Production Numbers

[88hurstolds]

The GM Heritage Center will sometimes give you specific production figures for options offered when you submit for an information package on your vehicle. However, it has been found that this information from the Heritiage/History center was conflicting with itself so some of the numbers, more specifically t-top figures for '78 and '79, are questionable and even have been verified to be incorrect. Share any information you can here, post a source if you can to help validate your information.

1978
399,639 2dr notch back coupes (Supreme/Calais/Brougham) built [1]
-907 w/Borg Warner 5-speed and 260c.i. [1]
240,917 Cutlass Supreme [1]
117,880 Cutlass Supreme Brougham [1]
40,842 Cutlass Calais [1]
--122 or 0.3% Calais w/Borg Warner 5-speed and 260c.i. [1]
21,198 Cutlass Salon
10,471 Cutlass Salon Brougham

1979
459,047 2dr notch back coupes (Supreme/Calais/Brougham) built [1]
409 w/Borg Warner 5-speed and 260c.i. [4]
*Source not validated
277,944 Cutlass Supreme [1]
137,323 Cutlass Supreme Brougham [1]
43,780 Cutlass Calais [8]
-9412 or 21.5% of all Cutlass Calais models came with CC1 T-tops [8]
*This number CAN NOT be applied to Cutlass Calais with W30 Hurst Olds package as stated by the H/OCA [8]
--2499 w/ W30 Hurst Olds package [2]
--- The information about 1165 white/gold and 1334 black/gold is just an approximation given by Helen Early and was later discussed by the H/OCA as being inaccurate due to later discussions with Helen and the GM data system being incapable of sorting RPO codes against other RPO codes IE the number of W30 with CC1 t-tops [6]
*T-TOP PRODUCTION NUMBERS DO NOT EXIST [8]
8,399 Cutlass Salon [1]
-270 w/ Y71 442 appearance package [1]
3,617 Cutlass Salon Brougham [1]

1980
169,597 Cutlass Supreme [1]
-9,888 exported to Canada (Z49) [1]
-662 Z49 Canadian w/ dark claret metallic (79) [1]
169,597 Cutlass Supreme Brougham [1]
26,269 Cutlass Calais [1]
-886 w/ 442 W30 package [3]
--508 w/ 442 W30 package exported to Canada [1]
3,429 Cutlass Salon [1]
3,617 Cutlass Salon Brougham [1]

1981
285,835 2dr notch back coupes (Supreme/Calais/Brougham) built [1]
187,875 Cutlass Supreme [1]
98,855 Cutlass Supreme Brougham [1]
4,105 Cutlass Calais [1]

1982
166,318 2dr notch back coupes (Supreme/Calais/Brougham) built [1]
89,617 Cutlass Supreme [1]
59,592 Cutlass Supreme Brougham [1]
17,109 Cutlass Calais [1]

1983
187,631 2dr notch back coupes (Supreme/Calais/Brougham) built [1]
107,946 Cutlass Supreme [1]
60,025 Cutlass Supreme Brougham [1]
19,660 Cutlass Calais [1]
-3001 w/ W40 Hurst Olds package [2]
--201 W40 w/ Z49 Canadian Export package[1]
# sold to each state, see below [9]

1984
245,013 2dr notch back coupes (Supreme/Calais/Brougham) built [1]
132,913 Cutlass Supreme [1]
87,207 Cutlass Supreme Brougham [1]
24,893 Cutlass Calais
-3500 w/ W40 Hurst Olds package [2]
--226 W40 w/ Z49 Canadian Export package[1]
---15 Z49 Canadian w/Sunroof (NB1)[1]
# sold to each state, see attached [7]

1985
150,426 2dr notch back coupes (Supreme/Brougham/Salon) built [1]
-1,437 exported to Canada (Z49) [1]
--298 Z49 Canadian w/T Tops (CC1) [1]
--44 Z49 Canadian w/ burgandy metallic (79) [1]
74,045 Cutlass Suprme [1]
58,869 Cutlass Supreme Brougham [1]
17,512 Cutlass Salon [1]
-3000 w/W42 442 package [3]
--200 W42 w/ Z49 Canadian Export package
---29 white W42 Z49 [1]
--130 W42 Z49 CC1[1]



1986
144,537 2dr notch back coupes (Supreme/Brougham/Salon) built [1]
79,654 Cutlass Supreme [1]
55,275 Cutlass Supreme Brougham [1]
9,608 Cutlass Salon [1]
-4273 w/ W42 442 package [3]
--350 W42 w/ Z49 Canadian Export package [1]

1987
90,034 2dr notch back coupes (Supreme/Brougham/Salon) built [1]
30,100 Cutlass Supreme Brougham [1]
9,221 Cutlass Salon [1]
50,713 Cutlass Supreme [1]
-4208 w/ W42 442 package [3]
--1916 W42 w/ CC1 T-Top roof [1] - Figures are questionable given GM Heritage Center's database capability. Not possible to get quantities of a particular RPO used in conjunction with another RPO i.e. W42 with CC1
--501 W42 w/CF5 astroroof [1] - Figures are questionable given GM Heritage Center's database capability. Not possible to get quantities of a particular RPO used in conjunction with another RPO i.e. W42 with CF5
--350 W42 w/ Z49 Canadian Export package [1]
---110? W42 Z49 w/ CC1 T-top roof


1988
27,678 2dr notch back coupes (Supreme/Brougham) built [1]
15,568 Cutlass Supreme Classic [1]
12,110 Cutlass Supreme Brougham Classic [1]
Hurst Olds Aero kits 160 made, 122 sold initially in the first couple years, remaining were used as spares or sold.
Doc produced 4 1988 Hurst Olds Aero cars, #001 was his personal car, #002 went to Joe Hrudka, #003 went to Larry Simpson and #004 went to Doug and Judy Badgley. The whereabouts of #002 is unknown, it's speculated Doc sold #001 to Joe and then it was sold back to Doc shortly after due to the car never being seen since the promotional photoshoot in Arizona at Joes house.


[1] GM Heritage Center
[2] Hurst Olds Club of America
[3] Oldsmobile Club of America
[4] October 2002 issue of Hemmings Special Interest Auto Magazine *source not validated
[5] www.oldsgmail.com - see below
[6] H/OCA Numbers publication #13 by Judy Badgley
[7] H/OCA Numbers publication #7 by Judy Badgley
[8] H/OCA Numbers publication #2 by Judy Badgley
[9] GM internal document, 167 pages, Oldsmobile "1983 Hurst Olds Owners list as of 6/20/83"

[88hurstolds]

Response from the GM Archives:

We reviewed the production volumes that were retained by Helen Earley and the former Oldsmobile History Center. Unfortunately, the only year for which we have an option penetration for 442 is 1987. The document allows us to confirm that 4,208 442s were built for 1987, 501 with the CF1 option and 350 with the Z49 option. However, the figure listed for CC1 is not 1,111 but 1,916. Further breakdowns for the Canadian shipped cars are not present.

With regards to 1983-1986 cars, we have the following based on the production volumes:

1983: 3,001 W40 H/O (applied to K47) ? No further breakdown available
1984: 3,500 W40 H/O (applied to K47) ? No further breakdown available
1985: 3,000 W42 442 (applied to R47) ? No further breakdown available
1986: 4,273 W42 442 (applied to GK47) ? No further breakdown available

It is out belief (and was confirmed by Helen?s colleague Jim Walkinshaw) that Helen has access to the production volume database through folks at the plant and could call them up to ask for specific figures. In some cases, she wrote them down and in others she did not.

[88hurstolds]

1983 H/O Production information courtesy of Al Mantei

The following facts have been pulled from the internal, 167 page, Oldsmobile "1983 Hurst Olds Owners list as of 6/20/83" that a friend came up with back in 1983. This list consists of the sequential production number (based on VIN), VIN, Production date, Dealer Number (I don't have dealer names), Owners name, address, city, state and zip (as of that date). I have taken the report and keyed it into a database. The following stats were pulled from that report. If you can think of any additional interesting ways to slice and dice that info, let me know...
All 1983 H/O's were manufactured in the Olsmobile Lansing plant and shipped to the Cars & Concepts facility in Brighton, Michigan for final conversion. All VINs were of the format 1G3AK479XDM000000. The last 6 digits were unique to each vehicle and the "X" shown is a check-digit (0-9 or X). The '9' shown as the eight digit is the significant digit as it denotes the 180 h.p. Olds V8 engine, available only in the H/O.
3,001 production cars were built.
The first car was produced on 9/9/1982 and the last 29 were built on 3/17/1983.
The cars were produced on 85 different days and maxed out at 68 cars built on 3/14/1983. I presume that the production date is when it left as there are a few variations in date sequence vs. VIN sequence.
201 cars were built for sale in Canada. Did you know that these cars have metric primary speedometers? They also had temp listed in degrees Celcius and oil pressure in kilopascals.
6 cars were built for Export.
25 cars were built for Olds Division (including car numbers 2, 3, 4, and 6).
By (Owner) State info:
Excluding 269 cars that were not sold yet, 70 that were marked as "Dealer Owned Demo" (there is no state listed for those), 32 marked as "Used Company Car", and 1 marked as "Dealer Owned Drivers Ed" (how would you have liked to learn how to drive in one of these!), the most cars went to owners in Michigan (244, and this doesn't including any Olds Division cars) and Texas (228), while only 2 went to Washington D.C. and 3 to Utah (4 went to Hawaii and 9 to Alaska!).
Dealer info:
On this report, there is a single dealer number listed for all cars going to Canada. Excluding that id, the most cars were sold through dealer numbers 7876 (31) and 7018 (24), both in Michigan. I have a feeling that these may be have been GM employee sales of some sort (most of these were also early cars). Next up was dealer 22259 in Texas with 15 cars. There were a total of 1671 different dealer numbers and 837 of them got only one car.
Interesting owner info:
Would you believe that car #1722 went to an owner who lived on Hurstview Drive in Hurst, Texas!
If you have an '83 H/O and don't know what the sequence number is, drop me a line ([email protected]) with your VIN and I'll look it up for you and pass along any other relevant facts I can come up with. I'm going to add any notes, like current owner, to the database as any info comes in...

[88hurstolds]

1984 H/O Production Schedule
Recently acquired some rare original documentation dated from 10-12-83 from Oldsmobile regarding the production and schematics showing what GM did and what was Cars and Concepts responsibility for '84 H/O's.
Here are the Lansing plant's production schedule for '84 H/O's:
Week of 11/4, 4 lead units built
Week of 11/21, 78 (26 per day for 3 days)
11/28, 210 (35 per day for 6 days)
12-05, 210 (35 per day for 6 days)
12/12, 175 (35 per day for 5 days)
12/19, 175 (35 per day for 5 days)
December total 848
January 1200 (50 per day for 24 days)
February 1200 (50 per day for 24 days)
March 252 (50/day - build out at Olds 3/7 -- C&C about 3/10)
Total 3500

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Over it's many years of production the Oldsmobile G body was available in many different body styles. Including 2dr coupe, 4dr sedan, 4dr station wagon and the earlier A body even included fastback versions of the 2dr coupe and 4dr sedan.

1978 (A body)
VIN	Model	Series	Body Style	Production
3G09	AG09	Cutlass Salon	4 Dr Fastback Sedan	29,509
3G87	AG87	Cutlass Salon	2 Dr Fastback Coupe	21,198
3H35	AH35	Cutlass Vista Cruiser	4 Dr Station Wagon	44,617
3J09	AJ09	Cutlass Salon Brougham	4 Dr Fastback Sedan	21,902
3J87	AJ87	Cutlass Salon Brougham	2 Dr Fastback Coupe	10,741
3K47	AK47	Cutlass Calais	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	40,842
3M47	AM47	Cutlass Supreme Brougham	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	117,880
3R47	AR47	Cutlass Supreme	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	240,917

1979 (A body)
VIN	Model	Series	Body Style	Production
3G09	AG09	Cutlass Salon	4 Dr Fastback Sedan	20,266
3G35	AG35	Cutlass Vista Cruiser	4 Dr Station Wagon	10,755
3G87	AG87	Cutlass Salon	2 Dr Fastback Coupe	8,399
3H35	AH35	Cutlass Brougham Cruiser	4 Dr Station Wagon	42,953
3J09	AJ09	Cutlass Salon Brougham	4 Dr Fastback Sedan	18,714
3J87	AJ87	Cutlass Salon Brougham	2 Dr Fastback Coupe	3,617
3K47	AK47	Cutlass Calais	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	43,780 1
3M47	AM47	Cutlass Supreme Brougham	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	137,323
3R47	AR47	Cutlass Supreme	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	277,944
1 2,499 of which were Hurst/Olds

1980 (A body)
VIN	Model	Series	Body Style	Production
3G35	AG35	Cutlass Cruiser	4 Dr Station Wagon	7,815
3G69	AG69	Cutlass	4 Dr Notchback Sedan	36,923
3G87	AG87	Cutlass Salon	2 Dr Fastback Coupe	3,429
3H35	AH35	Cutlass Cruiser Brougham	4 Dr Station Wagon	22,791
3J87	AJ87	Cutlass Salon Brougham	2 Dr Fastback Coupe	965
3K47	AK47	Cutlass Calais	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	26,269 1
3M47	AM47	Cutlass Supreme Brougham	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	77,875
3M69	AM69	Cutlass Supreme Brougham	4 Dr Notchback Sedan	52,462
3R47	AR47	Cutlass Supreme	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	169,597
3R69	AR69	Cutlass Supreme	4 Dr Notchback Sedan	86,868
1 886 Calais were equipped with the W30 (442) option package

1981 (A body)
VIN	Model	Series	Body Style	Production
1G3AG35	AG35	Cutlass Cruiser	4 Dr Station Wagon	31,926 1
1G3AG69	AG69	Cutlass	4 Dr Notchback Sedan	25,580
1G3AH35	AH35	Cutlass Cruiser Brougham	4 Dr Station Wagon	1
1G3AK47	AK47	Cutlass Calais	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	4,105
1G3AM47	AM47	Cutlass Supreme Brougham	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	93,855
1G3AM69	AM69	Cutlass Supreme Brougham	4 Dr Notchback Sedan	53,952
1G3AR47	AR47	Cutlass Supreme	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	187,875
1G3AR69	AR69	Cutlass Supreme	4 Dr Notchback Sedan	84,272
1 AH35 Production included in AG35 Production total

1982
VIN	Model	Series	Body Style	Production
1G3AH35	GH35	Cutlass Cruiser	4 Dr Station Wagon	20,363
1G3AR47	GR47	Cutlass Supreme	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	89,617
1G3AK47	GR47 w/Y78	Cutlass Calais	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	17,109
1G3AR69	GR69	Cutlass Supreme	4 Dr Notchback Sedan	60,053
1G3AM47	GM47	Cutlass Supreme Brougham	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	59,592
1G3AM69	GM69	Cutlass Supreme Brougham	4 Dr Notchback Sedan	34,717

1983
VIN	Model	Series	Body Style	Production
1G3AH35	GH35	Cutlass Cruiser	4 Dr Station Wagon	22,037
1G3AR47	GR47	Cutlass Supreme	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	107,946
1G3AK47	GR47 w/Y78	Cutlass Calais	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	19,660 1
1G3AR69	GR69	Cutlass Supreme	4 Dr Notchback Sedan	56,347
1G3AM47	GM47	Cutlass Supreme Brougham	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	60,025
1G3AM69	GM69	Cutlass Supreme Brougham	4 Dr Notchback Sedan	28,451
1 Includes 3001 modified to Hurst/Olds specification

1984
VIN	Model	Series	Body Style	Production
1G3AR47	GR47	Cutlass Supreme	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	132,913
1G3AK47	GR47 w/Y78	Cutlass Calais	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	24,893 1
1G3AR69	GR69	Cutlass Supreme	4 Dr Notchback Sedan	62,136
1G3AM47	GM47	Cutlass Supreme Brougham	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	87,207
1G3AM69	GM69	Cutlass Supreme Brougham	4 Dr Notchback Sedan	37,406
1 Includes 3500 modified to Hurst/Olds specification

1985
VIN	Model	Series	Body Style	Production
1G3GR47	GR47	Cutlass Supreme	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	74,045
1G3GK47	GR47 w/Y78	Cutlass Salon	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	17,512 1
1G3GR69	GR69	Cutlass Supreme	4 Dr Notchback Sedan	43,085
1G3GM47	GM47	Cutlass Supreme Brougham	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	58,869
1G3GM69	GM69	Cutlass Supreme Brougham	4 Dr Notchback Sedan	28,741
1 3000 Cutlass Salon were equipped with the W42 (442) option package

1986
VIN	Model	Series	Body Style	Production
1G3GR47	GR47	Cutlass Supreme	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	79,654
1G3GK47	GR47 w/Y78	Cutlass Salon	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	9,608 1
1G3GR69	GR69	Cutlass Supreme	4 Dr Notchback Sedan	41,973
1G3GM47	GM47	Cutlass Supreme Brougham	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	55,275
1G3GM69	GM69	Cutlass Supreme Brougham	4 Dr Notchback Sedan	24,646
1 4273 Cutlass Salon were equipped with the W42 (442) option package

1987
VIN	Model	Series	Body Style	Production
1G3GR1	GR47	Cutlass Supreme	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	50,713 1
1G3GK1	GR47 w/Y78	Cutlass Salon	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	9,221
1G3GR5	GR69	Cutlass Supreme	4 Dr Notchback Sedan	21,581
1G3GM1	GM47	Cutlass Supreme Brougham	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	30,100
1G3GM5	GM69	Cutlass Supreme Brougham	4 Dr Notchback Sedan	13,551
1 4208 Cutlass Supreme were equipped with the W42 (442) option package

1988
VIN	Model	Series	Body Style	Production
1G3GR1	GR47	Cutlass Supreme Classic	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	15,568
1G3GM1	GM47	Cutlass Supreme Brougham Classic	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	12,110

Total Production
Body	Production		Model	Style	Production
A Body	2,057,916		09	4 Dr Fastback Sedan	90,391
G Body	1,506,724		35	4 Dr Station Wagon	203,257
			47	2 Dr Notchback Coupe	2,429,899
Total Production	3,564,640		69	4 Dr Notchback Sedan	792,744
			87	2 Dr Fastback Coupe	48,349

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Experian data for registered vehicles still on the road:
2011:
1981 Regal Base 1,026
Limited 615
Regal Limited 538
Regal Sport 3
Sport 33
Total 2,215
Total 2,215

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2011 Experian data for registered vehicles still on the road:
1988 Grand Prix Base 1,038
LE 926
SE 694
Total 2,658
Total 2,658
1987 Grand Prix Base 627
Brougham 194
LE 624
Total 1,445
Total 1,445
1986 Grand Prix Base 1,337
Brougham 366
LE 895
Total 2,598
Total 2,598
1985 Grand Prix Base 933
Brougham 454
LE 1,066
Total 2,453
Total 2,453
1984 Grand Prix Base 842
Brougham 332
LE 1,018
Total 2,192
Total 2,192
1983 Grand Prix Base 615
Brougham 237
LJ 786
Total 1,638
Total 1,638
1982 Grand Prix Base 261
Brougham 88
LJ 261
Total 610
Total 610
1981 Grand Prix Base 365
Brougham 181
LJ 320
Total 866
Total 866
Total 14,460

[88hurstolds]

88,452 Cutlass Supremes registered as of 2012

[hrspwrranch]

Any way to find production numbers by color for 1986? I have Charcoal Grey? Was wondering how many were made?

[88hurstolds]

Any way to find production numbers by color for 1986? I have Charcoal Grey? Was wondering how many were made?

That information doesnt exist and never will.