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1969 El Camino Production Numbers by Individual Plant

 

 

Month Baltimore-B Fremont-Z Kansas City-K
August 1968 * n/a n/a n/a
September 308846 304595  09C - #312888
316556
October 318059 311759 10E - #339517
339096
November 326003 319029 358979
December 333025 323994 374064
January 1969 344660 330138 393881
February 355330 335464 409027
March 367113 341235 425254
April 378593 347446 439077
May 381442 353627 442908
June 396474 360184 461711
July 413729 368119 480619
August 414385 no production reported 481164
Total
522,761(1)(2)
114,385
21.88%
68,119
13.03%
181,164
34.66%

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.

* 1969 appears to have built Chevelles in both August of 1968 and August of 1969 as evident of body dates and VIN sequence numbers. Note tag below with body date of 08D from Fremont with very low sequence number (just over 300500).

File Photo - 06/15/2009

The total production according to the reported last VIN of each assembly plant totals 522,761 but does not match the total figure listed for individual series & body styles sold of 503,352. Of the 503,352 figure reported by GM, 15,356 were counted as imported from Canada (a common occurrence of the time). This leaves (522,761 - 503,352) 19,409 of the Oshawa production for Canada consumption.

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.