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C3 Build Dates & Production Figures

Last reviewed July 2026, maintained by Corvette-C3.com

The Code column below shows the month your Corvette was built: a single letter for St. Louis cars, or a plant letter plus a two-digit month for the Bowling Green cars from late 1981 on. The sequence number beside it is where in that year's run the car came off the line. The tables give both for every model year from 1968 to 1982, along with how many Corvettes Chevrolet built in each of those months. For the exact day rather than the month, this site has a free trim tag decoder that reads the code off your Fisher Body tag, and a free VIN decoder for the rest of the plate.

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The letter in the Code column below is the month your car was built. Enter the code from your trim tag in the trim tag decoder to get the exact day, or decode the rest of your VIN.

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1968 Corvette Production

18,630 Convertibles + 9,936 Coupes = 28,566 Total Production for 1968

Code Month Production Sequence #
B September '67 905 400905
C October 2,505 403410
D November 2,272 405682
E December 2,240 407922
F January '68 2,464 410386
G February 2,261 412647
H March 2,353 415000
I April 2,676 417676
J May 3,252 420928
K June 3,050 423978
L July approx 3,000 NA
M August '68 approx 1,588 428566

1969 Corvette Production

16,633 Convertibles + 22,129 Coupes = 38,762 Total Production for 1969

Code Month Production Sequence #
B September '68 3,041 703041
C October 3,231 706272
D November 2,887 709159
E December 2,583 711742
F January '69 2,953 714695
G February 2,876 717571
H March 2,972 720543
I April 772 721315
J May 0  
K June 2,059 723374
L July 2,501 725875
M August 2,232 728107
N September 2,856 730963
O October 3,104 734067
P November 2,731 736798
Q December '69 1,964 738762

1970 Corvette Production

6,648 Convertibles + 10,668 Coupes = 17,316 Total Production for 1970

Code Month Production Sequence #
A January '70 2,261 402261
B February 2,922 405183
C March 2,994 407977
D April 337 408314
E May 2,338 410652
F June 3,177 413829
G July '70 3,487 417316

1971 Corvette Production

7,121 Convertibles + 14,680 Coupes = 21,801 Total Production for 1971

Code Month Production Sequence #
A August '70 1,212 101212
B September 1,014 102226
C October 0  
D November 449 102675
E December 2,594 105269
F January '71 2,961 108230
G February 2,656 110886
H March 2,740 113626
I April 2,357 115983
J May 2,240 118223
K June 2,463 120686
L July '71 1,215 121901

1972 Corvette Production

6,508 Convertibles + 20,496 Coupes = 27,004 Total Production for 1972

Code Month Production Sequence #
A August '71 1,344 501344
B September 2,353 503697
C October 2,353 506050
D November 2,356 508406
E December 1,904 510310
F January '72 2,351 512661
G February 2,359 515020
H March 2,593 517613
I April 2,310 519993
J May 2,618 522611
K June 2,615 525226
L July '72 1,778 527004

1973 Corvette Production

4,943 Convertibles + 25,521 Coupes = 30,464 Total Production for 1973

Code Month Production Sequence #
A August '72 2,238 402238
B September 1,301 403539
C October 2,515 406054
D November 2,642 408696
E December 1,983 410679
F January '73 2,921 413600
G February 2,701 416301
H March 2,852 419253
I April 2,680 421933
J May * 2,959 428892
K June 2,839 431731
L July '73 2,733 434464

* Includes the loss of 4,000 VIN plates: 424001 - 428000

1974 Corvette Production

5,474 Convertibles + 32,028 Coupes = 37,502 Total Production for 1974

Code Month Production Sequence #
A August '73 1,250 401250
B September 2,861 404111
C October 3,494 407605
D November 3,208 410813
E December 2,017 412830
F January '74 3,354 416184
G February 3,074 419258
H March 3,109 422367
I April 3,384 425751
J May 3,851 429602
K June 3,655 433257
L July 0  
M August 0  
N September '74 4,245 437502

1975 Corvette Production

4,629 Convertibles + 33,836 Coupes = 38,465 Total Production for 1975

Code Month Production Sequence #
A October '74 2,385 402385
B November 3,795 406180
C December 3,010 409190
D January '75 3,969 413159
E February 3,953 417112
F March 3,744 420856
G April 4,372 425228
H May 4,150 429379
I June 4,095 433474
J July '75 4,991 438465

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1976 Corvette Production

46,558 Coupes = 46,558 Total Production for 1976

Code Month Production Sequence #
A August '75 1,602 401602
B September 4,091 405693
C October 4,289 409982
D November 3,499 413481
E December 3,215 416696
F January '76 3,872 420568
G February 3,802 424370
H March 4,390 428760
I April 4,045 432805
J May 3,851 436656
K June 4,174 440830
L July 3,937 444767
M August '76 1,791 446558

*GM documents show a final VIN of 446567 which is nine units more than the accepted and documented total of 46,558.

1977 Corvette Production

49,213 Coupes = 49,213 Total Production for 1977

Code Month Production Sequence #
A August '76 2,287 402287
B September 4,050 406337
C October 4,210 410547
D November 3,669 414216
E December 3,335 417551
F January '77 3,567 421118
G February 3,544 424662
H March 4,379 429041
I April 4,016 433057
J May 3,972 437029
K June 4,204 441233
L July 3,946 445179
M August '77 4,034 449213

1978 Regular Corvette Production

40,274 Coupes + 6,502 Pace Cars = 46,776 Total Production for 1978

Code Month Production Sequence #
A September '77 3,186 403186
B October 4,215 407401
C November 3,915 411316
D December 3,379 414695
E January '78 3,459 418154
F February 4,349 422503
G March 2,777 425280
H April 0  
I May 3,553 428833
J June 4,298 433131
K July 3,717 436848
L August '78 3,426 440274
Code Month Production Sequence #
G March '78 1,675 901675
H April 4,091 905766
I May '78 736 906502

1979 Corvette Production

53,807 Coupes = 53,807 Total Production for 1979

Code Month Production Sequence #
A August '78 770 400770
B September 3,842 404612
C October 4,680 409292
D November 4,097 413389
E December 3,502 416891
F January '79 4,291 421182
G February 3,933 425115
H March 4,385 429500
I April 3,759 433259
J May 4,367 437626
K June 4,144 441770
L July 4,114 445884
M August 4,550 450434
N September '79 3,373 453807

1980 Corvette Production

40,614 Coupes = 40,614 Total Production for 1980

Code Month Production Sequence #
A October '79 4,287 404287
B November 4,056 408343
C December 3,309 411652
D January '80 4,546 416198
E February 3,859 420057
F March 4,323 424380
G April 3,420 427800
H May 3,352 431152
I June 3,357 434509
J July 3,540 438049
K August '80 2,565 440614

1981 Corvette Production (St. Louis)

40,606 Coupes = 40,606Total Production for 1981

Code Month Production Sequence #
A August '80 775 400775
B September 3,361 404136
C October 4,458 408594
D November 3,530 412124
E December 3,110 415234
F January '81 3,165 418399
G February 2,993 421392
H March 3,350 424742
I April 1,680 426422
J May 1,581 428003
K June 1,772 429775
L July '81 1,836 431611
Code Month Production Sequence #
B06 June '81 692 100692
B07 July 2,463 103155
B08 August 1,870 105025
B09 September 1,871 106896
B10 October '81 2,099 108995

1982 Corvette Production

18,648 Coupes + 6,759 Collector Edition = 25,407 Total Production for 1982

Code Month Production Sequence #
C10 October '81* 514 100515
C11 November 75 100590
C12 December 2,057 102647
C01 January '82 2,357 105004
C02 February 2,283 107287
C03 March 2,773 110060
C04 April 2,538 112598
C05 May 2,422 115020
C06 June 2,646 117666
C07 July 2,561 120227
C08 August 1,662 121889
C09 September 2,544 124433
C10 October '82 975 125408

*Actual 1982 production was 25,407 as serial number 17 was lost.

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