Production

FarmOrpad / Crofton production

woodsmownmachine 1/19/01

I read that only 250 Crofton Bugs were built. Is that true? also How many FarmOroads were built? Does anyone have an estimate of how many still exist?

Jim_Bollman 2/4/01

I came across a statistical method for making estimates of production based on existing serial numbers. I have used this on some models that I knew the production numbers on and found it to be fairly good, usually underestimating slightly if you don't have enough serial numbers. I ran the known serial numbers for FarmOroads as of 1998 through the equation and came up with 578 with 77 serial numbers. So I would guess under 600 is a fair guess. While we are at it I ran Crofton numbers through the same formula in 1993 and got 192 with only 23 serial number. So the 250 estimate in your note is probably close. I should get the latest numbers from the registries and recalculate these numbers.

Note: As of 6/2026 there is about 150 FORs in the registry, around 10 do not have verfied serial numbers but are believed to be unique. 1 or 2 new serial numbers get reported most years.

Pick up Production

Crosley_AZ

Looking for pickup production. I know I have read the vehicle production numbers some where. I cannot find them. Can any body point me in the correct direction?

Jim_Bollman 10/9/00

Pickup Production
1946 - 8
1947 - 3182
1948 - 2836
1949 - 287
1950 - 405
1951 - 783
1952 - 391

These may be calendar year or model not sure. I believe they were from Wards Yearbook or some such.

Note here is a link for a complete list of production numbers that we have compiled.