1971 Chevelle Production Numbers by Individual Plant

Month	Arlington-R	Baltimore-B	Kansas City-K	Oshawa-1	Van Nuys-L
August	106540	108351	108336	503795	106159
September	111871	115897	114480	506697	110870
October	no production reported	no production reported	no production reported	no production reported	no production reported
November	113996	no production reported	no production reported	no production reported	no production reported
December	126623	128431	129858	508935	119299
January 1971	138696	145432	146310	517232	130477
February	151259	162629	163056	525102	138612
March	165391	181876	182785	534121	149628
April	177038	198933	200043	541157	159810
May	185148	216588	216167	548784	171306
June	193947	235093	233205	557327	183946
July	199675	249596	246160	559356	185929
Total 540,176⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	99,675 18.45%	149,596 27.69%	146,160 27.06%	59,356 10.99%	85,929 15.91%

⁽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.

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 at