Humans want finite answers to questions even when none exist.
Unless and until factory records surface, it is impossible to know an accurate answer to the question. Any projection of numbers based on non relevant production information of other makes, models, years, or body styles is nothing but a guess (...) This is also a car built for Canada meaning any production numbers that are used MUST include Canada and export cars (...) The production figures posed do not appear to include cars built for Canada or Export.
We have been there before...
--> the 3% figure that I suggested is indeed only a guess (that is why I used the word "guesstimate"). The fact that Tobias' car was built for Canada is, furthermore, why I prefaced the information that I provided by making clear that
@kmccabe56 figures for the 1970 Polara 'verts were for US-built cars.
So far, we agree.
This said, to imply that the Polara information I provided is "non relevant" is, IMHO, not helpful. 25/695 US-market Polara 'verts is 3.6% of that total. Chrysler
sold 2.2% of all models with FQ5 in 1971. I am not a betting man, but I would wager quite a bit that the percentage of teal 1970 Chrysler models is highly correlated with that of turquoise 1970 Polaras and 1971 Chryslers. If I had to venture a range, I'd say 2-4%.
It's impossible to know exterior and interior combinations. The factory didn't track that information.
@Tobias74 was asking about FP6 (not the paint/interior/top combo), so that statement is a red herring. To be clear, is is also my understanding that the factory indeed did not keep track of combinations -- but it DID track info on paint
or interior percentages. For example:
1. the information from @kmccabe on the Polara-Monaco Yahoo Board came from original Chrysler Corp documents that, AFAIK, he keeps in his "vault" of filing cabinets.
2. the fact that Coral turquoise metallic (FQ5, which replaced FP6 for Chrysler in 1971) was installed on 2.2% of Chryslers in 1971 is also an official fact:
It's OK to say...... "We don't know and probably never will."
The information is available, from the factory, for 1970 Polara convertibles and for all 1971 Chryslers. Even though we
might never find out the same info for 1970 Chryslers, saying that "we
probably never will" (emphasis added) seems overly pessimistic. If I had to guess, Mr. McCabe has it in one of his files. But then again, I am an optimist
