GTV Production numbers

[Frank <fca@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My '69 GTV (USA model) carries the chasis number of AR*1350180.  A bit odd for a
US model to have such an early production number, no?

- -Frank (Cape Cod)


> John H (N. Carolina) wrote:

> So, it doesn't take too big an epiphany to connect the negative tally in
> 1969's "Numerazione" to the positive number in 1969's "produzione and come up
> with 10,000. Somebody- whether Fusi himself or an apprentice draftsman - had
> dropped 10,000, putting a 6 where there should have been a 7, and following
> sevens where there should have been eights. Corrected "Numerazione" come out:
>
> 1968:  from 1350920 to 1361338 = 10,418 cars
> 1969:  from 1361339 to 1370043 =  8,705 cars
> 1970:  from 1370044 to 1381585 = 11,542 cars
> 1971:  from 1381586 to 1386224 =  4,639 cars
> 1972:  from 1386225 to 1386232 =      8 cars
>
> And Carson's 105.44.138.0957 is where it belongs in 1970.
>
> There are errors in Fusi, in d'Amico/Tabucchi, in old factory records,
> everyplace. Use the best data you can get, be thankful it is as useful as it
> is, and cross-check where you can.
>
> Cordially,
>
> John H.
> Raleigh, N.C.

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