1969 Plant Production Numbers

Plant Production Numbers - 1969

Month	Atlanta-A ⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	Baltimore-B	Framingham-G ⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾
August (1968 *)	n/a	*	n/a
September	300001-302597	300001-308846	300001-304912
October	302598-306613	308847-318059	304913-311621
November	306614-310620	318060-326003	311622-317607
December	310621-313846	326004-333025	317608-322570
January (1969)	313847-322002	333026-344660	322571-329012
February	322003-329430	344661-355330	329013-333080
March	329431-337539	355331-367113	333081-338712
April	337540-344438	367114-378593	05A - #346029 338713-348045
May	no production reported	378594-381442	348046-352264
June	no production reported	381443-396474	352265-360909
July	344439-346616	396475-413729	360910-367942
August	346617-356386	413730-414385	no production reported
Total 522,761⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	56,386 10.79%	114,385 21.88%	67,942 13.00%
Just for fun...Daily Production
1969	Atlanta	Baltimore	Framingham

Month	Fremont-Z	Kansas City-K	Oshawa-1 ⁽²⁾
August (1968 *)	*	n/a	n/a
September	300001-304595	300001-316556	no production reported
October	304596-311759	10E - #339517 316557-339096	no production reported
November	311760-319029	339097-358979	no production reported
December	319030-323994	358980-374064	no production reported
January (1969)	323995-330138	374065-393881	300001-305317
February	330139-335464	393882-409027	305318-310442
March	335465-341235	409028-425254	310443-315261
April	341236-347446	425255-439077	315262-320566
May	347447-353627	439078-442908	320567-327938
June	353628-360184	442909-461711	327939-334650
July	360185-368119	461712-480619	335651-334765
August	no production reported	480620-481164	no production reported
Total 522,761⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	68,119 13.03%	181,164 34.66%	34,765 6.65%
Just for fun...Daily Production
1969	Fremont	Kansas City	Oshawa

* 1969 appears to have built Chevelles in both August of 1968 and August of 1969 as evident of body dates and VIN sequence numbers.

⁽¹⁾ The total production according to the reported last VIN of each assembly plant totals 522,761 but does not match the total figure listed for individual series & body styles sold of 503,352. Of the 503,352 figure reported by GM, 15,356 were counted as imported from Canada (a common occurrence of the time). This leaves (522,761 - 503,352) 19,409 of the Oshawa production for Canada consumption.

⁽²⁾ It is been confirmed that GM of Canada did produce 1969 model year Chevelles before January 1969 and those used sequence numbers starting with 100001 instead of the more common 300001. So far the highest sequence found is 101288. These were Chevelles built in Canada for sale in Canada. Whether these account for the 19,409 unit discrepancy noted above isn't for certain but it is known via Vintage Vehicle Services docs that 9,612 Malibu sport coupes (13637) were built and of these 903 were ordered with RPO Z25 and only 136 came with the base L35 for the entire 1969 model year so it is not known how many may have VINS beginning with 1xxxxx and how many with 3xxxxx. Canadian Classic Chevelles reports there were 46,854 1969 Chevelles assembled in Canada. Of the 787 13667 Malibu convertibles built at Oshawa for Canadian sales, 26 are documented as being delivered with the L35 396 engine, no word yet on the number of L34 engines.

A respected collector and frequent donor of 1969 Chevelle information states he has some data on 13 Oshawa Chevelles with VINs beginning with 1xxxxx ranging from September 3rd week to October 5th week and that at least 10,851 were built with this type of VIN sequence.

This photo was submitted by a reader on 11/26/2012 and shows a 1969 LM1 350/255 engine dated September 27 with a 102916 sequence number and from a 1969 Beaumont.

⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾ Neither Atlanta nor Framingham built convertibles nor station wagons in 1969.

Caveats and Disclaimers:

The numbers shown are reported last VINs from each plant per month. The numbers shown in red are instances of matching VIN and Fisher Body plates that 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. 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.