1966 Chevelle Production Numbers by Individual Plant *

 

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

 

Month	Atlanta-A	Baltimore-B	Flint - F	Fremont-Z	Framingham-G	Kansas City-K
August (1965)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
September	100001-101412	09E - #104206 100001-103848	100001-100853	100001-101687	100001-101475	100001-104114
October	101413-105800	103849-112708	100854-103943	101688-106735	101476-105951	104115-115344
November	105801-110626	112709-123145	103944-107441	106736-111910	12A - #111467 105952-111304	115345-127866
December	110627-115184	123146-133029	107442-112016	111911-116955	111305-117131	127867-139728
January (1966)	01D - #119552 115185-119309	133030-141040	112017-116138	116956-120730	117132-123704	139729-150978
February	119310-126651	141041-148979	116139-120851	120731-123115	123705-129884	150979-162260
March	126652-141390	148980-157051	120852-127215	123116-125958	129885-136574	162261-175796
April	141391-155291	157052-164643	127216-132456	125959-128913	136575-142300	04D - #187543 175797-186929
May	05D - #168913 155292-168663	164644-172643	132457-138373	128914-131979	05E - #148858 05D - #149161 142301-148104	05D - #197447 186930-197387
June	168664-182751	172644-180692	138374-144544	131980-135211	148105-154174	197388-208293
July	182752-195611	180693-188331	144545-147455	135212-138111	154175-159625	208294-218051
Total 446,633(1)	95,611 21.38%	88,331 19.75%	47,455 10.61%	38,111 8.52%	59,625 13.33%	118,051 26.40%

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

 

 Canadian Chevelle-Acadian-Beaumont reports there were 20,112 1966 Chevelles assembled in Canada for sale in Canada.

 

Looking at the top tag with a date of 08C (August, 1st week) and the bottom tag of 08C (August, 3rd week), one's first thought is they're both August of 1965. Not so. The top SS convertible tag shows very high SS convertible body number (#11564) indicates a very early August of 1965 build. The second SS sport coupe tag shows a relatively  low SS convertible body number (#1601) indicating a fairly early August of 1965.

 

 

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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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