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ModelA29 · 06-24-2025, 01:05 PM

I think the true number should be as a % of total production.
Estimates are 1/4 million As still exist of nearly 5 million = 5%
Duesenberg about 1,200 total just under 400 exist = about 30%
Of the 7 Bugatti Royales built 6 exist today (one was totaled in the 1930s) = 85%
All 6 of the Cobra Daytona Coupes still exist today (despite Shelby telling Alan Mann to dump them in the English Channel rather than pay the shipping back to the US). All 33 of the Roush silhouette Mustang race cars built from 84-97 still exist an amazing number for such a disposable car.
There is also a distinction between antique and classic. A lot of antique cars were fed into the steel furnaces during WWII. Classics seems to include anything post WWII up to the 1970s. Yes they built 21.5 million bugs over 65 years and the last one rolled off the line in 2003 in Mexico. How many of those will be here in 2103?

06-24-2025, 01:05 PM	#7
ModelA29 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2022 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,152	Re: Most Numerous Surviving Antique Car I think the true number should be as a % of total production. Estimates are 1/4 million As still exist of nearly 5 million = 5% Duesenberg about 1,200 total just under 400 exist = about 30% Of the 7 Bugatti Royales built 6 exist today (one was totaled in the 1930s) = 85% All 6 of the Cobra Daytona Coupes still exist today (despite Shelby telling Alan Mann to dump them in the English Channel rather than pay the shipping back to the US). All 33 of the Roush silhouette Mustang race cars built from 84-97 still exist an amazing number for such a disposable car. There is also a distinction between antique and classic. A lot of antique cars were fed into the steel furnaces during WWII. Classics seems to include anything post WWII up to the 1970s. Yes they built 21.5 million bugs over 65 years and the last one rolled off the line in 2003 in Mexico. How many of those will be here in 2103?