Research - Assembly Plants

Assembly Plant Production Figures

Compiled by Steve Pargeter, Nashua, NH 03063-2719

Note: There is some question whether the following information is complete. The author and several other Model A historians are researching further. For example, there is some evidence that the Long Beach plant DID produce some cars in 1931.

Domestic Plants (36)

	Assembly Plant	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	Totals	Percent
1	Atlanta, GA	0	11,034	23,195	16,830	10,538	0	61,597	1.86%
2	Buffalo, NY	0	15,313	39,103	35,380	18,607	0	108,403	3.27%
3	Charlotte, NC	0	13,905	35,634	21,439	13,059	0	84,037	2.53%
4	Chester, PA	0	24,801	72,375	64,689	25,742	0	187,607	5.65%
5	Chicago, IL	0	34,291	79,641	60,092	27,474	0	201,498	6.07%
6	Cincinnati, OH	0	10,164	30,194	23,619	11,183	0	75,160	2.26%
7	Cleveland, OH	0	4,696	34,338	29127	13,800	0	81,961	2.47%
8	Columbus, OH	0	8,647	31,533	20897	9,184	0	70,261	2.12%
9	Dallas. TX	0	18,882	48,546	20,849	9,661	0	97,938	2.95%
10	Denver, CO	0	7,172	23,685	20,015	9,610	0	60,482	1.82%
11	Des Moines, IA	0	10,223	30,339	21,425	8,271	0	70,258	2.12%
12	Edgewater, NJ	0	0	0	91,883	51,443	0	143,326	4.32%
13	Houston, TX	0	13,542	32,182	22,144	0	0	67,868	2.05%
14	Indianapolis, IN	0	11,330	32,744	21,148	0	0	65,222	1.97%
15	Jacksonville, FL	0	12,885	20,507	16,694	0	0	50,086	1.51%
16	Kansas City, KS	0	35,948	71,573	37,389	0	0	144,910	4.37%
17	Kearny, NJ	188	58,782	89,973	0	0	0	148,943	4.49%
18	Long Beach, Calif	0	0	0	47,399	0	0	47,399	1.43%
19	Los Angeles, CA	0	14,551	51,829	0	0	0	66,380	2.00%
20	Louisville, KY	0	25,973	45,646	23,126	0	0	94,745	2.86%
21	Memphis, TN	0	19,797	44,858	22,701	0	0	87,356	2.63%
22	Milwaukee, WI	0	10,993	29,701	22,672	0	0	63,366	1.91%
23	New Orleans, LA	0	11,589	26,213	15,604	0	0	53,406	1.61%
24	Norfolk, VA	0	24,222	49,307	43,532	0	0	117,061	3.53%
25	Oklahoma City, OK	0	16,743	40,584	22,376	0	0	79,703	2.40%
26	Omaha, NE	0	12,065	35,211	23,530	0	0	70,806	2.13%
27	Philadelphia, PA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
28	Pittsburgh, PA	0	11,011	34,256	22,981	0	0	68,248	2.06%
29	Portland, OR	0	2,508	15,907	10,077	0	0	28,492	0.86%
30	Richmond, VA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
31	Rouge, MI	3,998	71,841	127,367	83,213	0	45	286,464	8.63%
32	Saint Louis, MO	0	22,176	36,745	28,748	0	0	87,669	2.64%
33	San Francisco, CA	0	15,132	40,630	33,719	0	0	89,481	2.70%
34	Seattle, WA	0	9,348	22,406	15,233	0	0	46,987	1.42%
35	Somerville, MA	0	21,225	56,272	60,033	0	0	137,530	4.14%
36	Twin City, MN	0	26,875	70,211	76,826	0	0	173,912	5.24%
	Totals	4,186	607,664	1,422,705	860,831	208,572	45	3,318,562	100.00%

Overseas Assembly Plants (17)

	Assembly Plant	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	Totals	Percent
1	Antwerp, Belgium	0	2,776	6,800	7,999	5,867	0	23,442	5.77%
2	Asnieres, France	0	867	5,873	6,268	5,544	0	18,552	4.57%
3	Barcelona, Spain	0	2,282	6,366	5,004	1,571	0	15,223	3.75%
4	Berlin, Germany	0	1,715	5,526	7,716	0	0	14,957	3.68%
5	Buenos Aires, Argentina	0	2,884	19,866	16,202	6,731	0	45,683	11.25%
6	Cologne, Germany	0	0	0	0	2,633	0	2,633	0.65%
7	Copenhagen, Denmark	0	3,482	10,128	11,662	7,761	0	33,033	8.13%
8	Dagenham, England	0	0	0	0	4,909	0	4,909	1.21%
9	Istanbul, Turkey	0	0	0	1,891	743	0	2,634	0.65%
10	Manchester, England	0	3,419	8,608	8,528	0	0	20,555	5.06%
11	Mexico City, Mexico	0	812	2,657	2,705	897	0	7,071	1.74%
12	Rio De Janeiro, Brazil	0	0	1,614	688	0	0	2,302	0.57%
13	Rotterdam, Holland	0	0	0	0	49	0	49	0.01%
14	Santiago, Chile	0	0	2,161	1,924	656	0	4,741	1.17%
15	Sao Paulo, Brazil	0	1,186	8,307	2,647	1,841	0	13,981	3.44%
16	Walkerville, Canada	0	49,169	57,052	52,630	22,079	1,482	182,412	44.91%
17	Yokohama, Japan	0	1,033	3,802	4,325	4,848	0	14,008	3.45%
	Totals	0	69,625	138,760	130,189	66,129	1,482	406,185	100.00%