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The A and B codes are what I supplied to Karen from the 1934 and 1935 Chevrolet Oshawa Ontario production plant

A code stands for " bodies milled, built, painted and trimmed at Oshawa. Cowl and dash assemblies, side quarters, back roof panels , purchased."

B code stands for : Millstock purchased in sets, body built, painted and trimmed locally, cowl and dash assembly, side quarters, back roof covers purchased. "


B code applies to roadsters , phaetons and sedan deliverys

Info directly from Oshawa Ontario production sheets.

mike lynch

Hopefully there is another tag on the car that will indicate.

Thanks,
Karen

Only Canadian cars have the firewall mounted aluminum plate, ***like*** a fisher body.

The USA built cars used a floor or seat riser tag nailed on with basic info on it.

Your looking for something that should not exist.

mike lynch

FYI...Looking at my DUCO paint book, it shows Color Comb 512 as a 32 Oldsmobile color Oyster Bay Blue. The color Combinations across the GM lines do not appear to have any duplicates. It will be interesting to see if the car retains any reference to the original color.

earl....I have mentioned to Karen owner of the 35 Canadian built roadster , that the original factory colour will be in overspray under the rear part of the quarter panels up at the top as doubtful anybody would be painting there. Whats the colour of the paint under the rumble seat wood backing ?

When I removed the wood on either side of the rumble seat I found this weird green shade. I also found it in a couple of other places, absolutely too UGLY to use.

My own 35 roadster car will be black nitrocellulose lacquer.

If anybody has CHEVROLET SERVICE NEWS Canada 1934 1935 the formula is printed in there. My friend garry has it , but the paper is so fragile he will not open it. Hopefully somebody selling paint cards here at a swap meet will have one for sale.

I understand the car will be shipped to new England area and restored there for Karen. I suspect anybody stripping the paint off down to steel will find the original colour still there.

mike

The Duco paint code for 32 Olds #512, any chance those codes were the same for Chevy's manufactured in Canada?

Don't know yet what color is under the rumble seat, haven't been back home yet, but am looking forward to finding out!

# 512 on a Canadian built 1935 Chevrolet is Black, with Ski Green Wheels. No idea what the shade Ski Green looks like...

Thanks Brewster!

Where did you find this information?

Ski Green wheels...just googled ski green color.

I had chrome in mind for the wheels....:)

The Trim code #153 - does your information have what color that would be? Is trim the interior or is the trim a stripe?

I think trim is the interior. I have the paint info in a 1960 CIL advisory book which lists all of the codes and combos from '34 up so that you could use "modern" paint to make an exact match. Unfortunately all of the 1960 paint codes are now way out of date too...

Brewster, am very happy about the black!

Thank you for finding this!

Were any wheels all black for Chevy in 35?

Chart shows a S.W. Boulevard Maroon and a W.W. Black. What does the S.W. and W.W. stands for?

The other options on this sheet were cream, hannon brown and orange. Is there another sheet with more colors/wheel options?

For US built 1935 Standard cars red, cream or black was offered.

Here they are in order... Black over black is #500

Brewster, thank you for all these paint codes!

Interesting names referencing Canada, McLaughlin Blue, Oshawa Blue.

Just found out that the engine in this car is a 36 not a 35.

Would anyone know where I could find a 35 engine with a number that is in close range to the original number - 5218258?

The heritage page on GM Canada says the engines were manufactured in Walkerville, Ontario.

Were the CN engines the same as the US engines?

I'm no expert on the 1930's stuff, but my Oshawa built '51 sedan has many smaller differences in the engine. Many parts up here were sourced from Canadian suppliers like McKinnon in St.Catharines (The current GM engine plant) and Donaldson in Chatham. Things as simple as the bolts and screws look different because they are sourced from Canada. All of the major components and castings are compatible with US built engines. Most of the dealer installed and bolt on accessories are a bit different, or have Canadian source tags on them. (Dealer installed oil filter, heater, starter, generator, air cleaner...)

For additional historical info on McKinnon industries, read this page in my restoration journal...

https://vccachat.org/ubbthreads.php/topics/290948/5

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These Chevrolet cars in the standard series were low end and the wheels were painted. Packards, cadillacs, LaSalles, pierce arrows, lincolns, marmons, all the upscale high dollar cars had chrome wheels .

If you want to get those stock 17" wire wheels chrome plated, that's going to put a big hurt to the wallet in your handbag and maybe a tear to your eye. Plus its all wrong.

If earl sends you pictures of his, that's what your car is supposed to look like

mike

Thanks Mike,

I will paint the wheels, cream or black, but just can't do the ski green...:)

That is great information.

If any of you CN members come across a CN made engine, please let me know.

Thanks!

Brewster is correct about small things will be different, all the US engines came from Flint. The main different you will see between a US and CN engine is the casting numbers on the side which identify what year the block is and small casting variations which a normal person would never see less your a casting expert. US parts should interchange with the Canadian made engines with no issues since they were made from the same design and specifications.

Hope this helps!

Green if you select one from the wire wheels 1929--1936 chevrolet paint chip I sent to you. Soft white is also nice as is earthy tan brown.

Black wheels on a black car will absolutely KILL the look of the whole car. I did that once on my black 35 coupe, absolutely horrible look.

mike

I agree.....especially if the tires are black walls as well.