1969 
​Bel Air ​Model Series 155-15600

Body Styles
Like the Biscayne, the 1969 Bel Air had 2 body styles: 2-door Sedan (Post) and 4-door Sedan (Post) The Townsman wagon was the Bel Air equivalent in the 1969 Chevrolet full-size lineup.
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Production Numbers
Note: 1969 Production numbers are only available by model groups, not individually.

Colors for Bel Air (Click HERE​ and scroll to page bottom for color charts listed by model series from "Decoding Trim Tags")

Engines

Identifying Features (Exterior)
Bel Air, once the top of the line model in the days before Impala, was second from the bottom by 1969, with only one model, Biscayne, below it. Bel Air was the intermediate model between Biscayne and Impala - with more of the standard features of impala but still on a Biscayne budget. Like the Biscayne, Bel Air was void of most trim.
Bel Air, unlike any other 1969 full size Chevrolet, came with no trim whatsoever on the rocker panels. It did however have narrow chrome trim that ran the full length of the car from front to rear bumper, like Impala and Caprice. However this trim was specific only to Bel Air because it was solid; there was no colored insert at all. Other than that, Bel Air was decked out the same as Biscayne: no chrome trim around the wheel well openings, no chrome trim whatsoever in any of the 4 tail lights, and no "Chevrolet" spelled out in individual letters across the front edge of the hood, (but instead had a small "Chevrolet" script placed on the lower driver's side corner of the hood).
Only 4 tail lights sat within the Bel Air rear bumper, as having 6 was a distinction only reserved for Impala and later Caprice. The tail lights are a tell-tale way to quickly identify any full-size Chevrolet in the 1960's.
Bel Air essentially was very similar to its almost-twin sister Biscayne, in that it was an economy-grade alternative to Impala. But unlike Biscayne, Bel Air was more often ordered with power steering and brakes, as well as other options you could normally find on an Impala. Some Bel Airs spent their lives as police vehicles or taxi cabs, while many others were just family vehicles or economic transportation (economic being in terms of the price tag, not fuel economy!) Some Bel Airs (as well as Biscaynes) were ordered with one of the three 427 V-8's available making them stripped down "sleepers" - cars that looked plain and sedate, but were really some of the most powerful Chevy muscle on the streets in disguise, without the added weight of Impala or Caprice options to slow them down.