Back in January, Vincent Jr (67Poncho) posted photos of a '34 Pontiac. He also showed the cowl tag of this model. I was interested in the Pontiac tag as well because my '34 Chevrolet was originaly from Regina as well. According to a source I know, my '34 as well as that Pontiac that Vincent posted were not built in Regina at the GM factory. According to my source, that plant closed in 1932 and didn't re-open until sometime in 1937 or 1938 due to the great depression. That Pontiac as well as my '34 were all built in Oshawa, Ontario. I'll post more information as it comes available to me.
here are 3 vin plates from 40 and 41 they all have oshawa walkerville and regina on them. all the other plated that i have seen from 44 onward don't have that line.
Well, that is kind of a downer to hear!!! What fact in the tag will tell? I wonder about that '40 I had on here? Would she have been built there??
I'm just as dissappointed as you Vince. My '34 is from Regina, so I just put 1+1 together and figured it was built there. WRONG. Your 40 was probably built there because from what I've been told, full production resumed at the plant in 1937 or 1938.
here are 3 vin plates from 40 and 41 they all have oshawa walkerville and regina on them. all the other plated that i have seen from 44 onward don't have that line.
40 chev truck
41 olds
40 gmc
That's good stuff Steve! I wondered when they changed those plates. Now, I'd like to find out when production ceased at that plant.
Well, that is kind of a downer to hear!!! What fact in the tag will tell? I wonder about that '40 I had on here? Would she have been built there??
I'm just as dissappointed as you Vince. My '34 is from Regina, so I just put 1+1 together and figured it was built there. WRONG. Your 40 was probably built there because from what I've been told, full production resumed at the plant in 1937 or 1938.
If I get the plate and post it, will you decipher it? I am sure the owner would like that as well!! How about the plates above, can you tell?
Ask me direct by PM or e mail: gmhistorian@btinternet.com for queries on Canadian Chevrolet/GMC/Chev-based Pontiac, to 1958, and also Chev/Pontiac/Olds/Buick 1928-39 as I have the date books for the latter, and a database for the former!
I also have my draft book on the history of Regina Plant written over numerous years which may get published one day! I have the Regina serial numbers for all years, for all makes, and the opening and closing dates: roughly December 1928-mid-1931; February-August 1932; December 1937-June 1941. However when Regina re-opened for the second time in 1937 for 1938 MY, they used '8' as a plant code on the serial number after the Model Number, and Oshawa became '0'. 1935-1937 vehicles sold through (distributed through) the Western Zone Office in the Regina Plant had 'W' after the Model Number, although 1932-4 although sent to the Western Zone based in the closed Plant, they did not apparently indicate this on the build plate.
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Paint codes are a complete mystery to me, and no-one seemed to know what they were. However, when this query came up recently on ChevyTalk, of which I am a 10-year Mod (1917-48), someone came up with codes for 1938 Chevies. I just wish I knew how we could find them, apart from what was Vintage Vehicle Services.
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Regina opened December 1928, closed August 1930, re-opened February 1931 and closed in the August, re-opened again in December 1937 and closed finally by July 1st 1941.
If there is enough demand I might even get my draft book published!
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If there is enough demand I might even get my draft book published!
What size/number of a "demand" do you need? It be great to read your book.
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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
I have not checked out this discussion in ages and look what I have missed out on!!! I am going to contact the "Oracle" in regards to my '34. Thanks guys for keeping the thread alive!
I am just debating whether to perhaps make the book on digital format, i.e. CD or DVD. I am a book author and editor and just cannot see that there is going to be a big demand for the history.
David
E mail gmhistorian AT btinternet.com
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I am answering to one post regarding trying to find original paint codes. Check Dupont performance coatings in canada on the web and click on the historical library. There are all the colors and codes going back to the twenties. or try the link below.
I am just debating whether to perhaps make the book on digital format, i.e. CD or DVD. I am a book author and editor and just cannot see that there is going to be a big demand for the history.
David
E mail gmhistorian AT btinternet.com
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Hello David! Private message has been sent. I have been trying to dig up the history of GM Canada for at least 10 years now. I'd be interested in ANYTHING that you have!!!!
Here's a pic from Regina where the GM plant used to produce the trucks. I shot this pic a few years ago in front of south end of the plant that stretches about three blocks long, although it is now subdivided into smaller businesses. It's another piece of General Motors history going by the wayside, thanks to the guys for showing the pics and relating the story.
Here's a pic from Regina where the GM plant used to produce the trucks. I shot this pic a few years ago in front of south end of the plant that stretches about three blocks long, although it is now subdivided into smaller businesses. It's another piece of General Motors history going by the wayside, thanks to the guys for showing the pics and relating the story.
That is an Awesome photo! Thanks for sharing it with us. Your Beaumont looks fitting in front of that entrance!
This is OTT but here goes: I have been researching for many years now the very early history of GM vehicles in Canada pre-GM of Canada [1918]. I have researched and written a draft of the Walkerville/Windsor plants and the Regina one. That one on Regina is extremely fascinating and I suppose even now I feel so sad for the way that the prospect of jobs in a rural economy came with great publicity, faded, rose again, faded, rose again and then disappeared for good.
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