'63 B Cab Production Numbers

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Dan Kalinski
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'63 B Cab Production Numbers

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Attempting a search for the production numbers for the '63 Cab. Found this information in Bruce Smith's thread of "Auctions and Prices" dated: Sun Sep 15, 2013 6:40:

Bruce states there were: Cabriolets (1950-1965), with this as the total production for Cabs: 11,239. BTW; Really enjoy reading his analysis of pricing. Hope he will do another article on the upcoming (major) auctions for 2015.

From Charlie's site and his "Little Known Facts," he has the total production numbers for the B as: Type 356-B: 30,963 and assuming this is for both T-5 and 6.

Is the production number published for the '63 Cab somewhere? Happy to do the work if there is a way for me to get some directions as to where this information might be listed/published.

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I'll take a shot, Dan, but I have no idea where this set of numbers came from. Doesn't look too far off, regardless.

http://autoeclub.com/porsche-356-manufactured-stats.htm

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jim nelson wrote:I'll take a shot, Dan, but I have no idea where this set of numbers came from. Doesn't look too far off, regardless.

http://autoeclub.com/porsche-356-manufactured-stats.htm

Thanks ever-so-much, Jim!

Looks very complete.

Wonder if the mods would consider making the link you supplied a sticky?

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Those numbers are rather questionable. No idea how he got to those. 1955 production for a 1954 MY how would that work? 100 MY1955 speedsters built? Only 99 Karmann Notchbacks built? Not a single T6 roadster.....?
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jim nelson wrote:I'll take a shot, Dan, but I have no idea where this set of numbers came from. Doesn't look too far off, regardless.

http://autoeclub.com/porsche-356-manufactured-stats.htm
The total numbers on that site match pretty well with what you get from the chassis number ranges given in the "little spec book" Brett Johnson's The 356 Porsche, A Restorer's Guide to Authenticity and the Stoddard catalog.

1959 ('60 model) 356B T5 152476 152943 number built 468
1960 (no break) 356B T5 152944 154560 number built 1617
1961 ('61 model) 356B T5 154561 155569 number built 1009
1961 ('62 model) 356B T6 155601 156200 number built 600
1962 ('62 model) 356B T6 156201 156999 number built 799
1962 ('63 model) 356B T6 157000 157768 number built 769
1963 ('63 model) 356B T6 157769 158700 number built 932


total 356B Cabriolets 6194
 
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Jim Alton wrote:
jim nelson wrote:I'll take a shot, Dan, but I have no idea where this set of numbers came from. Doesn't look too far off, regardless.

http://autoeclub.com/porsche-356-manufactured-stats.htm
The total numbers on that site match pretty well with what you get from the chassis number ranges given in the "little spec book" Brett Johnson's The 356 Porsche, A Restorer's Guide to Authenticity and the Stoddard catalog.

1959 ('60 model) 356B T5 152476 152943 number built 468
1960 (no break) 356B T5 152944 154560 number built 1617
1961 ('61 model) 356B T5 154561 155569 number built 1009
1961 ('62 model) 356B T6 155601 156200 number built 600
1962 ('62 model) 356B T6 156201 156999 number built 799
1962 ('63 model) 356B T6 157000 157768 number built 769
1963 ('63 model) 356B T6 157769 158700 number built 932


total 356B Cabriolets 6194
Perfect, Jim. Thanks for posting this information.

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Dan K.

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