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Austin annual productin numbers? - Tom Coates - 11-01-2019
Does anyone have any idea how many cars Austin were producing annually in the 1920’s? Preferably of all models but could be A7’s only.
RE: Austin annual productin numbers? - Ruairidh Dunford - 11-01-2019
I can only help with Sevens and these are (very) rough numbers...
1923 - 2500
1924 - 5000
1925 - 9000
1926 - 11000
1927 - 22000
1928 - 24000
1929 - 24000
RE: Austin annual productin numbers? - Chris KC - 11-01-2019
"Car production continued and it was not till the 1925s that it was time to expand the factory yet again. It grew to 62 acres and gave employment to 8,000 workers who annually produced 25,000 cars."
http://www.austinmemories.com/styled-4/index.html
"How great are the advances that have been made in methods of production is indicated by the fact that in 1906 the manufacture of 120 cars required 270 workers, whereas to-day over 60,0000 a year are turned out by rather more than 12,000 employees. "
http://www.austinmemories.com/styled-18/index.html
(in 1929: that's 60,000 I'd say)
RE: Austin annual productin numbers? - Mike Costigan - 11-01-2019
1919 Twenty: 200
1920 Twenty: 4319
1921 Twenty: 2246
1922 Twenty: 1394 Twelve: 1165
1923 Twenty: 2064 Twelve: 2417 Seven: 1936
1924 Twenty: 973 Twelve: 4000 Seven: 4700
1925 Twenty: 886 Twelve: 8500 Seven: 7043
1926 Twenty: 900 Twelve: 10000 Seven: 14000
1927 Twenty: 1000 Twelve: 14000 Seven: 22500 Sixteen: 10 Twenty/Six: 10
1928 Twenty: 927 Twelve: 13714 Seven: 26447 Sixteen: 6401 Twenty/Six: 903
1929 Twenty: 378 Twelve: 8759 Seven: 23826 Sixteen: 9136 Twenty/Six: 1129
1930 Twelve: 6889 Seven: 23826 Sixteen: 7560 Twenty/Six: 976
All figures taken from R J Wyatt's The Austin 1905-1952.
RE: Austin annual productin numbers? - Ruairidh Dunford - 11-01-2019
Thank you for correcting my (very) rough figures Mike
The Seven really was the saviour, wasn't it?
RE: Austin annual productin numbers? - Paul Nott - 12-01-2019
Enjoyed Chris's link to Austin Seven memories.
Talking of reads, if your into racing Austin's, Father Christmas delivered 'Bert Hadley A son of Birmingham'.
Written by Geoff Roe, recommended.
RE: Austin annual productin numbers? - Mike Costigan - 12-01-2019
(11-01-2019, 07:25 PM)Ruairidh Dunford Wrote: Thank you for correcting my (very) rough figures Mike
The Seven really was the saviour, wasn't it?
Actually, Ruairidh, if you consider the mark-up on the Twelve was probably at least twice that of the Seven, the Twelve should really be seen as the saviour in the first half of the twenties.
RE: Austin annual productin numbers? - Ruairidh Dunford - 12-01-2019
Interesting.
RE: Austin annual productin numbers? - Austin in the Shed - 12-01-2019
All small scale production,take 1923 ,total Austin cars around 6,500.Ford produced 2 million model T's in the same year !
RE: Austin annual productin numbers? - Mike Costigan - 12-01-2019
To put things into perspective in the UK, Morris production in 1923 was 20,000 (growing to 33,000 in 1924 and 54,000 in 1925). But remember, until the introduction of the Twelve in 1922 Austin had never been in the mass production market: before the war Austin's maximum output had been less than 2,500 per year, and it took a major investment in 1926 to re-organise the production lines.