Late square body assembly plants

[case1950]

I just bought a 1991 R3500 crew cab. I was wondering when this truck was made, did they assemble them on a different assembly line than the new body style, or was it the line swapped back and forth making the two body style trucks? Doesn't seem like the old body style could keep a assembly line open everyday of the week just building crew cabs. What plant were they built at?

Thanks,

Case1950.

 

[nvrenuf]

As for the when, look on the VIN sticker on the door for a month /year of assembly.

My K5 was built in Aug 91 which should be the very end of production.

 

[diesel4me]

The plant it was built at can be determined by the VIN #..

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[Blue85]

11th digit of VIN tells you where it was built:
B = Baltimore, Md.
E = Pontiac East, Mich.
F =Flint, Mich.
J = Janesville, Wisc.
V = Pontiac, Mich.
2 = Moraine, Ohio
9 = Oshawa, Ontario.
and so on...

I thought most of those were built in Flint. Some of the lines were actually fairly low capacity, as they were doing light and medium duty trucks, but the GMT400 style truck was the one getting built at high speed.

 

[case1950]

Mine was built at Flint, I was just wondering how the line ran between the GMT 400 and old style. Seems it would confuse the workers swapping back and forth between body styles. I have a 1974 C10, and 1986 C10 my father bought new, they were both made at Flint. Now this R3500 looks like it was made there also.

 

[1-ton]

my 1991 V3500 was biult in Flint.

 

[454Sub]

We can retool a plant to run a different body style in just a few weeks. They actually do this during the Thanksgiving through New Years holidays. As all plant employees get a special unemployment package since the plant is idle for those weeks, and since so many holidays fall during then, it makes financial sense to shut the plant then.

And my 90 Burb was also built in Flint.

 

[nvrenuf]

I just checked my VIN, built in Flint.