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#450654 - 09/22/07 05:29 PM
Re: Royal beginnings? 38 Mclaughlin-Buick 90L
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Pete Phillips
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Registered: 09/01/03
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All of the McLaughlin Company records and archives are in the library at Queen's University (I believe that is the name) in Kingston, Ontario. If David Corbin sees this, he knows more about that, but I think he is out of town for an extended time.
Pete Phillips, BCA #7338
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#450673 - 09/22/07 07:30 PM
Re: Royal beginnings? 38 Mclaughlin-Buick 90L
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Thriller
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Registered: 09/06/03
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Loc: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Yes, Pete, you got it right - Queen's University . They are a bit snobbish there, especially when it comes to their football team  I have a friend that teaches chemistry there. I didn't realize the archives are there though...next time we are out that way for a visit, perhaps I'll try to find something out about my '29.
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#450802 - 09/23/07 03:27 PM
Re: Royal beginnings? 38 Mclaughlin-Buick 90L
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stevesbuicklimo
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Registered: 03/27/07
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Hope you have more luck than me David,I own a 36 90L which apparently had royal connections here in the uk ,but like you say it can be a very frustrating task to prove it.The oracleuk a member on this club is very informative im sure he can help you throw some light on this subject,.post a pic if you can it would be nice to see the car .
steve
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#451737 - 09/27/07 05:06 PM
Re: Royal beginnings? 38 Mclaughlin-Buick 90L
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DaveCorbin
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Registered: 02/19/06
Posts: 604
Loc: Texas
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Dear David:
As Pete Phillips noted, I'm going out of town but haven't left yet.
Your car was probably a car that left Flint as a standup car (Packed in a big box with the wheels off) or, more likely, a CKD car, which would mean it was a bunch of parts packed in boxes. Many Buicks like this went thru Amsterdam, where there was a factory that completed them. If this is true, there will be a tag stating that it was assembled by GM of Europe on the body. The numbers you give are for a 1938 engine built in mid-September of 1937. The body number that ends in 102 would indicate a CKD car, the 102nd Model 90 for 1938, also a very early 1938.
Regards, Dave Corbin
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#451742 - 09/27/07 05:13 PM
Re: Royal beginnings? 38 Mclaughlin-Buick 90L
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DaveCorbin
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Registered: 02/19/06
Posts: 604
Loc: Texas
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Dear David:
As was noted, I actually went to Queen's University to study the McLaughlin archives as part of some research work I was doing about early Buicks. None of what I saw there would help you, even IF your car is a McLaughlin, which I don't think it is. I also talked extensively to GM of Canada and got the same sad story about pre-war cars.
Regards, Dave Corbin
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#451744 - 09/27/07 05:16 PM
Re: Royal beginnings? 38 Mclaughlin-Buick 90L
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jscheib
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Registered: 09/05/03
Posts: 706
Loc: CT
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Just a wild thought on this, but could you try contacting GM in Singapore and then GM Indonesia to see if they have any record. You may have already tried and they have not much intrest in old Buicks but you never know.
Good luck.
John
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#457193 - 10/19/07 01:43 PM
Re: Royal beginnings? 38 Mclaughlin-Buick 90L
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jscheib
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Registered: 09/05/03
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I am adding to this post with a question. While showing my '32 Buick at Hershey this year, I was visited by an individual with a 1931 McLaughlin Buick, which has a custom body likely fabricated in England (Lucas headlights he says), so I am wondering if there was any better info regarding tracking McLaughlin that were sent outside the US and Canada. This car is now in the Netherlands and I believe has been for some years.
I am providing what I think is his corect e-mail address . The name is H. van der Veen and he can be reached at oliecom.vanderveen@orange.nl.
I have not yet had an answer back from him at that address, but I did not get the message back. He is interested in learning the history of his car. Although it is of an earlier vintage then this posting, it is a similar situation. I did encourage that he look at the buick club site to share some info and he may be posting here as well.
John
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#457672 - 10/21/07 05:19 PM
Re: Royal beginnings? 38 Mclaughlin-Buick 90L
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DaveCorbin
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Registered: 02/19/06
Posts: 604
Loc: Texas
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Dear David:
You don't have to "butter me up" to get me to talk Buick, as virtually everyone who has met me will tell you.
First thing is that RHD cars were produced at both Flint and McLaughlin. I wasn't sure that the body number you gave was McLaughlin, because I've seen mis-posted info from people before, and 1 is the Flint plant code. 4933 is Fisher body speak for a 90L and 102 could be the Fisher body number. However, in a later post, you specifically mentioned a McLaughlin plate, which tells us exactly the point of origin.
I'm back from a week on the family farm in Ohio and from Hershey, so that's why I've been "missing".
Regards, Dave Corbin
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#458254 - 10/23/07 09:39 PM
Re: Royal beginnings? 38 Mclaughlin-Buick 90L
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jscheib
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Registered: 09/05/03
Posts: 706
Loc: CT
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David,
Could you check my posting about a similar car, but a 1931 in the Netherlands. I suspect there is some "slight connection" between the cars dispite the years difference. The gentleman in the Netherlands has a nameplate in Dutch and does not mention Buick, but General Motors. His has a Mayfair Carriage coachbuilt body, but there sure is not much about Mayfair anywhere and they traded in UK until mid-1970s from one source I found. I believe you said you also had a coach built body, or is it "standard" Buick/McLaughlin?
He too, although there is not much to indicate such, thought this might be a McLaughlin chassis shipped to England for the coachwork and then to the Netherlands to some wealthy owner.
I have alerted the gentleman in the Netherlands to check through this site, but he has not good internet service where he lives and English is not his first language but we manage to communicate. I will try to post a photo of his car after I master the photo part.
John
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