1959 El Camino Body Assembly Plants
1959 El Caminos (sedan pickup) were built along side other 1959 Chevrolets at 12 different plants in the U.S. The fourth (4th) character of VIN denotes the final assembly plant.
Sample 1959 VIN: H59L123456 where "H" is the series (V8 sedan pickup/sedan delivery), "59" is the model year, "L" is the Los Angeles, CA. assembly plant, and "123456" is the GM sequence number for that plant.
The 1959 assembly plants are:
| Letter Code | Assembly Plant |
| A | Atlanta, Georgia |
| B | Baltimore, Maryland |
| F | Flint, Michigan |
| G | Framingham, Massachusetts |
| J | Janesville, Wisconsin |
| K | Kansas City Missouri |
| L | Los Angeles, California |
| N | Norwood, Ohio |
| O | Oakland, California |
| S | St. Louis, Missouri |
| T | Tarrytown, New York |
| W | Willow Run, Michigan |
1960 El Camino Body Assembly Plants
1960 El Caminos (sedan pickup) were built along side other 1960 Chevrolets at the same twelve different plants in the U.S. as the 1959 model year. The 1960 VIN changed to a 12 alpha-numeric format.
Sample 1960 VIN: 01280K123456 where "0" is the model year, "1280" is the V8 series (1180 is L6 sedan pickup/sedan delivery), "L" is the Los Angeles, CA. assembly plant, and "123456" is the GM sequence number for that plant.
1964-1972 El Camino Body Assembly Plants
Atlanta, GA ~ Baltimore, MD ~ Euclid, OH ~ Fremont, CA ~ Kansas City, MO ~ Van Nuys/Los Angeles, CA
| El
Camino Atlanta, GA |
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| Year | VIN | Trim Tag |
| 1965 | A | EUC |
| El
Camino Baltimore, MD |
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| Year | VIN | Trim Tag |
| 1964 | B | BA |
| 1965-1969 | B | BAL |
| 1970-72 | B | B |
| El
Camino Euclid, OH |
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| Year | VIN | Trim Tag |
| 1964 | n/a | EP |
| 1965 | n/a | EUC |
| El
Camino Fremont, CA |
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| Year | VIN | Trim Tag |
| 1965-1969 | Z | BF |
| El
Camino Kansas City, MO |
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| Year | VIN | Trim Tag |
| 1964-1970 | K | KAN/EP |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
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1971-1972 |
K | K |
| El
Camino Van Nuys/Los Angeles, CA |
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| Year | VIN | Trim Tag |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 1970 | L | BL |
| 1971-1972 | L | L |
