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1970 El Camino Production Numbers by Individual Plant

 

 

Month Baltimore-B Kansas City-K Van Nuys-L
August 1969* n/a n/a n/a
September 107903 112249 118272
October 112644 123529 135448
November 122126 134320 149521
December 131318 146720(1) 159233(1)
January 1970 142435 159177 167285
February 157041(1) 172748 174150
March 168120 184004(1) 181251
April 182090 194708 188118
May 195247 204461 195823
June 208612 215289 203572
July 217497 222339 207939
Total
660,012
117,497
17.80%
122,339
18.54%
107,939
16.35%

* 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.

** Although there are 1970 Chevelles with body dates in August 1969, August and September totals are listed in September only. One such documented August car is from Flint with a body assembly date of 8C and sequence number of 102249.

As suspected, 1970 would present a unique set of challenges. The Monte Carlo production is included in the VIN sequence and production total negating any way of separating out the El Camino VIN sequencing.

(1)  There are known Chevelles with VIN number higher than end of the month reported VIN.

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.