Who has the oldest TB?

[chevycrew]

I saw this in another thread, and thought I would bring this back up.

I know there are some early build dates out there, anyone know when production actually started?

[djthumper]

My guess is Donny has the oldest one here. IIRC his was built in late 01.

[chevycrew]

Ive tried to google for a production start date, but no luck.

[djthumper]

I found production beginning in 2001 for 2002 model year http://archives.media.gm.com/division/chevrolet/products/trucks/01chevy/01trailblazer.html and on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_TrailBlazer.

but nothing yet that gives the month they started.

[chevycrew]

I found a article in motor trend from march of 01, they had already driven them and gave some reviews.

[plaen]

My 02 was made in 06/2001, and I believe that Donny's was 05/2001. I would assume May, I sent GM an email to see if they'd help us out with an answer.

[chevycrew]

Ill bet it was earlier in the year...

[fishsticks]

Mine is 5/3/01....but I suspect there are many out there earlier than mine.

I wonder if we can tell from the sequence number in the vin....

[chevycrew]

Well mine is 3-15-01 I will look at my vin sequence when I get home in the morning.

[djthumper]

Now this is kind of intriguing to find out when they started.

[fishsticks]

My sequence is 140597

[rgraboske]

I've owned mine since 12/18 '01. I ordered it the Monday after Thanksgiving and had to call in some favors in time to get it built in time to get the 0% interest. I even drove it right after it was taken off the truck.

I can't believe that I love it more after 10 years than I did back then.

[chevycrew]

120365 is mine. Quite possible with looking at sale numbers that 20,000 TBs were produced from 3-15 to 5-3

I saw a figure that said 115,000 were sold in 01.


rgraboske, any way to know what production number they started with?

[rgraboske]

They usually start with 001. Because the Envoy and Trailblazer were built in the same plant, they would be mixed between the two. Remember, they build a bunch for testing that may never get sold. The early road test vehicles were pre-production units.

I can ask around, but the problem is most people just won't care.

[chevycrew]

Would that be 000001? That would seem like a lot produced before march!

[rgraboske]

My sequence is 140597

Mine is 343425, and like I say was build in mid-December. If you take into account Trailblazers and Envoys, 203,000 is a believable number. The last really low VIN I saw was a Corvette that was 000013.

I'll do some more checking when I get back to work next week. I know the data is there, but can't get to the right systems from here.

[chevycrew]

No rush, its just trivia type stuff...

[MK-voy]

we have owned our envoy since late 2001 its a 2002 model ( around 145,000 KM)

[NC_IslandRunner]

we have owned our envoy since late 2001 its a 2002 model ( around 145,000 KM)

When was your build date?

[MK-voy]

will check tonight .