1971 Chevelle Production Numbers by Individual Plant

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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.

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.