How Many Duttons...

[Adrian Southgate]

One of our new members wrote to me and gave me some figures quoted from a book he got for Christmas. The numbers seem about right though.

The “A-Z of Kit Cars, the definitive encyclopaedia of the UK’s kit-car industry since 1949” by Steve Hole. Devotes 3 pages to Duttons and he includes his estimates of the number of cars produced, as follows:

Dutton B-type (1971-74) Approx 250

Dutton B-Plus/B-Plus 32 (1973-81, 1986-89) Approx 260

Dutton Beneto (1989-94) Approx 12

Dutton Cantera (1976-77) Approx 6

Dutton Legerra (1984-94) Approx 120

Dutton Melos (1982-94) Approx 1,500

Dutton Malaga (1974-77) Approx 200

Dutton P1 (1970-71) 9 made

Dutton Phaeton (1978-89) Approx 3,000

Dutton Rico (1984-89) Approx 25

Dutton Rico Shuttle (1986-89) Approx 50

Dutton Sierra (1980-94) Approx 3,000

Dutton Sierra Drophead (1984-87) Approx 50

Dutton Sierra Pickup (1983-89) Approx 5

Dutton DSL Spyder (1978-81) Approx 6

 

It also lists:

Eagle P21 (1989-97) Approx 40 (formerly Dutton Phaeton)

Eagle P25 (1989-97) Approx 35 (based on Dutton Phaeton)

I'm not too sure what the DSL Spyder refers too, anyone got any ideas?

[Adrian Southgate]

There are too many variations... i'd run out of 'easy' colours.

Might try to colour code the colour boxes though...

Just kidding, honest.

[Adrian Southgate]

Probably, might not even give them a torch, more like a candle on a saucer...

[Adrian Southgate]

NO... they can get their own ****** candles.

Most of my candles are black anyway :-)

[Adrian Southgate]

I went through the first 100 cars on the old vehicle database and the new one is looking awfully empty, lots of blanks to fill in.

P series I have details on three cars and I know Andy Griffiths owns at least two of those. 

Its going to take a while as I am doing an experian free check and a mycarcheck free check on each registration to see what turns up. Already found a B+ thats actually a BSA motorcycle... Mind you thats nothing compared to Dave Price's Phaeton which was registered as a ford capri, body type tanker... until we fixed it.

[Adrian Southgate]

Next time you go up Steve see if you can get me some numbers to play with pwetty pwease?

I have details on lots of the more recent cars but those old ones are rocking horse poo, very barren over the first 250 cars.

[Big Vern]

I can't say too much Daryl or I'll get voulenteered for the job and I don't have the time.