'64 Forward Control Production Numbers By Month
Dave Newell kindly provided me with a photocopy of a Chevrolet Central Office memo, sent to Zone Service Managers, titled "Last 1964 Model Serial Numbers Built Each Month - (Restricted Information)" and dated September 8, 1964. This document gives the final six digits of the VIN of the last Corvair forward control vehicle produced each month at the two locations. (The document includes numbers for all vehicles produced at the 17 Chevy plants. We're only concerned with FC stats here.)
Rampsides, in both locations, were built on the same line as Greenbriers and Corvans. (The unpopular Loadside was discontinued after 1962.) Therefore, there is no way to tell from the information below how many Rampsides were built each month or what their serial numbers were.
Flint, MI Production
Forward control Corvairs were produced in Flint only through the end of calendar year 1963.
Month
Last Serial #
Number Produced
Percent of Total
September
100808
808
24.2%
October
101904
1096
32.8%
November
102865
961
28.7%
December
103344
479
14.3%
Totals
3344
100.0%
St. Louis, MO Production
Corvair forward control vehicles were produced in St. Louis the entire model year, so obviously the last Rampside was produced in St. Louis!
Month
Last Serial #
Number Produced
Percent of Total
September
100972
972
8.2%
October
102076
1104
9.3%
November
103036
960
8.1%
December
103995
959
8.1%
January
105243
1248
10.5%
February
106395
1152
9.7%
March
107626
1231
10.4%
April
108925
1299
11.0%
May
109933
1008
8.5%
June
110989
1056
8.9%
July
111855
866
7.3%
Totals
11855
100.0%