Re: Last day of production at East Grand

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2010/5/17 10:15:17

Except for the renumbered 22nd and 23rd series cars, you can get an (admittedly non-precise) idea of the construction, movement and storage of the various body styles by the differences between the Briggs body number and the vehicle number itself. In 1951 thru 1954 except for RHD and specials, they often matched, but in the 22nd/23rd series they were a match perhaps 10-20% of the time, and otherwise the Briggs #s were generally lagging, most often by only 25 units or thereabouts, but occasionaly by hundreds and less often by thousands for some of the low-volume body styles. Hopefully this is a topic Robert Neal will touch upon in his upcoming book.