental US and Alaska; if a yard has the part, they will respond saying I got it come and get it for "X" number of dollars (point of fact, you will probably start a bidding war as the "line" is interactive and everyone sees each others transactions and attempts to make a sale. So the best buy for you will float to the top. It just might require you to make a trip to Rancho La Tortuga in the Sonoran desert of Mexico to get the part (or maybe Eagle Village in the Yukon Teritory Canada).
Big Dave
That being said if I told you a Hollander number of 1541 was for a rear quarter for a 1964 four door hard top, could you walk in the front door of your local salvage yard and get the chunck of car that you want?
Knowing the Hollander number and finding the part are two different things. But then again armed with the Hollander number you can walk into your local yard and put a request on the "line" (their internet connection) and somewhere in Canada, Mexico, or the continental US and Alaska; if a yard has the part, they will respond saying I got it come and get it for "X" number of dollars (point of fact, you will probably start a bidding war as the "line" is interactive and everyone sees each others transactions and attempts to make a sale. So the best buy for you will float to the top. It just might require you to make a trip to Rancho La Tortuga in the Sonoran desert of Mexico to get the part (or maybe Eagle Village in the Yukon Teritory Canada).
Big Dave
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