Production numbers

[GEORGE MACKENZIE]

I have Eric Johnson’s 2003 Avanti. Does anyone know how many 2003s were produced? I want to have a show board prepared for car shows and it would be neat to be able to say what number this car is in the scheme of things (like one of 30). 

[ronmanfredi]

George, We have complete 2001-2002 records provided by John Hull.  2003-2004 records are sparce.  We estimate around 55 were made for the Firebird based 2003-2004 year models with a majority of them being 2003 models.  Avanti changed year models in the Fall like most car makers did in the day.  Pontiac had discontinued the Firebird at the end of 2002 with the Avanti 2003-2004 cars being built in 2003.  We have records of five 2003 models and four 2004 models at this time and hope to be able to update these records at some point in the future.

In early 2004, Avanti started working on a new body for the SN95 Mustang and we know of 2 of these cars that were made.  In 2005 they made 8 and then stopped since Ford ended production of that model.  They had to tool up again during 2005 to build the last generation car on the S197 Mustang chassis all while moving from Villa Rica, Georgia to Cancun, Mexico.

Your car has 1 twin, same color in a 2002 convertible.

[GEORGE MACKENZIE]

Thanks, Ron. After I posted this thread, I noticed the one that aardvark had posted regarding his 2002 Avanti and the two postings from John Hull. As you know, he gave the production numbers for the 2001 and 2002 Avanti‘s. I’m hoping he’ll come up with some numbers for the 2003’s as well as the other years. He indicated that if there was enough interest, he would release more information. He is an invaluable asset to the Avanti community. Thanks for letting me know that I have a twin as far as colors go. The 2003 brochure shows a fender shot with my color but with full chrome wheels. I suppose this could be my 2002 twin?