[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

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.

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Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

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).

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