production numbers for Vincent 1946 thru 1955

[Bill Thomas]

I think the engine I had off Ted, Must have been a Grey Flash !! She did 99.8 mph at the end of a flying 1/4 mile, In road trim with me!! on it. Lots Of Fun, Bill.

 

[A-BCD]

Maybe the Works supplied 96 'engine only' for specials and e.g. Cooper cars ??

 

[b'knighted]

Poor Ted gets some stick. I only met him a couple of times and quite liked him, mind you, I never bought a "Lightning" off him.

H

I met him a few times and quite liked him. He sold me my first Vincent and I got 17 miles from Letchworth before it broke down. All good entertainment and education. I was, however, surprised to learn, thirty years on that someone else had a Comet engine with the same number and that the crankcase matching numbers on both made it likely that the other one had not been restamped.

 

[vibrac]

And since we were only dealing in near scrap back then (I actually once took a F106 of a belt leading to a furnace skip) I dont suppose he thought twice about it.
That summer house in his garden could have told some tales....

 

[b'knighted]

Near scrap? I didn’t know that you’d seen my Comet.
If it was of negligible value why bother to restamp it?
I didn’t know enough to check for matching numbers and, then as now, just wanted a bike to ride.

 

[deejay499]

Seems a shame to me that all this is on a public site when there is a club site available. Perhaps I am just a born worrier.

 

[vibrac]

Seems a shame to me that all this is on a public site when there is a club site available. Perhaps I am just a born worrier.

Dont worry the elders and the wise ones will move it if it worries them

 

[sidmadrid]

I have had to bite my tongue a few times as posters slagged of Ted's name. It was always a pleasure to meet him and do business with him. Nice to see I am not alone.

 

[bmetcalf]

The data has been on thevincent.com for quite a while.

 

[craig]

1946 3-19 = 16 Vincents
1947 20-400 =380 Vincents
1948 401-1400 = 999 Vincents
1949 1401- 4980 = 3579 Vincents
1950 4981-5730 = 749 Vincents
1951 5731-8250 = 2519 Vincents
1952 8251-9570 = 1319 Vincents
1953 9571-10,000 = 429 Vincents
1954 10,001- 10,300 = 299 Vincents
1955 10,301- 10,587 = 286 C Vincents
1955 10588 -11,134 = 546 D Vincents

11,121 Vincents total from this listing of engine numbers

Maybe my resources are wrong, but something doesnt seem right about the 1949/1950 production listings for engine numbers.

It just seems like there are a couple thousand Vincents missing from 1950 production reporting, and waaaaaayyyy too many Vincents reported for 1949. Can someone find the actual data that is correct?