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1965 El Camino Production Numbers by Individual Plant*

 

 

Month Atlanta-A Baltimore-B Fremont-Z Kansas City-K
August 1964 100245 101784 100400 102623
September 103403 107281 104412 112784
October(1) n/a n/a n/a n/a
November 107971 113446 109402 125931
December 115187 120586 115948 136817
January 1965 120825 127482 122463 147698
February 125833 134071 128987 158544
March 131460 142393 136358 170680
April 136550 152385 143222 181771
May 141714 161991 179716 192632
June 146115 172298 156038 204232
July 150260 182298 161660 205505
August 153264 188266 164551 221898
Total
375,618(2)
53,264
14.18%
88,266
23.50%
64,551
17.19%
121,898
32.45%

* 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 Atlanta, 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.

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.