20-01-2020, 12:03 PM
Sales were probably buoyant until early 1930, then the Great Depression began to bite and stock was generally much harder to shift.
If you look at production figures from Wyatt, they peak in 1929 (26447) and then fall off in 1930, 31 and 32, flat in 1933, recovering in 1934 and 35.
In the late 'twenties, you could sell anything but in the harder climate of the early 'thirties, the public had learned that a fabric saloon was a waste of money; the body had a very short life of perhaps less than 3-4 years if not garaged. Hence, they are under represented today.
If you look at production figures from Wyatt, they peak in 1929 (26447) and then fall off in 1930, 31 and 32, flat in 1933, recovering in 1934 and 35.
In the late 'twenties, you could sell anything but in the harder climate of the early 'thirties, the public had learned that a fabric saloon was a waste of money; the body had a very short life of perhaps less than 3-4 years if not garaged. Hence, they are under represented today.