Hey Len,
For my poster project (see my previous post in Chevelle Tech under "69 SS post"), I've been using reprints of some Chevrolet documents showing RPO totals for Chevelle. These were printed in an older book put out by the NCOA.
What is nice about those documents is that they have a code (for '70 & earlier, anyway) which indicates which Chevelle models could recieve that RPO.
I had heard about your Tailfins & Bowties book a couple of years ago. Someone gave me the PO box address from their copy (over the phone). I tried to write but the mail came back undeliverable. Anyway, I later found a used copy with the '53-'78 info. Glad to see you have a web site for it now. Is there an updated version for '53-'78 ? I'd also like to get the '79 & up info.
The info from your book confirmed what I had seen from the other sources. It sure was neat to see the 4-speed Monte Carlo totals !
I was able to look at the data and derive a few more interesting totals, such as the number of '71 SS-454 Montes built in Canada.
Question - it looks like all the '68-'72 Chevelle option totals reports include only the cars that were built OR sold in the US. That is, except for 1970. That report shows only the US-built cars, but not the imports from Canada like the other years. Do you agree with this ?
Maybe we can work out an agreement where I list your book/website on the poster ?
Have you ever seen any production totals for the various paint colors ?
BTW, After extensively researching the '71 & '72 A-body (Chevelle, El Camino, & Monte Carlo) production totals, there seemed to be a discrepancy. I discovered that the RPO totals include the options from GMC Sprints (see the GMC Sprint section at this site).
Does any of that truck info that you have cover GMC ?
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Dan Carr
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Team Chevelle Gold Member #11, ACES #701
Author of the GMC Sprint, El Camino, and '68-'72 SS Authentication pages.
See my GM A-body fleet at:
www.rmi.net/~dcarr/cars/cars.HTM
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