Knowing that some of you enjoy the 'numbers' side of things, I've just
completed a small project evaluating output and product mix of
Standard-Triumph in its post-war years. The emphasis was on saloon
cars and tractors, so the fact I wasn't able to pinpoint numbers
produced for TR2 and 3 (and one or two others) tends to understate the
actual total. For te purposes of what I was doing, the sports cars
didn't feature but for those who have access to Bill Piggott's books,
te early sidescreen TR data would be useful at someone's convenience -
and off-list, please?
It's worth mentioniing these figures relate only to fully built-up
vehicles leaving the UK factories and I wouldn't be surprised if
people respond by claiming I'm wrong in some areas. If I am, I
apologise but I no longer have access to BMIHT stats. Unfortunately,
no one kept detailed records which have survived of the many thousands
(tens of?) of kits that were packed in the UK for final assembly in
the company's twelve overseas manufacturing plants.
While the total for all products is seriously understated (because of
the lack of kiits) at 3,110,802 finished vehicles of all types, that
figure is no great shakes for a modern car factory, I still think it's
a very commendable effort for a little company whose main factory
covered less than 100 acres in total. A project for when retirement
comes <g> is to analyse SMMT shipments by model, market and year to
see how much of what went where.
Jonmac
Units %
Ferguson All tractors 517651 16.6
Standard 8/10/Pennant 351727
Standard Ensign 21164
Standard Lux Six 9953
Standard Sportsman 901
Standard Vanguard 63470
ALL STANDARDS 447215 14.4
Triumph 1300/1500 FWD ?
Triumph 2000/2500/2.5 316956 10.2
Triumph Dolomite 1500 ?
Triumph Dolomite 1850/Sprint 418907 13.5
Triumph GT6 Mk 1/2/3 40926 1.3
Triumph Herald - all 626239 20.1
Triumph Spitfire - all 314332 10.1
Triumph Stag 25939 0.8
Triumph TR2 ?
Triumph TR250 8484 0.3
Triumph TR3 ?
Triumph TR3a/3b 61567 2.0
Triumph TR4/4a 68718 2.2
Triumph TR5PI 2947 0.1
Triumph TR6 80707 2.6
Triumph TR6PI 13912 0.4
Triumph TR7 all 112368 3.6
Triumph TR8 2722 0.1
Triumph Vit 1600 - all 31261 1.0
Triumph Vit 2000 - all 19951 0.6
ALL TRIUMPHS 2145936
ALL PRODUCTS 3110802
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