1972 Chevelle Production Numbers by Individual Plant *

 

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1972

 

Month	Arlington-R	Baltimore-B	Kansas City-K	Van Nuys-L	Oshawa-1
August (1971)	500001-501977	500001-505249	500001-501741	500001-502648	500001-503986
September	501978-508230	505250-522853	501742-512946	502649-512707	503987-511875
October	508231-514460	522854-540436	512947-525177	512708-522636	511876-519083
November	514461-520695	540437-558098	525178-538945	11E-533170(4) 522637-532186	519084-527260
December	520696-525747	558099-572416	538946-551076	532187-538839	527261-533632
January (1972)	525748-532670	572417-590839	551077-566592	538840-547057	533633-541428
February	532671-544038	590840-611495	566593-584797	547058-556256	541429-549372
March	03E-563277(4) 544039-561187	611496-633406	584798-605219	556257-566402	549373-557529
April	561188-576930	633407-653293	605220-623564	566403-575800	557530-564754
May	576931-594093	653294-675407	623565-643570	575801-586100	564755-573236
June	594094-609700	675408-696631(3)	643571-662884	7A-597853(4) 586101-596324	573237-583730
Total 649,269(1)(2)	109,700 16.90%	196,631 30.28%	162,884 26.08%	96,324 14.84%	83,730 12.90%

⁽¹⁾ Chevrolet's published figure for the 1972 model year is 631,661 units and include Monte Carlo production so there does not appear to be an accurate way to know what the last Chevelle VIN would be for any given plant/month. Chevrolet's Accumulative Production Report shows 17,608 units less than reported VIN's. July end of month VIN's were not reported so there would have to be even more units built than Chevrolet's report.

There are Fisher Body Number plates with build dates in July of 1972 (at least for Van Nuys) but GM figures above are only up through June.

⁽²⁾ This figure does include Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Classic Chevelles puts Canadian production totals at 60,775 for 1972, a difference of 22,955 units.

⁽³⁾ VIN sequence number as high as 702,443 has been reported for Baltimore with a June, 4th week body date (06D).

⁽⁴⁾ Examples of known Chevelles with VIN number higher than end of the month reported VIN.

 

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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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