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Owen_Dyneto wrote:
I don't know the originating source of these figures but they have been used for years without much question as far as I know. Perhaps they were verified from factory records, or from the build slips. They agree with figures in other sources, though of course they might all have the same origin. There are similar charts for most postwar cars in the appendeces in Nat Dawes book. This particular page comes from the 55/56 Service Counselor reprint. Hope this helps.
Agreed, they might have the same sources, and could possibly be traced back to a single source of questionable reliability. That's how this stuff gets started. Someone makes a list based on guesstimates or what they've heard and it others pick it up until it's "agreed" that it must be right--it's been copied everywhere.
It is telling that a well-researched book that used many original sources available only from Packard was not able to locate reliable production figures by modes for 1954-56. Makes you wonder what special information the other list-makers relied upon.
Without verifiable sources, the Packard V8 production by model is still a mystery.
Build sheets only give counts for whatever cars build sheets can be located. They might indicate minimum numbers, but never a verifiable total count. Only factory records could do that, and they very well might not exist.
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