The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR AD PICKUPS AND BURBS??

Hello, I spent a lotta time looking around for 1947-1955 GM truck production statistics, and didn't find much. In one place I did find 1947 and 1948 but nothing newer, and nothing by specific factory. Mainly I am interested in how many 3100, 3600, 3800, burbs, and others too, for each year of the advance design period. Also has there ever been a breakdown published for the different advance design models on a factory by factory basis? I am especially interested in the Kansas City factory, and what AD stuff was made there. Thanks for your help.

You are not the only one who is interested. No one has ever posted factory production numbers for specific models of 1947 to 55-1st trucks (Chevrolet or GMC). Overall production figures are available for Chevrolet trucks.

What information have you found for 1947 and 1948?

Now are ya sure that the vast body of experts over at the VCCA with their nearly 50 years of experiance have never been able to compile these figures??? I would ask but every time I post anything over there it just kind of gets ignored.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL

Mine was built there.

My '54 3800 was built in Oakland, CA. I know that plant is no longer there. I read somewhere that the 3800 had a run of around 5000 vehicles.
Dave

http://home.znet.com/c1937/Prod.htm

This site has a lotta good stuff, but no breakdown by factory, and nothing for the 50's. The two years that he does have there say that the 3600 was the largest production run, which would probably be right, as these would have been the first ones out after wartime production limitations. Whether the short bed vs long bed ratios held true into the 50s surely somebody must know.