Help with VIN decode

[Ken Riebel]

Hello all. My name is Ken Riebel and I am new to the forum.

Back on July 18, 1969 (10 days before my 5th birthday) my Dad bought a new Blazer from Gene Hamilton Chevrolet in Warren Michigan. I recently got him to dig up the original paperwork and we wrote down the VIN. I am interested in how early this vehicle was in the 1969 production. Here is the VIN: BKE149S879984

Without the 1000000 at the end of the VIN I am lost as to how the production number is determined. Also how many '69's were produced? Were they all built in St. Louis? Does anyone know the dates when production started and ended?

A little bit about the vehicle. It was green with a white top & chrome bumpers. 307 v-8, 3 speed on the column and a Dana transfer case. Manual steering and drum brakes. We owned it until 1978 and it was repainted twice in that time. I can remember picking it up from the dealers lot as there was another one next to it that was a exact twin.

Lately I have been thinking about getting a '69-'72 Blazer/Jimmy. I have been into restoring and racing muscle cars for a long time and thought one of these would be a nice change.

Any answers to these questions would be much appreciated. Thanks