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Offline acudadude

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School me on production figures!
« on: February 04, 2014 - 02:44:52 PM »
Ok please school me on production figures for the E Body. Keep in mind i failed math class :) According to some google figures there were 165,437 challengers made in the 5 yr 1970-1974 and 126,586 cuda,barracuda made in the 5 yr time. I know that these are just est. because mother mopar did not keep great records.... Ok so lets say we lost 1/3 of these to accidents , rusting away in some field in kansas,rusting in the woods of new york or sitting on barrels in canada ,neglected or chop shops etc. that brings us to say 194,341 left in the pool of restorable cars left. Now each year that goes by we lose say 5% to rust etc. say about 9000 per year again the math is not good :) So by my math haha by 2036 we wont have any cars left to save? So where are all these Ebodys we need to find them and RESTORE them please!!!!!!!!! (feel free to score my math test )




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Re: School me on production figures!
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2014 - 03:30:10 PM »
I think the general guesstamate for overall survival rate is 10%. So you're correct that doesn't leave too many around.

I would think as we see more and more reproduction parts come available, you'll see more and more cars saved. :2thumbs:

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Re: School me on production figures!
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2014 - 03:54:27 PM »
I think the general guesstamate for overall survival rate is 10%. So you're correct that doesn't leave too many around.

I would think as we see more and more reproduction parts come available, you'll see more and more cars saved. :2thumbs:

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Re: School me on production figures!
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2014 - 04:17:26 PM »
Send her over I'll get started on Monday... :working:
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Re: School me on production figures!
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2014 - 11:26:24 PM »
Dont forget that at some point your loss rate will flatten out as the cars that are driven daily or kept well maintained will not become part of the loss stats.

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Re: School me on production figures!
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2014 - 07:38:58 AM »
 10% is not much, I wonder how many E-bodies have left North America..?
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Re: School me on production figures!
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2014 - 08:13:10 AM »
10% is not much, I wonder how many E-bodies have left North America..?

also depends on what you call "left"

I am sure there are more sitting unrestorable in junkyards that on the road, would you consider them "left"

Is there some cool place where it outlines all the cars per year by bodystyle? example:

1970 XXXXXXX  e-body cars produced

XXX Challenger coupes XXXX Cuda Coupes coupes
XXX challenger convertibles XXX cuda convertibles
XXX t/A's etc...
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