Re: Milano/75 production numbers

["John Hertzman" <johnhertzman@domain.elided>]

Joe Elliott asks for clarification on the number of 3.0 75/Milanos built.

 A couple of things make it hard to draw a reasonable inference. D'Amico &
Tabucchi, which is the only source I have, does say (in the end-of-book
summary listing of "Cars Produced") that there were 9,526 V6 75s (all types,
2.5 and 3.0, Euro and Milano) built 1986-1991. They also identify, in the main
body, four V6 types, one or two of which include the Milano Verdes; the four
types are the Alfa 75 2.5 V6 Quadrifoglio Verde tipo 162B3, from 1996; the
Alfa 75 3.0i V6 America tipo 162B6, from 1987; the Alfa 75 3.0i V6 America
tipo 162BA, from 1988; and the 75 3.0i V6 Europa tipo 162B6B, from 1989. (Note
the word "Alfa" was dropped from the model name in 1989, as it had been for
the 33 from 1988.)

 For extrapolation of type production numbers from chassis numbers, each type
(1.6, 1.8, 2.0, etc) had its own serial number groups until some point in 1988
when all 75s started sharing numbers common to all models rather than specific
to various types. (Thank you, Fiat.) Thus from the serial numbers one should
be able to tell how many 2.5s were built in 1986 and 1987 and how many 3.0s
were built in 1987 and that at least certain numbers of each were built in
1988, but one cannot tell how many of a particular type were built 1988
through 1991.

 The serial numbers that they give for 3.0 Milanos for 1987 and much, but not
necessarily all, of 1988 cover 885 cars. (The 883 number resulted from
incorrectly subtracting beginning numbers from ending numbers: 1 to 10 is 10,
not 9. Sorry.).

 A 'small' problem is that the numbers of cars of the various types built,
according to the serial number ranges they give, exceed the total number of
cars built that they give. That problem may be compounded by typos or other
errors in their listings, transcribing errors on my part, adding or
subtracting errors on my part, or who knows what. Note that in earlier cases
not all serial numbers in a range were necessarily built, and this may apply
here. Meanwhile it is late, tomorrow is another day, if you want better
answers please find a copy of d'Amico & Tabucchi and have at it.

 Chassis numbers, omitting the type prefixes (ZAR162B6, etc) are:

 2.5 Euro

1986   00001011 to 00003113 =   2103 cars

1987   00003114 to 00003142 =     29 cars

 2.5 Euro Cat

1987   00020601 to 00020800 =    200 cars

 3.0 Euro

1987   00001011 to 00002000 =    990 cars

1988   00002001 to 00002850 =    850 cars

 3.0 Euro Cat

1987   00040011 to 00041100 =   1090 cars

1988   00041101 to 00042100 =   1000 cars

 2.5 Milano

1986   00050011 to 00053111 =   3101 cars

1986   02225011 to 02225013 =      3 cars

1987   00053113 to 00053300 =    188 cars

1987   02250511 to 02250899 =    389 cars

1987   02225015 to 02225028 =     14 cars

1987   00055001 to 00055040 =     40 cars

1988   02250900 to 02251350 =    451 cars

1988   02225029 to 02225300 =    272 cars

1988   00055041 to 00055120 =     80 cars

 3.0 Milano

1987   00051011 to 00051550 =    540 cars

1988   00051556 to 00051900 =    345 cars

 Subtotals:

Euro 2.5     2332

Euro 3.0     3930

Milano 2.5   4538

Milano 3.0    885

 11,685 total 1986 to not all of 1988 rather than the 9,526 1986-1991 given in
the "Cars Produced" section.

 Enjoy the game,

 John

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