Just a note...
More HERALDS than any other single product, and more than the entirety of
Standards...
COOL!
Scott
64 Herald 1200/12/50 Convertible UNDERGOING FINAL ASSEMBLY!
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Macartney" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
To: "Triumph List" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 8:55 PM
Subject: Some history in numbers
> 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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