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- OBJECT TYPE
- 2dr/coupe/convertible/gas
- DATE
- 1936
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2000.0087.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Motors of Canada
- MODEL
- La Salle/36-50/5067
- LOCATION
- Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 650670045
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL BODY & PARTS/ GLASS WINDOWS, MIRRORS, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ RUBBER TIRES, RUNNING BOARD COVERS/ FABRIC (CANVAS?) ROOF, ROOF INTERIOR, BACK COVER/ LEATHER? SEATS & INTERIOR DOOR PANELS/ CARPET OF UNBKNOWN FIBRE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 467.0 cm
- Width
- 167.0 cm
- Height
- 183.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- 1700.0
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Automotive vehicles
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Motors
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Oshawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1936+
- Canada
-
Purchased by vendor at auction circa 1996 in western Canada. One of only several hundred Lasalles built annually in Oshawa between 1927 & 1936, last year of Canadian production. Last year of American production was 1940. - Function
-
Owner driven passenger vehicle for general transportation. - Technical
-
Lasalle was introduced in the US in 1927 as a low end of the Cadillac line and part of new niche marketing approach by GM which included planned obsolescence. It was the first production automobile to be designed by stylist rather than engineer or mechanic. The stylist was Harley Earl, who launched an Art and Color studio for GM. The Technical advantages included partial synchromesh transmission and safety glass. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RAISED METAL LETTERING ON EACH SIDE OF HOOD READS "LA SALLE"/ RED & SILVER LOGO ON FRONT GRILLE READS "LAS"; SAME LOGO IN SILVER & BLACK ON STEERING WHEEL/ INCISED LETTERING ON HUBCAPS READS "La Salle [SCRIPT]"
- Missing
- UNKNOWN
- Finish
- MEDIUM TAN EXTERIOR/ WHITE ROOF/ BROWN SEAT & INTERIOR DOOR PANELS/ BEIGE CARPET/ CHROME PLATED INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PARTS/ BLACK RUNNING BOARD COVERS/ WHITE & TAN TIRES
- Decoration
- CHROME PLATED TRIM ON BODY, PARTS
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General Motors of Canada, Automobile, 1936, Artifact no. 2000.0087, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0087.001/
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