1968 El Camino Fisher Body Number Plate General Information

• Fremont is the only final assembly plant that coded the Fisher Body Number plate (aka trim tag) with the same style number as the series/model in the GM VIN from 1964 through 1967 and again in 1969. All other plants coded the style number with an even third digit so one cannot tell by the trim tag if the El Camino was an L6 or V8. No examples of an odd 3rd digit Fremont tag has shown up to date but it's assumed this was true for 1968 as well at Fremont.

• 1968 was the only year the SS396 El Camino was a separate series.

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• Indications are the body numbers are sequential for the particular series/model per plant.

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• A popular publication states, "On all 1965 through 1971 trim tags, the engine identification portion of the model identification number always indicates a V-8 engine. No 6-cylinder engine identification numbers are stamped on any trim tag." This is an incorrect statement for not only 1965 through 1971 but includes 1972 as well. There are numerous examples of trim tags with an odd 3rd-digit style on this website.

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• Option codes no longer appear on any 1968 body plates.

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• Due to a shortage of interior trim, some models substituted Buick, Oldsmobile or Pontiac interiors and are coded on the body plate accordingly with the Chevrolet trim number followed by the BOP trim number such as 765 158.

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• Added verbiage "GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION CERTIFIES TO THE DEALER THAT THIS VEHICLE CONFORMS TO ALL FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS APPLICABLE AT TIME OF MANUFACTURE" to all body plates.

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• Links to Fisher Body Number Plates (a.k.a., trim tag, cowl tag, firewall tag, etc.)

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• BAL ~ Baltimore, Maryland
  
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  • Assembly month padded with leading zero where applicable.
  • No dash character (-) after interior trim code, no "-A" or "-B" to designate bench/bucket seats, dash character used to designate Buick/Olds/Pontiac replacement interiors. Beginning with at least 05A, the trim code is shown with a dash character (-) after the number.
  • No dash character (-) between upper and lower paint codes.
  • El Caminos with Pontiac interiors:
    >> 04A 13680 with 766-223 Pontiac bucket
    
    
• BF ~ Fremont, California
  
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  • Assembly month padded with leading zero where applicable.
  • No dash character (-) after interior trim code and no "-A" or "-B" to designate bench/bucket seats.
  • No dash character (-) between upper and lower paint codes.
  • El Caminos with Pontiac interiors:
    >> 04B 13880 with 766 223 Pontiac bucket
    
  • Special paint trim tags show a dash character(s).
    
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• KAN ~ Kansas City, Missouri
  
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  • Assembly month padded with leading zero where applicable.
  • Does separate lower-upper body colors with a dash character (-). Bench seat trim codes include "-A" and bucket seat trim codes include "-B".
  • Includes dash character (-) between upper and lower paint codes.
  • El Caminos with  Pontiac interiors:
    >> 04B 13480 with 760-217 Pontiac bench
    >> 04C 13880 with 766-223 Pontiac bucket