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Plant Production Numbers - 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%
Just for fun...Daily Production
1972 Arlington Baltimore Kansas City Van Nuys Oshawa

(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.

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.

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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