Engine, automobile
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- OBJECT TYPE
- GASOLINE/8 CYL/STRAIGHT
- DATE
- 1938
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0685.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Buick Motor Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 818 8766
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 153.0 cm
- Width
- 58.0 cm
- Height
- 80.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Automotive engineering
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Buick
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Michigan
- City
- Detroit
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1938 TO PRESENT
- Canada
-
STARTING IN 1908, BUICK CARS WERE CONSTRUCTED IN CANADA BY THE McLAUGHLIN MOTOR CAR COMPANY IN OSHAWA, ONTARIO. EVENTUALLY, IN 1918, THE FIRM WILL BECOME GENERAL MOTORS OF CANADA. WHEN MCLAUGHLIN SIGNED THE DEAL WITH DURANT IN 1908, BUICK WAS THEN THE NO.1 PRODUCER OF AUTOMOBILES IN U.S. - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- NO
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Buick Motor Co., Engine, automobile, 1938, Artifact no. 1979.0685, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1979.0685.001/
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