1965 Chevelle Production Numbers by Individual Plant *

 

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Month	Atlanta-A	Baltimore-B	Fremont-Z	Framingham-G	Kansas City-K
August (1964)	100001-100245	100001-101784	100001-100400	100001-100552	100001-102623
September	100246-103403	101785-107281	100401-104412	100553-103767	102624-112784
October(1)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	102785-114280
November	103404-107971	107282-113446	104413-109402	103768-107793	114281-125931
December	107972-115187	113447-120586	109403-115948	107794-113595	125932-136817
January (1965)	115188-120825	120587-127482	115949-122463	113596-118109	136818-147698
February	120826-125833	127483-134071	122464-128987	118110-122589	147699-158544
March	125834-131460	134072-142393	128988-136358	122590-127630	158545-170680
April	131461-136550	142394-152385	136359-143222	127631-132475	170681-181771
May	136551-141714	152386-161991	143223-149716	132476-137589	181772-192632
June	141715-146115	161992-172298	149717-156038	137590-142940	192633-204232
July	146116-150260	172299-182298	156039-161660	142941-145999	204232-205505
August	150261-153264	182299-188266	161661-164551	146000-147699	205506-221898
Total 375,678(2)	53,264 14.18%	88,266 23.50%	64,551 17.19%	47,699 12.70%	121,898 32.45%

The total production figures above are for Chevelles are for U.S. and domestic export.

 

Canada figures for 1965 are reported at either 19,132 or 14,883 units depending on the source of the information. Of these built in Canada, a Canada-only model 131/13267 300 convertible, it's reported that 309 of these were built. Those 309 consist of 109 with a V8 engine and 205 were with an I6 engine. Canadian Classic Chevelles reports there were 14,883 1965 Chevelles assembled in Canada.

 

Looking at the 08A (August, 1st week) and 08C (August, 3rd week) tags above, one's first thought is they're both August of 1964. Not so. The top SS convertible tag shows very low SS convertible body number (#23) plus sequence number (#100230) indicates very early August of 1964. The second SS sport coupe tag shows a very high SS sport coupe body number plus sequence number (#187999) indicates very late August of 1965.

 

• ⁽¹⁾ Strike period - no units reportedly built. Kansas City appears to be the only plant in production during October.

• ⁽²⁾ Chevrolet's published figure for the 1965 model year is 378,618 units. Subtracting the total of last reported VINs of each plant (375,678) from the published figure leaves 2,940 unaccounted for. (One source puts the Canadian production total at 19,132 (while Canadian Classic Chevelles & Beaumonts says 14,883.)  A reported 1,927 Chevelles/Beaumonts were built in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

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  Here is a great oddity. Decode it as follows:
  (1) - There is no Fisher Body date.
  (2) - All 1965 model year body tags abbreviate "STYLE" to "ST" and "TRIM" to "TR" so it appears the Euclid plant used a left-over 1964 blank body tag.

• (3) - The Fisher Body plant is coded as EP" for the Euclid, OH. Fisher Body plant but 1965 Chevelle bodies from Euclid use the plant code "EUC,." where all 1964 Fisher Body tags use "EP."
  (4) - The letter "- B"  after the trim code is a possible hint the car would be shipped to Baltimore for final assembly but normally the final assembly plant letter is typically above the body number in 1965.
  (5) - There is no paint code "986" in 1964 or 1965. The only final assembly plant that did not use a 3-digit number for the pant code is 1964 Fremont Chevelles.
  (6) - This would appear to a 1965 pilot car for the Euclid plant due to the body number.
  (70 - All 1964 Chevelles have a 12-alphanumberic VIN, 1965-1972 have 13-alphanumerict VIN numbers.

• See 1964 Euclid body tags here and 1965 Euclid body tags here.

 

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* 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.

 

I would be very concerned of the engine assembly date vs. data in the VIN and body date issue. An engine with an assembly date after the Chevelle was assigned a sequence number would not be possible. The same holds true for any major driveline component. The Chevelle could not be built with, say, an engine with a build date of March in a February dated Chevelle.

 

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.

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