Ford Production

MODEL T FORD PRODUCTION (Compiled by R.E. Houston, Ford Production Department, August 3, 1927)The figures below are PRODUCTION numbers. There are several sources of production figures and they do not always agree. The following figures are derived from the source noted above. In general, the figures between 1909 and 1920 are for Ford’s FISCAL YEAR which varied in the early years. 1909 fiscal year was from October 1, 1908 to September 30, 1909, and this pattern continued until the end of the 1913 fiscal year, September 30, 1913. Beginning in October 1913 (1914 fiscal year) the fiscal year was October 1 through July 31, 1914. Starting in August 1914, and through the end of the Model T era, the fiscal year was August 1 through July 31. Beginning with January 1920 the figures are for the CALENDAR YEAR.

To add to the confusion, Ford’s sales data shows body types which were not included in the production data. These may have been included in one of the other body types, or they just may have been overlooked. In any event, these are the figures we have. Take them “with a grain of salt.”

This data includes all foreign production EXCEPT Canada.

	1909	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920
Touring, non-starter	7,728	16,890	26,405	50,598	126,715	165,832	244,181	363,024	568,128	432,519	286,935	165,929
Touring, starter												367785
Runabout, non-starter	2,351	1,486	7,845	13,376	33,129	35,017	47,116	98,633	107,240	73,559	48,867	31,889
Runabout, starter												63,514
Landaulet	## 298	2
Town Car	236	377	315	802	1,415	1,699		1,972	2,328	2,142	17
Coupe, non-starter	47	187	45	19	1		2,417	3,532	7,343	14,771	11,528
Coupe, starter											###	60,215
Tourabout—Data not available. Sales figures show 929 sold between 1909 and 1911. These may have been included in the Touring figures.
Sedan, non-starter							989	1,859	7,361	35,697	24,980
Sedan, starter											###	81,616
Delivery, non-starter			1,845	513					399	5,847
Ambulance								20,700	1,452	2,136	2,227
Truck, non-starter										3	41,105	70,816
Chassis, non-starter		108	248	2,133	8,438	119	13,459	11,742	41,165	37,748	47,125	18,173
Chassis, starter												16,919
Exports — Types not specified.										24,000

Totals, each year	1909 10,660	1910 19,050	1911 34,858	1912 68,773	1913 170,211	1914 202,667	1915 308,162	1916 501,462	1917 735,020	1918 664,076	1919 498,342	1920 941,042
### Starter closed cars were made beginning January 1919. These are probably included in the non-starter figures.

Figures after 1920 below are are for Calendar Years. The 1920 Figures is from August 1, 1920 through December 1920.
	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927
Touring, non-starter	44,036	40,934	80,070	130,326	95,026	57,829
Touring, starter	209,105	438,195	514,333	767,446	654,016	605,218	332,619	64,960
Runabout, non-starter	5,796	20,122	31,923	55,896	42,663	33,545
Runabout, starter	47,891	123,854	133,433	234,884	217,706	259,954	332,205	90,583
Coupe, starter	36,180	92,989	198,382	305,437	320,473	335,520	279,743	66,024
Tudor, starter	53,903	125,831	146,060	89,535	213,926	184,929	253,304	68,660
Fordor, starter			4,286	143,884	82,679	79,496	99,026	21,197
Truck, non-starter	53,787	64,796	135,629	184,053	166,731	186,810
Truck, starter			18,410	62,764	92,387	119,624	213,914	74,335
Chassis, non-starter	3,067	8,269	15,228	8,548	2,929	4,723
Chassis, starter	9,686	13,770	23,313	28,332	33,512	44,058	43,654	13,966
Exports. Types not specified.		42,850

Totals, each year	1920 463,451	1921 971,610	1922 1,301,067	1923 2,011,125	1924 1,922,048	1925 1,911,706	1926 1,554,465	1927 399,725

Totals, 1909-1927
Touring, non-starter	2,903,105
Touring, starter	3,953,677
Runabout, non-starter	690,453
Runabout, starter	1,504,024
Landaulet	300	##
Town Car	11,303
Coupe, non-starter	39,890
Coupe, starter	1,694,953
Sedan, non-starter	70,886
Tudor, starter	1,217,764	Includes 1919-1923 “Centerdoor” sedans
Fordor	430,568
Delivery	8,604
Ambulance	26,515
Truck, non-starter	1,038,732
Truck, starter	581,454
Chassis, non-starter	223,222	#
Chassis, starter	227,210
Exports	66,860
Grand Total:	14,689,520	***

Ford’s data sheet shows 19,051 total

Ford’s data sheet shows 69,762. (989 more than the sum of the figures)

***

Ford’s data sheet shows 14,690,510, a difference of 990

Ford’s data sheet shows 224,211

Ford’s data sheet shows 301

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Closed cars with starters began in January 1919. These may be included in the non-starter figures.