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Does anybody know how many Chevrys were produced in 1932?

Model year production was 323,100.

The next question is HOW MANY REMAIN??

Quite a few actually.

Does that number include the ones made in Canada? :confused:

Were they made anywhere else outside the U.S.? :confused:

England, Denmark, South Africa, Argentina and Australia are some of the places Chevrolets were assembled in addition to the ones made at Tarrytown NY and exported via Bloomfield NJ.

Chevrolet were assembled in New Zealand from 1925 thru till 1963.
From Knocked Down Kits imported via Canada . Right hand drive .

Bloomfield, NJ! That's about thirty miles inland. Where about's was that site? I'll go down there and sniff around for some left-overs.

Based on serial numbers reported in Cars of Canada, 11,709 Chevrolets were produced in Canada in 1932. Here is the best I have come up with for the overseas plants in 1932.

There were approximately 42,400 1932 Chevrolets produced and sold overseas in 1932. I took that as about 80% of the total GM sales of 53,029 which does not include Opel or Vauxhall.

Of the 42,400, I about 19,500 were produced in Spain, So. Africa, New Zealand, Japan, India, England, Denmark, Brazil and Australia, countries for which I have data. Another 22,900 were produced in Argentina, Belgium, Egypt, France, Germany, Indonesia, Sweden and Uruguay, countries for which I do not yet have data. In addition to the overseas produced cars there were also an unknown number of US produced cars exported to countries not served by overseas factories but this number had dropped considerably by 1932 with all of the overseas plants in operation.

Both Canada and USA produced engines for overseas plants and England also produced some Chev. 6 engines. Most of the overseas plants North American material requirements were shipped via the Bloomfield, New Jersey boxing plant. But, there was a lot of material sourced overseas too and swapped amongst the plants. Glass from Belgium was used at many plants. Even bodes from Argentina are found on South African produced cars.

RGwiz - Yes - please check out the former Chevrolet Bloomfield Plant. This is what is known:

Chevrolet Assembly Plant, Bloomfield, 2 blocks along Grove St, Bloomfield, New Jersey. First CKD shipment was made May 1925. GM had first announced when it purchased this plant in November 1919, that this former International Arms and Fuse Co. plant [one of the largest munitation plants], was to install machinery for automobile manufacturing. However, the plant remained vacant until the Chevrolet-Tarrytown plant CKD boxing operation set up here in 1925. Since Chevrolet manage this plant, it was considered a full Chevrolet Assembly Plant, one of 13 in 1968. With the possibility exception of using the Plant Code #22 in 1927-28, Bloomfield did not use a plant code but took credit for the CKD shipments it made. GMC trucks were assembled at the Bloomfied Plant for a few years starting in 1961 with Plant Code #V. The Blomfield Plant was closed down in late 1968 when GMAD took over management of the Tarrytown Plant and six of the other Chevrolet Assembly Plants.

As Tom said Oshawa, Ontario assembled 11,709 cars + pick-up deliveries in 1932 Model Year plus 439 Chevrolet and Chevrolet Heavy Duty trucks, although that figure is a Calendar year one, in Walkerville, Ontario. In addition were a number of Chevrolet-based GMC trucks.

Vauxhall Motors Limited, Luton, England built 284 1 1/2 ton trucks plus 69 1/2 ton light delivery chassis in 1932. No cars were built after August 1931.

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What do you know about the Chevrolet assembly plant that was located in Ft. Worth, Texas? It was located on west seventh street and rumor has it the 490 was manfactured there.

dandyd

Hi Dandyd,
The official plant address was: Chevrolet Motor Company of Texas, Arlington Heights Blvd & St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad Com-pany’s tracks, Fort Worth, Texas.

Note: Arlington Heights Blvd was changed to Camp Bowie Blvd which is an extension of W. 7th St. Today the Burlington Northern Tracts crosses W. 7th St at the east of the 2601 block which appears to be this plant 22 acre site? Please verify?

This Texas company was incorporated October 1, 1916 for $350,000 for a class“B” stock par value of $350,000 owned by the Chevrolet Motor Company (of Deleware) and a class “A” stock par value of $250,000 owned by local interest. On October 19, 1918 Chevrolet aquired all of this class “A” par value $250,000 stock. This Assembly Plant land embraced 22 acres with 5 rein-forced concrete buildings having a floor space of 190,000 sq ft. The main assembly building was 2 floors, 262 ft wide and 520 ft long. The Plant Code was #7. Model 490 production started April 1917 and ended June 1921 when the plant was closed down.
KenK

Ken,
Thanks for the information on the Ft. Worth plant. I keep saying I am going to go down to the STAR TELEGRAM Archives and research the history of the plant,but I haven't done yet.

Dandyd

DandyD is that the place where you and Jerry Gray left your lunchbuckets?

Hey Ken! Thanks for some great information! :cool2:

Hello Mr Mack, a little late here I just spent Christmas eve and Christmas day at the emergency room with the Misses. Jerry and I left our lunch boxes about 25 miles East of the old location. The old location is just up the street from the old Montgomery Ward building and across the street from the old John's Manville asbestos plant.

DANDYD

any one know how many 1932 trucks we're built.
I am really curious on the roadster trucks.
and has anyone seen one lately.

The best number I have been able to find is 464 Roadster pickups made in 1932. So far I have been able to reasonably document nine still in existance. There was one for sale here in Texas last time I knew. It is probably still the only restored one unless the one in Georgia has been completed.

I don't know of any production figures for trucks in 1932. Sure would like to have accurate production numbers.