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1964 El Camino Production Numbers by Individual Plant*

 

 

Month Baltimore-B Kansas City-K Van Nuys-L
August 1963 ** n/a n/a n/a
September 103560 103728 103705
October 111881 112794 110154
November 120581 123237 116126
December 128573 134615 121865
January 1964 137282 146202 127967
February 144664 156562 133706
March 152689 168066 139065
April 160879 180418 144413
May 169999 192054 150068
June 178695 204392 156331
July 187043 216849 160358
Total 87,043 116,849 60,358

* There is no separation of El Camino versus other Chevelle body styles by plant. The production figures above are for all body styles of Chevelle and since only 3 U.S. plants did final assembly of El Caminos, only those 3 plants are listed. It should also be noted that Fisher Body at Euclid, OH. made El Camino bodies for both Baltimore and Kansas City and production numbers above are for final vehicle assembly, not body production. It is not known how many bodies of any type were produced at the Euclid, OH. Fisher Body plant.

** Although there were 1964 Chevelles with body dates in August, 1963, August and September totals are listed in September only.

Caveats and Disclaimers:

The numbers shown are reported last VINs from each plant per month. The numbers above those in red are instances of matching VIN and Fisher Body plates to show VINs/body dates outside the published numbers. The Fisher Body Number plate build week not match the calendar week; meaning an example body date of 04A may not be the first physical or even calendar week of April. Productions are scheduled well in advance of actual build date and given it takes 3 to 4 days to physically build the car once it is scheduled, you can see where the body date will not always match up with the VIN sequence. Obviously the body plates, and the associated information, are stamped when the cars are scheduled, not as they roll by a particular station. Cars with 04A body dates may run into week 04B of production. GM wouldn't just toss out the existing body number plates with 04A just because the car didn't physically get completed until the following week.

In reality, don't place too much emphasis on the body date as opposed to the last reported VIN for a given month. The anomalies shown are shown for that very reason. It does happen and that should not be a basis for worry that your car may have had the body plate (trim tag) and/or VIN altered.

If you have trim tags/VINs plates with dates and sequence numbers that don't fall into the range of those shown below, please email me the trim tag and sequence number and I'll post the oddity. Email it to me via my contact page.