72 blazer production number?

[man-a-fre]

My 72 4 wheel blazer has a production number of 45942 how can this be possible with the stats saying 44266.Could i have the last first gen made in st.louis?

[lks dcvn]

I think most models were built on the same line - so it might be a production number from the plant it was built in - not the actual number of the blazer per se. Are you pulling this production number from the VIN?

I sure somebody else will chime in with more info...

[Keith Seymore]

Agree - the serial number portion of the VIN is a sequence number specific to the particular assembly plant (said differently, there is no correlation of the serial number/VIN between plants).

Where did you see the statistic that 44266 vehicles were built? (I'm asking to learn, since I don't have any build info prior to the '73 model year).

K

[lks dcvn]

Production numbers for these trucks can be found in the FAQ section of the forum.

Here is a direct link:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=104816

[man-a-fre]

Yes i found the number on the b piller tag.So there is no way to tell the very first and very last blazer number built?Would like to see some low number and high number posts on the first gen blazers on here,think it would be intresting.

[Monte Carlo Man]

I believe that they started with number 10000 - so that would make it the 35,942th vehicle made at that plant.

The big thing is - that some 72's were rebadged as 1973 vehicles.

You have to remember that the UAW had a big strike in 1972 and production stopped for a couple of months and by the time production resumed, it was already the 1973 production year - August / September 1972..

Many Camaro's and Blazers were throw in the crusher out in the factory parking lot's because they just didn't have the time to put them together.

[Monte Carlo Man]

I would look at the production number on the front of the engine block and see what the build date was for the original engine, if the truck still has the original engine in it. That would also give you some idea where it was assembled.

After all - you wouldn't build the engine in Towanda NY and assemble the chassis in California.