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Location: Vancouver, BC | AMERICAN 1957 DODGE PRODUCTION :
D66 - Coronet V8
2dr Sedan --- 21,132
4dr Sedan --- 60,810
2dr Hardtop --- 44,397
4dr Hardtop --- 13,619
2dr Convertible 3,363
Total --- 143,321
D67-1 - Royal
4dr Sedan --- 19,923
2dr Hardtop --- 12,252
4dr Hardtop --- 8,824
Total --- 40,999
D67-2 - Custom Royal
4dr Sedan --- 18,135
2dr Hardtop --- 15,632
4dr Hardtop --- 11,430
2dr Convertible 2,456
Total --- 47,653
D70 - Suburban / Sierra
2dr Suburban, 6 pass --- 7,163
4dr Sierra, 6 pass --- 13,333
4dr Sierra, 6 pass --- 4,019
Total --- 24,515
D71 - Custom Sierra
4dr Sierra, 6 pass --- 4,162
4dr Sierra, 6 pass --- 3,054
Total --- 7,216
D72 - Coronet Six
2dr Sedan --- 7,175
4dr Sedan --- 10,483
Total --- 17,658
TOTAL AMERICAN 1957 DODGE PRODUCTION : 281,362
In addtion, the followimg Dodge models were built for export in the U.S. -
D64 - Kinsgway Six --- 5,423
D65 - Kingsway V8 --- 2,320
Total --- 7,743
CANADIAN DODGE 1957 PRODUCTION :
D64-1 - Crusader Six --- 6,317
D64-2 - Regent Six --- 8,722
D64-3 - Mayfair Six --- 37
Total --- 15,076
D65-1 - Crusader V8 --- 2,101
D65-2 - Regent V8 --- 8,377
D65-3 - Mayfair V8 --- 6,348
Total --- 16,826
D67-2 - Custom Royal
4dr Sedan --- 4,413
2dr Hardtop --- 1,997
4dr Hardtop --- 638
Total --- 7,048
TOTAL CANADIAN 1957 DODGE PRODUCTION : 38,950
The D64 and D65 production includes the export Kingsway models built in Windsor.
The 37 six cylinder Mayfair models were 4-door sedans built for export (Kingsway Custom)
Sorry, do not have production by body style for the D64 and D65 models
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Location: Kennewick Wa | Thanks a lot for posting this... |
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Location: bishop, ca | The official (if you can believe THEM) model-breakdown records that the Chrysler Historical Society forwarded to me, a decade ago, confirmed a total 1957 Dodge model year Domestic production of 280,112 with an additional 7,496 being 'Exported' (to Canada, according to Bill's prior message) = 287,608 , and not the "281,362" plus the "7,743" = "289,105" numbers that Bill has proffered.
Close, but not the same numbers, unless the C.H.S. has the wrong production numbers contained within their own files.
Edited by d500neil 2012-11-26 4:43 PM
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Location: The Mile High City | Thanks for posting those, Bill. I think it is good to have all the production numbers posted somewhere on this site - that's why I posted the '58 figures you sent me years ago. Now, whenever I want to look them up, I can just search this section and get right to them! I didn't have any other figures besides the 1958s, so I was really glad to see this thread - it's a step in the right direction. |
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Location: bishop, ca | Yeah, close but no cigars. |
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Location: Vancouver, BC | d500neil - 2012-11-26 3:33 PM
The official (if you can believe THEM) model-breakdown records that the Chrysler Historical Society forwarded to me, a decade ago, confirmed a total 1957 Dodge model year Domestic production of 280,112 with an additional 7,496 being 'Exported' (to Canada, according to Bill's prior message) = 287,608 , and not the "281,362" plus the "7,743" = "289,105" numbers that Bill has proffered.
Close, but not the same numbers, unless the C.H.S. has the wrong production numbers contained within their own files.
You will not find the D64 / D65 numbers on any CHS report on 1957 Dodge production. The D64 and D65 series were based on the Plymouth and were inlcuded in Plymouth production. The D64 / D65 models built in the U.S. were for export markets outside Canada and the U.S. and sold as the Dodge Kingsway, although some convertibles were built as Mayfair for the Canadian market. In Canada some D64 / D65 models were built for export as Kingsway, but the bulk were sold in Canada as Crusader, Regent and Mayfair. I do not have 1957 Plymouth production broken down into P30, P31, SP30, SP31, D64 and D65 models, and thus have no production by body style on the D64 / D65.
Also in the U.S., the D64/ D65 models used Plymouth serial numbers but in Canada the D64 / D65 used unique serial numbers sequences.
I have more than than one source of numbers for 1957 Dodge production, all claiming to be courtesy of the CHS. One has Canadian production, but the numbers are way out of wack. Taking the version with total numbers for body styles and deleting the US production on the first sheet equals production that adds up to the total number of CR models built in Canada on another source, that "7,048" figure.
Unfortunately, the CHS does not have the information today that is had a decade or more ago. Have had more than one person state they had a report on production that CHS can no longer locate.
The bulk of information published on Chrysler production comes from three sources - Don Butler (Plymouth, DeSoto, Dodge to 1955), Jeffrey I. Godshall (Chrysler, Imperial) and Collectible Automobile. Jerry Heasley published a book on production figures based on the work of Butler and Godshall, although with some errors and omissions. The missing production includes the 1939 Dodge D11 and the 7-passenger 1949 LWB Coronet sedan.
One Chrysler publication I love to get my hands on is "Model Charts - Production by Body Style" printed in 1962. Do not know how far back it goes but it has been used to cover production back into the 1950's.
Have been spending the last decade trying to track done Canadian production, which is included in the production figures supplied by CHS. Chrysler Canada advised me back in 1972 they did not have such records and neither did Chrysler Historical in Detroit. I have been collecting information by whatever way I can get my hands on it - published articles, "Export" production on CHS reports, CHS information passed on to me by others (and I do thank them!), but it seems there is no one source. I am sure the information is out there, but all I am getting is dead ends and brick walls.
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| Is there a way to copy the information from an excel spreadsheet into a thread?
The information Bill claims doesn't exist, does. I've just wasted two hours trying to enter it all into the thread and when I preview it, the numbers are scrambled together and totally intelligible. |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | Kevin, Should be no problem depending on size. Just open the spreadsheet, highlight the columns and rows you would like to copy and then paste them into a word document. You could just paste them directly into the forum reply but I am guessing you would like to edit out some of the extraneous information first. Then cut and paste the data from the word doc into the forum reply window. Let me know if you need further assistance. |
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Location: bishop, ca | My Chrysler Historical Society production spreadsheets for the Dodge 1957 & 1958 model years have nothing on them in Re: Canadian production.
They only confirm their production records, per car model, as built in the USA.
Edited by d500neil 2012-11-28 4:46 PM
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| I was finally able to shrink the spreadsheet down enough that when I copied it into a word document it would fit on letter paper, landscape. But when I copy it into this reply box, it still wraps around.
I'm open to suggestions. |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | Make it into a pdf file and save it as an attachement? split the cells into enough columns that it won't wrap and do multiple replys? |
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Location: bishop, ca | I was able to open the PDF via Adobe Reader.
They are for 1957 Plymouth, not Dodge, and are for Canadian builds, if I am seeing them correctly.
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| You are. 1957 DeSoto Diplomat and Dodge D64/65 Production are separate threads. |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil!
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Location: bishop, ca | What is the title of this thread?
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Location: The Mile High City | Kevin, did you check out that '58 Dodge Mayfair convertible thread in the eBay/Craigslist section? I quoted some of your figures in there... |
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| You're absolutely right. How stupid of me to pollute a thread on 1957 Dodge production numbers with Plymouth information. The only right thing to do is delete what I've posted. While you're at it, take down the threads on the '57 Diplomat and D64/65 information too.
I got involved in this thread because of Bill Watson's comments about CHS not having a breakdown of the production of these cars or the wherewithal to separate the DeSotos and Dodges from the Plymouths. I'd corresponded a bit years and years ago with Bill and thought that he had all of this information.
I obviously wrongly thought that I could contribute something to this site by trying to dig around and see what I could find on these cars that other people couldn't.
I've learned my lesson. I will not make this mistake again. |
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