TOTAL PRODUCTION 1970 OSHAWA PLANT ??

bajagold70 · Addicted!

TOTAL PRODUCTION 1970 OSHAWA PLANT ??

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

1970 calendar year production for pontiac for gm canada with exports was 74 391
im assuming thats oshawa and st terese and all pontiac body styles made there

-- Edited by 68sd at 21:01, 2009-01-02

-- Edited by 68sd at 21:01, 2009-01-02

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

chevy was 147 805

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Buick 480 cars

Astro Jet · Poncho Master!

Any record of any Oldsmobile A bodies having been built in Oshawa? I have heard rumours of this but I have never seen any documentation.

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

cutlass ive seen

73SC · A Poncho Legend!

Is your Cutlass not made in Oshawa Hillar?

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

my chart shows 37 113 oldsmobiles for the 1969 calendar year as the last

73SC · A Poncho Legend!

That settles that, Hillar's is a 1970.

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

58 814 (1968 calendar year)
15 829 (1967 calendar year
18 428 (1966 calendar year)
25 984 (1965 calendar year)
19 362 (1964 calendar year)

for olds in oshawa

Astro Jet · Poncho Master!

73SC wrote:

Is your Cutlass not made in Oshawa Hillar?

Framingham, Massachusetts.

I know there were some Cutlasses built in Canada as well as F-85s but I have never come across a 4-4-2 built in Canada. GM did a lot of shifting around of A body production in the late 60's and early 70's. It must have been very confusing and inefficient for a few years having to ship model specific parts around to different plants.

What figures do you have for A body convertible production in Oshawa Fred? Obviously Beaumont and Chevelle ragtops were built there but I don't think any of the other A bodies ever were.

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

pontiac
1973 -104 852
1972- 88 709
1971- 129 500
1970- 74 291
1969- 88 983
1968-53 997
1967- 69 554
1966- 85 010
1965-117 702
1064-82 526
1963- 97 335
1962-85 065
1961 -67 529
1960- 73 478
1959-57 129
1958- 55 768
1957- 48 140
1956-46 863
1955-31 023
1954-33 792
1953-44 369
1952-37 459
1951-38 477
1950-42 977
1949-21 118
1948- 19 782
1947-12 183
1946-6 160

calendar year stats for canada

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

acadian stats
1969-10 281
1968-16 669
1967-16 426
1966-24 408
1965-21 191
1964-15 501
1963-17 875
1962-16 503
1961--because its calendar year sept to dec 3 651 (1962 model year)

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chevy
1973-338 954
1972-265 458
1971-275 750
1970-147 805
1969-217 288
1968-162 131
1967-194 812
1966-140 319
1965-162 989
1964-113 295
1963-117 986
1962-105 896
1961-80 532
1960-81 466
1959-69 578
1958-73 382
1957-76 353
1956=70 236
1955-62 819
1954-62 793
1953-102 255
1952-85 510
1951-77 485
1950-66 601
1949-35 424
1948-40 006
1947-42 574
1946-23 664

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

buick

1971-936
1970-480
1969-37 896
1968-46 405
1967-15 664
1966-17 819
1965-23 437
1964-15 782
1963-14 383
1962-9 252
1961-7 480
1960-9 336
1959-9 187
1958-14 163
1957-14 870
1956-19 799
1955-21 877
1954-15 564
1953-9 470
1952-6 940
1951-11 148

67BBSD · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Astro Jet wrote:

73SC wrote:

Is your Cutlass not made in Oshawa Hillar?

Framingham, Massachusetts.

I know there were some Cutlasses built in Canada as well as F-85s but I have never come across a 4-4-2 built in Canada. GM did a lot of shifting around of A body production in the late 60's and early 70's. It must have been very confusing and inefficient for a few years having to ship model specific parts around to different plants.

What figures do you have for A body convertible production in Oshawa Fred? Obviously Beaumont and Chevelle ragtops were built there but I don't think any of the other A bodies ever were.

71 Olds 442 imported

57poncho · Uber Guru

Man where do you guys find this stuff . Its amazing the knowledge that some of you guys on here have. Once again a big thanks to Todd for making it possible for all this knowledge available to others by putting this site together.

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

I knew all this knowledge was out there. We just needed to put it in one place!

bajagold70 · Addicted!

Thanks guys for all the info, perhaps I should rephrase my
question, how many Tempest/Lemans/GTO were made in
Oshawa that year ? My Judge is one of 422 or so, and my
455 H/O is one of 83. Just trying to get an idea of percentages
of hot rods to grocery getters the line workers built.

-- Edited by bajagold70 at 08:15, 2009-01-07

CdnGMfan · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

I don't know the production figures, but 1970 was the only year that GTO Judge rolled off the line in Oshawa. Of those there was only ONE powered by the L75 455 (a torque motor; the Ram Air 400s were the hot ones that year).

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68sd wrote:

cutlass ive seen

What the heck is M31? M13 is was h.d. 3-speed manual, although I think by then it was MC1. M35 is Powerglide, M38 (sometimes M40) meant TH350, M40 was TH400 (& sometime TH350)

Astro Jet · Poncho Master!

CdnGMfan wrote:

I don't know the production figures, but 1970 was the only year that GTO Judge rolled off the line in Oshawa. Of those there was only ONE powered by the L75 455 (a torque motor; the Ram Air 400s were the hot ones that year).

If you haven't seen the production numbers, how do you know there was just ONE built with the L75? confuse

CdnGMfan · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Astro Jet wrote:
If you haven't seen the production numbers, how do you know there was just ONE built with the L75?

What I should have done was have a coffee, let it sink in, THEN type. What I should have said was that I have not seen the COMPLETE production figures. Somewhere among my magazines and brochures was an article that profiled the 1970 Judge. It gave production totals by plant. It showed very few Judges coming out of Oshawa, and only 1 with the 455. Another article in another magazine said that GTOs only came out of Oshawa in 1970, and in another magazine (Pontiac High Performance?) a reader submitted a picture of his black Oshawa-built 1970 GTO Judge hardtop and re-iterated that 1970 was the only year the GTO rolled off the line in Oshawa.

Re-reading my earlier post, it reminded me of an incident at an airport where an airport baggage checker asked this guy "has anyone handled your baggage that you are not aware of ?" The guy replied "If I'm not aware of it then how would I know ?" The airport baggage checker simply said with a self-satisfied and all-knowing look "that's why we ask!" hmm

Astro Jet · Poncho Master!

OK, and I'm sure Big Ray will chime in here to correct me if I'm wrong, but I was almost certain that 73 GTOs were also assembled in Oshawa. I am pretty skeptical about what I read in some of those magazines; some of the research is pretty poor. The only thing I take as gospel is conversations with people who actually worked at the plant or GM and are in a position to know such things, people like John Sawruk, Padgett Peterson or Fred Simmonds.

What I really wish is that George Z. would let us go wild in examining all his microfiches. wink

67HEAVEN · Poncho Master!

Astro Jet wrote:

What I really wish is that George Z. would let us go wild in examining all his microfiches.

He will. How much money you got?