GM only kept track of total calendar year production units when it came to the trucks {which were counted under "commercial units"}.
There was not much distinction between tonnage in the total count in the early years ....but they did distinguish between 1/2 ton & some of the other tonnages in the later years.
This means that everything from sedan delivery cars to 2 ton COE trucks were all lumped together in total count.
Production figures for the AD truck years are as follows....
1947- 335,434
1948- 389,960
1949- 383,345 total... {201,357 units were 1/2 ton under 5,000 GVW & 97,768 units were 5,001- 10,000 GVW, 27,884 units in the 10,001- 14,000 GVW & 98,591 in the 14001 to-16,000 GVW}.
1950- 494,753 total...{265,151 units were 1/2 ton or under 5,000 GVW & 102,696 units were 5,001 to 10,000 GVW }.
1951 - 426,151
1952 - 326,272
1953 - 361,838 {203,424 units were 1/2 ton or under 5,000 GVW &
71,571 units were 5001- 10,000 GVW}.
1954 - 325,151 {170,842 were 1/2 ton or under 5,000 GVW & 64,595 units were 5001-10,000 GVW}.
1955 first series.... no records kept on AD trucks after Dec.31 1954 that amounts to 3 months of no data in the 55.1 trucks.
If you round it all off....
It looks like just over 3,000,000 Advance Design trucks came off the assembly lines from late 1947 to early 1955.
