Re: Survival rates of pre-war cars

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2011/1/11 0:48:12

There have been some studies and estimates for specific years and models, I don't have those handy but I'll look for them. But you can get a fair idea, one year and model relative to another, but just counting those listed in the major club directories. Almost certainly the highest survival rate prewar is for the Twelves, and I'd guess 1934 has the highest survival of the Twelves; of the 960 built 71 show up in PAC's directory and there are several more that are known but not listed, and probably a few more languishing away yet to be "found". Compare that to similar data for the 1934 Eights, of 5120 built the directory shows about 80, and perhaps another 40 or so known.

As you get to the higher production lesser models, there are probably relatively more existing that aren't listed in club directories.

I know this doesn't answer your question, but I hope it's at least somewhat useful to you.