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Model 7 update.



Data, for early Model 7's (1936 - 1939) is extremly thin on the
ground, and it has been known for some time that few survive.

I think the main reason for this is simply down to the fact that
not many were actually built in the first place.

I think the reason for this is probably:

The Model 7 was significantly more complex and time consuming
to make than previous models, and I suspect ACWEECO were
not quite ready to undertake the task in Hand and quality suffered, holding back expansion.

I suspect also, the spectre of WWII around the corner meant
resources were being used quietly elsewhere. Research on the
Model 40 and it's variants being probably the main one.



Based on the Data we do have, it looks like the Model 7 could not have
been released before September 1936 at the earliest.


Production seems to have never risen above 100 Units / Month.
Significantly lower than I was expecting.
This production Rate seems to have continued up to and including 1940.

Production then increases slowly in 1941 to around 150 Units/Month.

Full flat out production doesn't seem to have started until 1944 when
around 500 Units / Month were being made.

Production was strong thoughout the 50's but a very definate slowing
down appears to have started around 1964.



Ian