Hi, Bill My figures came off the build records held at Gaydon and these were also cross-referred against SMMT shipping data out of the factory gates. With due respect to Mike Costigan, I'd say that he and I are probably both wrong because the actual numbers of (perhaps) any car built by S-T post-war is an understatement. No-one now knows how many cars were built in CKD and SKD form for assembly at the 11 overseas assembly plants. These figures were lost when the factory was demolished and the SMMT Archivist has told me the Society no longer has records of that type going back that far. Ergo, all the numbers I have managed to cull are only for fully B/U (built-up) cars made entirely in Coventry, Liverpool, Solihull and Cowley.
Cheers, John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Davies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'John Macartney'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 9:44 PM Subject: RE: [Spits] Spitfire build quantity > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of John Macartney >> >> The most-produced car by Standard Triumph post-war was the Herald at >> 626329 units. > > Mike Costigan quotes a figure of 548,291 for total production of all Herald > types. Adding in his Vitesse figure of 51,230 still falls short at 599,521. > Considerably more than the Spitfires whichever figure is closer to the > truth! > Cheers, > Bill. _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
