1968 Chevelle Production Numbers by Individual Plant *

 

1964

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1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

 

Month	Atlanta-A	Baltimore-B	Framingham-G	Fremont-Z	Kansas City-K
August (1967*)	n/a	n/a	n/a	08E - #101251 (1) n/a	n/a
September	100001-107534	100001-110960	100001-102539	100001-105906	100001-111616
October	107535-114883	11A - #123364 110961-123418	102540-105289	105907-112508	111617-125836
November	114884-121238	123419-133492	105290-107771	112509-119183	11E - #138403 125837-137496
December	121239-127636	133493-143990	107772-110336	119184-125144	137497-149173
January (1968)	127637-132222	143991-155395	110337-112656	02B - #131920 125145-132050	149174-161147
February	132223-138826	155396-165900	112657-116592	132051-137391	02E - #173675 161148-172285
March	02C - #139499 138827-140558	165901-177528	116593-116872	137392-142221	03D - #186590 172286-186209
April	140559-142492	177529-190407	116873-118624	142222-149638	186210-200278
May	142493-151126	190408-206475	118625-124988	149639-158132	200279-218110
June	151127-158831	206476-221265	124989-131800	07A - #165279 158133-165414	218111-234717
July	158832-166282	08A - #235853 (2) 08A - #235753 (3) 221266-236515	131801-138705	165415-171775	234718-251392
Total 464,669	66,282 14.26%	136,515 29.38%	38,705 8.33%	71,775 15.45%	151,392 32.58%

* Although there are 1968 Chevelles with body dates in August 1967, August and September totals are listed in September only. At least two August body date (08A) Chevelles have been reported with very late Baltimore sequence number - see (2) & (3) above.

 

Late model year production date of 08A (7) above.

 

Early model year production date of 08E (1) above.

 

Chevrolet's published figure for the 1968 model year are 464,669 units for U.S. assembly plants.
Canadian Classic Chevelles puts Canadian production totals at 26,118 for 1968.

A reported 363 Chevelles/Beaumonts were built in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Whether these units are included in Chevrolet's report is unknown. A reported 1,656 Chevelles were built in Caracas, Venezuela. These units are not included in Chevrolet's report.

 

It's also not known at this time how many Chevelles were built in Oshawa so the percentage figures shown may not be 100% accurate for the 5 U.S. plants. The total production figures for Chevelles did include Oshawa but no breakdown of Oshawa vs. U.S. are given. From Vintage Vehicle Services documents It is known that 1,161 13837 SS 396 sport coupes were built in Oshawa.

 

Oshawa built 108 SS 396 convertibles for sale by Canadian dealers.

Instances where body dates & VIN sequence numbers do not fall into the 'correct' month.
1 - Although there were no reported sequence numbers for the end of August, I show an August 5th week tag and the sequence number of 101251 indicating there were units built at Fremont in August.
2 - Fremont - Note body date of 07A yet VIN sequence falls 135 units in the June time frame.
3 - Kansas City - Note body date of 02E yet VIN falls 1,390 units in the March time frame.
4 - Baltimore - Note body date of 11A yet VIN falls 54 units in the October time frame.
5 - Kansas City - Note body date of 03D yet VIN falls 381 units into the April time frame.
6 - Baltimore - This car has a body date of 08A and POP indicating an August built month but sequence falls within the July time frame.
7 - Baltimore - This car has a body date of 08A indicating an August built month but sequence falls within the July time frame.
8 - Atlanta - This car has body date of 02C indicating a mid-to-late February build but sequence falls within the March time frame.
9 - Fremont - This car has body date of 02B yet VIN falls in late January by 130 units.

 

 

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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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