Originally Posted by pjmoreland (Post 9348403)

The build date project has a few California-built 1967 GMCs listed.

https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...0&postcount=63

Originally Posted by bcfishon (Post 9348394)

If I'm reading this right this 1967 rig is the 96th to roll off the line,I would really like to have a idea of the production date.

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore (Post 9348441)

No.

Chevrolet nameplated vehicles were also being built on the same line with their own specific VIN sequence.

At about 9 or 10 Chevys for every GMC that pushes this truck way back.

So - while it was the 96th serial number assigned to a GMC it would not have been the 96th vehicle down the line for the model year. There would have been about 900 Chevys in front of it.

K

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore (Post 9255151)

http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/...ps65148685.jpg

Orders are received at the plant in batches by Order Number. The PVI, or Primary Vehicle Indicator, is assigned to each Order Number in a sequence and the VIN is assigned.

The PVI's are then often shuffled before being broadcast to the floor. Once that order is settled and the build sequence is set then the build sheets and build manifests are printed and distributed.

Note that the VINs are incrementing up one for one (more or less) within a vehicle nameplate, with other nameplates interjected at some interval (one GMC every nine vehicles, one Cadillac every 20 vehicles, for example).

K

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine (Post 9348493)

What's the significance of the final A? Is it some model or year designation [GMC] -- or a 26 digit serialization? [So after 96A, comes 96B, and you don't get to 97 until you've seen 96Z?] (Some states do this on license plates.)

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore (Post 9348495)

No - just A and B.

My understanding is it is an indication of which assembly line the vehicle was built on within the Fremont plant.

K