Re: How Many 69 L89 Chevelles?
I made a mistake in my above post.
SS convertible production is roughly 2 percent of total 2 door V8s. (not 20 percent) so the total L89s would be roughly 8 of the 400 not 80.
I mixed this up with my "guess" for LS6 convertibles which is about 80 units.
El Camino production is roughly 10 percent of total 2 door V8s but I figured SS ElCamino was a lower percentage so to be conservative I used 5 percent. So my guess would be roughly 5 percent of the 400 L89s would be 20 L89 El Caminos in 1969.
I use conservative numbers to come on the low side of production. As I said this is my guess.
In my opinion any car with a mass production total under 100 units is an very low number.
If you use the percent of total to "guess" at production numbers at least you see where the numbers come from.
Often, I see low production numbers quoted but there is no explanation of the origin of the numbers.
Quote from Dan Carr's web site......
"In 1968, the SS-396 coupe, SS-396 convertible, and SS-396 El Camino were separate models, unlike later years where the SS was simply an option package. This means that the exact production totals for the different 1968 SS-396 models are known. Records show the 1968 SS-396 totals were comprised of 55,309 coupes, 2,286 convertibles, and 5,190 El Caminos. This equates to 88.1% coupes, 3.6% convertibles, and 8.3% El Caminos. This shows that the SS El Camino was probably a significant component of the SS total for any given year"
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