Re: V8 Model Production Figures

Posted by PackardV8 On 2010/2/21 13:35:49

BH wrote:
"When I ran into conflicting numbers in researching content for the Model Info pages for 55-56 and 57-58, I generally opted for the number that appeared most often."

Seems realistic to me. Just out of curiosity when u found conflicting production numbers, how much did they vary???? If less than 5% then can we really call it conflict of any significance???? The number u choose to use based on your analysis at the time would be fine by me.

My point to others that question the current production figures we accept is that we are dealing with TOTAL YEAR production. Regardless of source ANY numbers could have slight variance even among original factory documents. So what??? THe factory could make a mistake too between internal documents of the time.

At some point we have to accept the researchers analysis as bible and run with it.

Should some particular car or group of cars tend to contradict the accepted production figures then that would address researching the car, NOT the production figures already accepted.

I suppose one could use total production figures and divide by number of production days for that year and come up with a good range of days that any individual car was built based on VN. But that would only be a plausibility calculation.

The numbers as presented so far by Owen, BH and 56Executive* are bible to me.

* edit: I corrected a typo error i made previously.