67-72 Production Numbers

[2 Stovebolts]

Trying to find the production numbers for my 67 K20...Found a list on line from "Standard Catalog of American Lt. Duty Trucks 3rd Edition. My truck is a 67 K20 step side, 8 ft. bed...the beginning vin is: KS247T.......however the catalog list my vehicle description as KS10904 with a hyphen on numbers produced, as in unknown.....I know its a pretty rare truck and discovered it was a Canadian built truck. Just would like to know how many were built.......

[Chevyland]

That sounds a rare truck
Can you post a spid picture please
Does the model # end in 904

[Grumpy old man]

this should help .

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

[Chevyland]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3YmMNpbFjp0

[AussieinNC]

Where does that Vin appear? Body plate and SPID ? Pics please...

K = 4 wheel drive
S = 6 cyl
2 = 5200 GVW
4 = Pickup
7 = 1967
T = Tarrytown Assembly Plant New York...not Canada...

Others may have other details...

KS10904 Step-Side 8ft 3051 - with 500 builds in 1967

[Getter-Done]

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

this should help .

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

Nice thanks for the info.









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[Ptjsk]

Says they made 1736 total of the '72 4x4 short stepside.

I wonder how many GMC's of like were made in '72.

Pat

[2 Stovebolts]

Duh.....The guy in the youtube was pretty excited about his chinese buttons....sounds like it must be his passion....certainly isn't old trucks.....anyhow, there's some redundancy to my post.....I'll follow up with the spid.........

[2 Stovebolts]

AussieinNC...I stand corrected....I mistook the digit following the T, which is 1 Oshawa.... But back to my original question...If the vin is KS247T - where does the KS10904 enter??

[68bowtie]

VIN vs Model number. It looks like there were ZERO made? Is that because this list doesn’t include canada?

http://outintheshop.com/prodnum.html

[2 Stovebolts]

Ah...chevyland you got me on this one....I clearly see where the KS20904 is addressed...On the SPID!....When looking at the "Standard Catalog of American Lt. Duty Trucks 3rd Edition, I was expecting to see the prefix of the vin: KS247T....Its not easy getting old & senile.....Now I know there were 500 made...not a bad CL score...

[Chevyland]

Looks more like 785 made in the 3/4 ton model
According to grumpy’a lead to the cheat sheet

The 904 in model # means Stepside
If it came as fleetside it would be 934
Cab and chassis would’ve been 903
Etc etc

Yes , definitely a nice score
Are the Tow Hooks still on it

[2 Stovebolts]

There's tow hooks on it but I don't believe to be correct....Correct ones on my wish list, found some, just holding back on the Barrett Jackson prices....

Grumpy's list....Where did that come from? any reference it its credibility???

[72 tigger]

Source

[AussieinNC]

Originally Posted by 2 Stovebolts

Ah...chevyland you got me on this one....I clearly see where the KS20904 is addressed...On the SPID!....When looking at the "Standard Catalog of American Lt. Duty Trucks 3rd Edition, I was expecting to see the prefix of the vin: KS247T....Its not easy getting old & senile.....Now I know there were 500 made...not a bad CL score...

Ya not gettin old young man....

I believe your VIN translates to : KS247T118490
K = 4 wheel drive
S = 6 cyl
2 = 5200 - 7500 GVW
4 = Pickup
7 = 1967
T = Tarrytown Assembly Plant New York...not Canada...

The number 118490 means the build number for this truck was 18490 ....the numbers for each year started from 100000....

Hope this helps...

[2 Stovebolts]

Aussie......You are absolutely correct...I'm not getting it....Here's part of confusion In the 'Standard Catalog of American Light-Duty Trucks, 3rd edition' the KS10904 is listed for both K10 1/2 ton & K20 3/4 ton...Your post yesterday, quote : KS10904 Step-Side 8ft 3051 - with 500 builds in 1967 end quote....Looks like you got that number from the 1/2 ton.

Then chevyland comes along and his quote is :Looks more like 785 made in the 3/4 ton model
According to grumpy’a lead to the cheat sheet

and now your saying this: The number 118490 means the build number for this truck was 18490 ....the numbers for each year started from 100000....

So are you saying there were 18490 made? or 500 ???.... or 18490 of all the production of every 1967 Chevy truck ...as in sequence number.???.....

And still in the Standard Catalog of American Light-Duty Trucks, 3rd edition there's a hyphen 'production total' for KS10904....for 3/4 ton.....and to make matters worse they list it as a 'C' series, not a 'K' like they did for the 1/2 ton....ALSO....the SPID gives the model number as KS20904.... - Despite all the benefit of doubts there still is no production number for this described truck.........So you are right Aussie.....this 'young old man..ya not gettin"

[57taskforce]

Originally Posted by 2 Stovebolts

Aussie......You are absolutely correct...I'm not getting it....Here's part of confusion In the 'Standard Catalog of American Light-Duty Trucks, 3rd edition' the KS10904 is listed for both K10 1/2 ton & K20 3/4 ton...Your post yesterday, quote : KS10904 Step-Side 8ft 3051 - with 500 builds in 1967 end quote....Looks like you got that number from the 1/2 ton.

Then chevyland comes along and his quote is :Looks more like 785 made in the 3/4 ton model
According to grumpy’a lead to the cheat sheet

and now your saying this: The number 118490 means the build number for this truck was 18490 ....the numbers for each year started from 100000....

So are you saying there were 18490 made? or 500 ???.... or 18490 of all the production of every 1967 Chevy truck ...as in sequence number.???.....

And still in the Standard Catalog of American Light-Duty Trucks, 3rd edition there's a hyphen 'production total' for KS10904....for 3/4 ton.....and to make matters worse they list it as a 'C' series, not a 'K' like they did for the 1/2 ton....ALSO....the SPID gives the model number as KS20904.... - Despite all the benefit of doubts there still is no production number for this described truck.........So you are right Aussie.....this 'young old man..ya not gettin"

It’s the Sequence number- Your truck was the 18,490th truck on the line at the Tarrytown plant in 1967.

[2 Stovebolts]

Wow....such a disparity in the production numbers 500/785....but still..great numbers....I'm good with that!

Interesting thread—tow hooks will set you back several hundred but you gotta get them!

[68bowtie]

Well this is awkward. Again...

[57taskforce]

Originally Posted by 68bowtie

Well this is awkward. Again...

Yea I’m kinda confused now honestly.

[arcticman]

If you compare the production numbers between the 1/2 tons and the 3/4 tons they are very similar with the exception of the chassis cab's. Would you feel confident stating 500? If you compare numbers from 68,69 you see they made twice as many 3/4 ton steps compared to the 1/2 tons. so your back to a guess. If I had to guess based on the data we are all looking at i would go with the pattern you see in the 68 and 69 data of 1000 trucks. Its still a rare truck configuration. When you consider the fact its 50 plus years old there is probably not many left. If its any consollation I have a 1967 K15 short bed wideside and GMC didnt keep any numbers at all so i have to use 1967 k10 numbers and speculate that more Chevy truck were sold than GMC by a 3:1 or 4:1 ratio. post some pictures.

[AussieinNC]

This lil bit of confusion is very common:

The build number 118490 means that your truck was 18490 in the build line of all truck and cab chassis variants produced during the 1967 build year...

My research shows 500 of your truck style were built....in amongst that 18490 total production units produced in 1967.

Chevrolets data records were never perfect and add in time and changes and confusion is the name of the game.

Hope this helps....

[2 Stovebolts]

I appreciate everyone input and speculation...That's what forums are for, sharing a common interest and learning....I'll be the first to admit I'm not an expert, thus ask questions... Even the experts who publish data & publications are wrong as we have all saw....Based on my 50+ years of growing up & old, with these trucks, I never recalled seeing many 4X4 and if I did, they were usually K10, but not many...I wasn't till the 73 & up that they started to become popular....So my original question was basically answered, 500/785, is good. Not looking to be top dog in rare trucks....I consider it a rescue truck, a truck that will be preserved and remain in its originality.....

[arcticman]

You fill in the blank

1967 KS 10904 1/2 ton stepsides =500
1968 KE 10904 1/2 ton stepsides =552
1969 KE 10904 1/2 ton stepsides =521

1967 KS 10904 3/4 ton stepsides =___
1968 KE 10904 3/4 ton stepsides =1047
1969 KE 10904 3/4 ton stepsides =1071