1971 Plant Production Numbers

Plant Production Numbers - 1971

Month	Arlington-R *	Baltimore-B	Kansas City-K	Van Nuys-L	Oshawa-1
August (1970)	100001-106540	100001-108351	100001-108336	100001-106159	500001-503795
September	106541-111871	108352-115897	108337-114480	106160-110870	503796-506697
October	no production reported	no production reported	no production reported	no production reported	no production reported
November	111872-113996	no production reported	no production reported	no production reported	no production reported
December	113997-126623	115897-128431	114481-129858	110871-119299	506698-508935
January (1971)	126624-138696	128432-145432	129859-146310	119300-130477	508936-517232
February	138697-151259	145433-162629	146311-163056	130478-138612	517233-525102
March	151260-165391	162630-181876	163057-182785	138613-149628	525103-534121
April	165392-177038	181877-198933	182786-200043	149629-159810	534122-541157
May	177039-185148	198934-216588	200044-216167	159811-171306	541158-548784
June	185149-193947	216589-235093	216167-233205	171307-183946	548785-557327
July	193948-199675	235094-249596	233206-246160	183947-185929	557328-559356
Total 540,176⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	99,675 18.45%	149,596 27.69%	146,160 27.06%	85,929 15.91%	59,356 10.99%
Just for fun...Daily Production
1971	Arlington	Baltimore	Kansas City	Van Nuys	Oshawa

⁽¹⁾ Chevrolet's published figure for the 1971 model year is 515,625 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 vs. what the last Monte Carlo VIN would be for any given plant/month. The 540,176 total above is 24,551 more units than the published figure.

⁽²⁾ This figure does include Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Classic Chevelles & Beaumonts puts Canadian production totals at 59,356, the same shown here.

* No Monte Carlos were built at Arlington in 1971.

Production Year Calendar

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.

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