Originally Posted by 1971BB427

The reason the number was still pretty high in 1970 was because the strike was Fisher Body that built the interiors. The 1970's were the last of the low back seats, and Chevy continued to build bodies and the rest while they waited for the strike to end. Eventually they had to stop, as the strike lasted so long they ran out of storage.
The 124,900 is actually a very small number if you compare it to 1969 or 1971. I think there were over 200,000 built in 1969, and around 155,000 in 1971. Just going from ememory.