The Victoria Coupe...

[Marshall V. Daut]

Thanks, Bob. But wouldn't a changeover in February only be four months after the Victoria Coupe's introduction? I believe I read in one of the older "Victoria Bustle" issues it was generally accepted that roughly half the bodies were softback and half steelback, equating to about 18,000+ each. That would mean about half of the Victorias were produced by the beginning of March and shortly thereafter according to assembly plant, with the remaining nine months spent in steelback production. Knowing that open car production usually increased during the late spring/summer (with an attendant slowdown of closed cars), either a whole slew of softbacks were produced by the end of February/early March or production was slower for the Steelbacks for the rest of the year. This would also mean that Victorias with flat firewalls should be more numerous than the surviving examples a few years ago would indicate. Has this changed in the Club in the last 10 years since I was last a member? New research often belies earlier "knowledge". My "knowledge" is 10 years old per the "Victoria Bustle" back issues.
At any rate, no matter when the changeover took place, it's nice to see some interest raised here again concerning the Victoria Coupe!
Marshall

[Steve Plucker]

Originally Posted by Marshall V. Daut

Thanks, Bob. But wouldn't a changeover in February only be four months after the Victoria Coupe's introduction? I believe I read in one of the older "Victoria Bustle" issues it was generally accepted that roughly half the bodies were softback and half steelback, equating to about 18,000+ each. That would mean about half of the Victorias were produced by the beginning of March and shortly thereafter according to assembly plant, with the remaining nine months spent in steelback production. Knowing that open car production usually increased during the late spring/summer (with an attendant slowdown of closed cars), either a whole slew of softbacks were produced by the end of February/early March or production was slower for the Steelbacks for the rest of the year. This would also mean that Victorias with flat firewalls should be more numerous than the surviving examples a few years ago would indicate. Has this changed in the Club in the last 10 years since I was last a member? New research often belies earlier "knowledge". My "knowledge" is 10 years old per the "Victoria Bustle" back issues.
At any rate, no matter when the changeover took place, it's nice to see some interest raised here again concerning the Victoria Coupe!
Marshall

Bob,

Could you please comment on Marshall's question?

Thanks.

Pluck