Re: V8 Model Production Figures

Posted by BH On 2010/2/19 15:00:56

One thing caught my eye from all this discussion about production figures, which carried over from the "fender mounted rear view mirrors" thread.

While the chart that Owen originally provided from the 1955-1956 Service Counselor reprint, in post #37 of that other thread, shows a count of 1748 "Custom sedans", I believe that line should read as "Executive sedans". They also made a mistake with a combined count of 1031 for Executive "2dr Hdtp & Sedan" as all sources I've checked show that as the count for the 2-door hardtop Executive only.

Now, that count of 1748 for the Exec sedan matches what was published in the Dawes book and is what I used for the corresponding Model Info page, but perhaps it is wrong. Yet, just because all other books published since then report a count of 1784, doesn't mean that they are all right.

However, the factory document in the possession of 56executive appears to be bona fide, and Roscoe told us, in post #38 of that other thread, it shows 1784 for the Exec sedan.

So, unless someone has evidence that his paper is in error, I will edit the Model Info page for the 5672A Executive Touring Sedan to show production of 1,784.