1970 Chevelle Prop Shaft Colors
These broadcast codes were taken from valid build sheets. Plants
did not use the same broadcast codes, the plants are listed separately.
The Arlington plant data is very limited and Flint is non-existent due
to lack of build sheets so only Atlanta, Baltimore, Kansas City, and
Van Nuys are listed. Chevrolet calls these a propeller shaft, you may
know them better by their commonly called name, a "drive shaft."
If your drive shaft still has its colors, be sure to measure just where they are and the colors involved so you can reproduce them on your refinished product. The placement, stripe width and spacing may vary from propeller shaft to propeller shaft, even for the same engine/transmission combination from the same plant. As you can see from the top photo below, these were not painted with regards to 'looking nice,' but rather to boldly show the colors. Only the (in this case) blue and pink are shown on the build sheet as broadcast code PK-BL The third, orange stripe, is though to indicate a 396/454 engine as opposed to a 307/350 engine. To date a third orange stripe has not been found on a 307-350 Chevelle. If you, or any friend of yours has an untouched Chevelle with either a 307 or 350 engine with a third orange stripe, please contact me via my Contact page with information about the car and a photo of the propeller shaft.
This example is from an LS6 Chevelle with M22 manual 4-speed transmission
before restoration.
Here is the same drive shaft after restoration.
Arlington
ENGINE | TRANSMISSION | ||||||
M11 | M20 | M21 | M22 | M35 | M38 | M40 | |
307 V8 (L14) | |||||||
350 V8 (L65) | BR-PK | ||||||
350 V8 (L48) | |||||||
402 V8 (L34/LS3) | PK-OR | PK-OR | BL-BK | ||||
402 V8 (L78) | |||||||
454 V8 (LS5) | PK-BL | ||||||
454 V8 (LS6) | PK-BL | GR-OR |
Atlanta
ENGINE | TRANSMISSION | ||||||
M11 | M20 | M21 | M22 | M35 | M38 * | M40 | |
307 V8 (L14) | BR-PK | BR-PK | |||||
350 V8 (L65) | BR-PK | ||||||
350 V8 (L48) | BR-PK | PK-OR | |||||
402 V8 (L34) | PK-OR | PK-OR | BL-BK | ||||
402 V8 (L78) | BL-YE** | BL-BK | |||||
454 V8 (LS5) | PK-BL | GR-OR | |||||
454 V8 (LS6) | PK-BL | GR-OR |
* Atlanta coded the M38 TH350 as M40 CBC TRANS after
October
** One PK-OR code has been found on an L78/M21 dated 11-13
Baltimore
ENGINE | TRANSMISSION | ||||||
M11 | M20 | M21 | M22 | M35 | M38 | M40 | |
307 V8 (L14) | TB | DJ | |||||
350 V8 (L65) | TE | ||||||
350 V8 (L48) | DL DK ** |
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402 V8 (L34) | DL | DL | TK TJ ** |
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402 V8 (L78) | TG DL*** |
TG DL*** |
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402 V8 (LS3) | TK | ||||||
400 V8 (LF6) | OP | ||||||
454 V8 (LS5) | PB | GO TY * |
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454 V8 (LS6) | PB PW ** |
GO GO ** |
* Monte Carlo
** El Camino
*** Change sometime between 10-01 and 11-17
Kansas City
ENGINE | TRANSMISSION | ||||||
M11 | M20 | M21 | M22 | M35 | M38 | M40 | |
230 L6 | BK-BR | ||||||
307 V8 (L14) | BR-PK | BR-PK | |||||
350 V8 (L65) | BR-PK OR-OR ** |
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350 V8 (L48) | BR-PK |
PK-OR OR-YE ** |
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402 V8 (L34) | PK-OR BL-YE * |
PK-OR BL-YE * |
BL-BK BR-OR ** |
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402 V8 (L78) | BL-YE |
BL-YE *** PK-OR OR-BL ** |
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402 V8 (LS3) | PK-OR | ||||||
454 V8 (LS5) | PK-BL PK-WH ** |
GR-OR GR-YE ** |
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454 V8 (LS6) | PK-BL PK-WH ** |
GR-OR GR-YE ** |
* Prior to October 31
** El Camino/4-Door Sedan
*** Prior to October29
Van Nuys
ENGINE | TRANSMISSION | ||||||
M11 | M20 | M21 | M22 | M35 | M38 | M40 | |
250 L6 | BR-PK | ||||||
307 V8 (L14) | BR-PK | ||||||
350 V8 (L65) | BR-PK | BR-PK OR-OR ** |
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350 V8 (L48) | PK-OR OR-YE ** |
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402 V8 (L34) | PK-OR | BL-YE | BL-BK BR-OR ** |
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402 V8 (L78) | BL-YE | BL-BK | |||||
402 V8 (LS3) | BL-BK BR-BL * |
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400 V9 (LF6) | WH-PU * | ||||||
454 V8 (LS5) | PK-BL | GR-OR BK--- * |
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454 V8 (LS6) | PK-BL | GR-OR |
* Monte Carlo
** El Camino/Malibu 4-Door Sedan
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