[singleminded]

As far as I understand all the factory records were destroyed or disappeared during the AMC takeover.

john

[Thomas]

Sorry, I have no idea.

[billhaworth@aol.com]

I see that that tells us how many bikes are known to MSCR but I don't see the data on how many were actually manufactured
What am I missing?

[Thomas]

You should see it here: https://marston-sunbeam.org/model-year-matrix/

[billhaworth@aol.com]

i dont see it

[Thomas]

I think I remeber seeing number manufactured by model and year somewhere,...

That's in the very same table... 

[billhaworth@aol.com]

1892 machines in the registe ris agood start!
I think I remeber seeing number manufactured by model and year somewhere, so if I could find that again I'd have the other part of the answer!

[Thomas]

Well, you can consult the club homepage and see 1892 machines in the register. For the rest you can take it as the beloved Donald Rumsfeld:

...there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know. 

[billhaworth@aol.com]

I am sure this question must have been answered before, but I haven't found it!
My grandson asked me today how many Sunbeams survive, so of all made, what proportion is still around and together (his question propmted by the fact that I am midway rebuilding a Model 9A from several boxes of (not always related) parts
I am interested to hear!