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1939 McLaughlin-Buick Special Four-Door Sedan [41]

1939 McLaughlin-Buick Special [41] in That Mitchell and Webb Look, TV Series, 2006-2010 Ep. 3.02

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1939 McLaughlin-Buick Special Four-Door Sedan [41]

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

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Author	Message
G-MANN ◊ 2011-04-07 23:20	From Behind the Scenes DVD Featurette:
CougarTim ◊ 2011-04-08 00:04	1939 Buick, but since it's right hand drive it could very well be a Canada-built McLaughlin-Buick.
nzcarnerd ◊ 2011-04-08 02:36	Most likely a Series 40 Special because of the way the sidemounts fit.
LN7 NUT ◊ 2011-04-08 09:57	Cougar Tim, cars are not Right Hand Drive in Canada...
Ingo ◊ 2011-04-08 10:01	@LN7 NUT: CougarTim is referring about the fact, that many (all?) RHD-versions of American cars were built in Canada.
dsl ◊ 2011-04-08 13:53	Building UK-bound US-based cars in Canada made sense as Canada was part of the Commonwealth so could send cars without incurring the level of import duties levied on US products. This also explains why eg Bristol and late Jensens used Canadian-made Chrysler engines. -- Last edit: 2011-04-08 13:56:43
nzcarnerd ◊ 2011-04-08 21:21	ingo, many RHD export cars were made in the US. Buicks for NZ were sourced from Flint. Even some of our Chevrolets came from Detroit and some from Tarrytown. Plymouth-based export Dodges from the 1950s came from Detroit. In earlier years there were many independent makes that were never built in Canada but were exported from the US with RHD.
nzcarnerd ◊ 2011-04-08 21:23	In the case of this car, the programme looks to be British, so there is a good chance that the car is a McLaughlin, as the majority of Buicks sold in UK were from Canada. -- Last edit: 2011-04-08 21:24:00
rjluna2 ◊ 2011-04-08 21:44	nzcarnerd wrote Plymouth-based export Dodges from the 1950s came from Detroit. In earlier years there were many independent makes that were never built in Canada but were exported from the US with RHD. I presume that you were talking about CKD programme for local rebuilt?
nzcarnerd ◊ 2011-04-10 11:17	rjluna, I am not sure which part of my comment you are asking about. As far as the Dodges are concerned I am not sure just how 'knocked down' they were. I think the only components supplied here in NZ were the paint, upholstery, batteries and tyres. Even those were mostly made from imported raw materials. With regard to other makes many came here mostly assembled - usually just had the wheels removed so that they fitted into a crate. Of course most American cars were right hand drive until about 1914 anyway - Stutz was about the last to change over, in 1923. Local assembly of cars in NZ started with Ford Ts in the early 1920s, and GM in 1926. Unlike Australia NZ did not have a large coachbuilding industry so there was no requirement to import cars in chassis form. There were some bodies built here but in relatively small numbers. After a balance of payments crisis in 1938 (about the same time there was a brief recession in the US), all imports - not just cars - were severely restricted and remained so until deregulation in the 1980s. This was the main reason why we saw very few US cars here in the post WW2 era.
rjluna2 ◊ 2011-04-10 17:23	Thanks for the clarification on these export models
G-MANN ◊ 2011-05-14 21:51	Any hope of getting a model name?
nzcarnerd ◊ 2014-09-04 03:24	The same car - /vehicle.php?id=25947#Comment1638790

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