How many 1961-1971 W300s out there?


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Posted by Dave on Friday, September 23, 2005 at 8:47PM :

Seeing the picture of John Henry's sweet W300 in this forum got me thinking again about how many Sweptline era (1961-1971) W300s are still in existence. I have a 1967 W300, 318 engine, 10,000 GVW, 5.87 gears. Truck originally belonged to the Navy SeaBees (still has the SeaBees markings, though faded). Hope to restore it someday.

I live in Massachussetts, and all I've ever seen up this way is a handfull of 68-71 W300s at various truck shows. Saw a 1966 once, but it was actually a D300 converted to 4-wheel-drive. I've always been curious as to how many are still out there, because there were not many built, and most were worked to the ground.

I'm curious to know what's out there. I was thinking maybe people could post an answer to this message if they own (or know of) any 61-71 W300s out there. Maybe list the year, condition and a little history. Or maybe some of you can provide some info about how many they have seen or know about (from visiting this forum, for example, it seems like Aaron A. Arnold is the W300 guru. Maybe Aaron could provide some info).

Listed below are the production figures I got from a book called "Illustrated Buyer's Guide, Classic 4x4s". Don't know how accurate these figures are, but if they are correct, not many W300s were built. For example, I look at my year (1967) and only 742 were built. I look at that like an average of 15 per state, which sure isn't many. Also, I don't know how many were bought by the military. So my thinking is there sure can't be too many 67's (or other years) around.


1961 215 6-cyl, 173 8-cyl, total = 388
1962 198 6-cyl, 258 8-cyl, total = 456
1963 269 6-cyl, 287 8-cyl, total = 556
1964 245 6-cyl, 272 8-cyl, total = 517
1965 201 6-cyl, 272 8-cyl, total = 473
1966 200 6-cyl, 536 8-cyl, total = 736
1967 214 6-cyl, 528 8-cyl, total = 742
1968 175 6-cyl, 693 8-cyl, total = 868
1969 749 6-cyl, 901 8-cyl, total = 1650
1970 1053 total
1971 783 total






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