Estimated Number of Napoleonic Coaches and Model Cars Submitted by Year to the FBCG Competition (1930 – 1968)
YEAR COUNTS
1930-31 600
1931-32 427
1932-33 547
1933-34 513
1934-35 515
1935-36 187
1936-37 686 (includes small percentage of 1/12 model “Dream Cars” in 1937 only)
Sub-Total coaches 3,475
—WWII Interruption—-
1945-46 611 (includes a small percentage of Napoleonic Coaches in 1946)
1946-47 763 (includes a small percentage o Napoleonic Coaches in 1947)
1947-48 842
1948-49 999
1949-50 926
1950-51 753
1951-52 703
1952-53 634
1953-54 933
1954-55 879
1955-56 1222
1956-57 1819
1957-58 1512
1958-59 1059
1959-60 1017
1960-61 957
1961-62 1058
1962-63 1174
1963-64 1157
1964-65 1136
1965-66 (1,000) avg. model cars 1945 to 1968 estimated as Veryzer data was blank.
1966-67 (1,000) avg. model cars 1945 to 1968 estimated as Veryzer data was blank.
1967-68 (1,000) avg. model cars 1945 to 1968 estimated as Veryzer data was blank.
Sub-total model cars 23,154
Total model entries 26,629
DATA SOURCE: This data was recently discovered by the Gilmore Car Museum and apparently belonged to or compiled by a GM Designer named Robert W. Veryzer, GM Styling Staff. He was a 1955 Guild Judge. The average number of model car entries based on the above data was 1,007 (1945 to 1965) with a maximum of 1,819. This is consistent with previously published data by Robert W. Veryzer, GM Styling, February 1964. He apparently kept records of the number of Guild model entries. The set of data he had was published February 1964 and indicated 1,100 (avg.) model entries, with a maximum of 1,800, and most likely reflects the same data set as above. See the graph on page 103, Guild Book 2005, Estimated Number of Model Car Entries for Selected Years (1954 to 1968). See reference below. The graph shows a horizonal line at 1,100 and a note “…1,100 average (1,,800 max.) viable models actually scored and Judged by GM (Estimated by Robert W. Veryzer of GM Styling, February 1964.]”
Reference: “The Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild : An Illustrated History,” page 103, by John L. Jacobus of Silver Spring, MD, Copyright 2005 by McFarland and Co. Inc., Publishers.