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             1968-1972 Chevrolet A-Body Production Totals
             A few years after becoming the owner of a pair of SS El Caminos and a GMC Sprint, I became interested in the production totals for these cars. I soon discovered that Chevrolet did not compile complete production records. There was some data available, but it was limited to three basic types.
             1. Model totals. This showed the production totals for each of the different models.
             2. RPO totals. At the end of each model year, Chevrolet would compile reports that showed how many of each Regular Production Option (RPO) were installed on the mid-size A-body assembly lines.
             3. Tonawanda totals. The Tonawanda engine plant is where all the big-block motors were manufactured. These records show how many such motors were built for each model year. The number of motors built was usually more than the number of cars built (by about 2% to 20%) because some extra engines were normally built for service replacements. These totals were broken down by transmission type (automatic or manual), so they can be used to generate accurate estimates of the number of big-block cars with automatics and manuals. Separate totals were also recorded for the 2-speed automatic cars in 1968, as well as the heavy duty 3-speed manual cars in 1971-72.
             This may sound fairly complete, but it does not answer the type of question that is frequently asked, such as: "How many 1970 SS-396 Chevelle coupes were built". The answer to this and other similar questions will probably never be known for certain. The reason is that in any given year (after 1968) there is no way to know how many of the SS options were applied to coupes, how many were applied to convertibles, and how many were applied to El Caminos. All that is known is the total number of SS options (on all models) for the year. This same situation exists when trying to determine how many of a certain model were built with the various engine/transmission types.
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