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Production Numbers

The Series/Body Style columns correspond to VIN series & body style and not Fisher Body plate Style numbers. 

Caveats:
(1) The total production according to the reported last VIN of each assembly plant totals 446,633 leaving 731 units built in the U.S. unaccounted for in the above figures. However if you look at the table below of 'reported last VIN' versus VINs that have shown up from plants, the last reported VIN for a given month does not always correspond with Fisher Body dates and, in the case of Fremont at least so far, there were at least 236 (159310-159074=236) more Chevelles produced there than the last reported VIN indicates.

(2) Production for Canada is listed at 23,688 units (some report only 20,112) but specific series/model are not included in the series/model figures for 1966. The 23,688 number is pretty evenly split between 6-cylinder and 8-cylinder engines with 11,731 6-cylinder models and 11,957 8-cylinder models built.  However, it is known from GM of Canada documentation that there were 230 series/model 13267 V8 300 convertibles built, 1,477 13517 L6 Malibu sport coupes, and 5,081 13617 V8 Malibu sport coupes built.

(3) GM of Canada did not include all model lines of its U.S. counterpart, only the 300 series and Malibu series were produced. As a sort of compensation, a 300 series convertible was offered in Canada and the base sedan pickup was based on the 300 series and not the 300 Deluxe series.

* n/a for the SS 396 Sport Coupe and SS 396 Convertible indicates the series/model was not available with a 6-cylinder engine.

Production Numbers by Plant and Month

Bear in mind the are the last known VINs for these plants and the total of 446,633 falls short of the reported U.S. production total of 447,364 U.S.-built Chevelles by 731 units. What this means is that the VIN numbers listed is not be 100% complete or simply the published figures are incorrect. The numbers for Fremont are a good example of this. The last reported VIN sequence was 159704 yet there is one example on this CD of 159310 or at least 236 units more than reported. It is quite possible, although there's no documented proof yet, that other plants may incur the same discrepancy.

* Although there were Chevelles with body dates in August 1965, August and September totals are listed in September only. For those of you who enjoy numbers, the table at the bottom of the page expands on the table above to break down the number of Chevelles assembled at each plant each month and on average the number assembled per day and per hour of each day.

(1) Number reported is not consistent with a known VIN of 135xxx and known body date of April, 3rd week.

1966 Model Year Production Calendar

Production Numbers per month/per day/per hour

Remember, these are only AVERAGES assuming a 16-hour workday, 5 days a week, no down time and no model changeover time. These figures are not to be interpreted as actual production numbers. All calculated numbers are rounded down except when less than 1 (one). September figures include all of August as well. Cars per month are calculated on difference between current month and past month, Monday through Friday non-holiday work days per month and 16 hours per work day. Some plants surely had differing schedules due to holidays and are not incorporated in this fun calculation.