1929 La
Salle Series 328 (90° V-8)
This is a factory clay mock-uo proposal for the
1929-30 LaSalle
Bore : 3 ¼"
Stroke : 4 15/16"
Displacement : 328 cu.in. (hence "328")
Compression ratio : 5.3:1 [4.8:1 optional]
Brake HP : 85 BHP [Ackerson says 86]
Wheel bases : 125" and 134"
Tires : 6.50 x 19 (former designation 31 x 6.20)
Total units built : 22,950 [of which 60 bare chassis)
Introduced : August 18, 1928
Price range : $2295-2875 (according to ads)
$2345-2875 (according to AT listing)
Up to $5,200 for Fleetwood bodies
Engine numbers : 400001 to 422961 [1928-1929]
Engine numbers : 600001 to 614995 [1929-1930]
Body
styles
Fisher
bodies on 125" wheel base
(in ascending order of rarity)
Style #1185-B, 4-passenger sport phaeton, $2,875
(201 units built)
Style #1186, 2-passenger roadster, $2,345
(351 units built)
[ the photo on the left, from "The Crest" - ZTV coll. - was used in a Country
Life ad that year]
Style #1185, 4-passenger
phaeton, $2,295
(449 units built)
Fisher bodies on 134" wheel base
(in ascending order of rarity)
[ Photo needed ]
Style #8615, 5-passenger
imperial sedan, division, $2,825
(17 units built)
Style #8605, 5-passenger limousine landaulet, $2,875
(37 units built)
Style #8600, 5-passenger sedan landaulet, $2,725
(740 units built)
Style #8540, 7-passenger limousine, 4790lbs, $2,875
(806 units built)
[ shown is the sedan; the limousine was identical in outward appearance ]
Style #8590, 2-passenger coupe, 4340lbs, $2,495
(1500 units built)
 
Style #8580, 2-passenger
convertible coupe with rumble seat, 4285lbs, $2,595
(1787 units built)
Style #8570, 5-passenger coupe, 4365lbs, $2,625 - Right: a
fine survivor in 2008
(2423 units built)
Style #8610, 5-passenger town
sedan, 4435lbs, $2,675
(2479 units built)
  
Style #8530, 7-passenger sedan, 4645lbs, $2,775
(2629 units built)
[ Photo needed ]
Style #8555, 5-passenger
family sedan, $2,450 (up from $2,350)
(4250 units built)
[ Photo needed ]
Style #8550, 5-passenger
sedan, $2,595
(5195 units built)
Fleetwood
bodies on 125" wheel base
(in ascending order of rarity)
[ Photo needed ]
Style #3051, town car, $4,800
(up from $4,700)
(only 7 units built)
[ Photo needed ]
Style #3130, 5-pass. town
landaulet, 4596lbs, $5,200
(only one built)
(a town car with landau roof - style
3751C???)
Fleetwood
"Custom" bodies on 134" wheel base
(in ascending order of rarity)
[ Photo needed ]
Style #3751, 5-passenger town
car, 4420lbs, $4,900
(only 9 units built)
[ Photo needed ]
Style #3780, 5-pass.
all-weather phaeton, price not shown
(only 8 units built)
Others
[ Photo needed ]
Custom La Salle hearse [wheel
base not known - no details available]
Bare Chassis
125" wheel base = 57
units
134" wheel base = 3 units only
Principal features: Parking lights
mounted on fender crowns [with same hood louvers as 1928 = easy ID],
double-bar bumpers, single, oval tail-light curving upwards, Syncro-Mesh
clashless, 3-speed transmission, improved mechanical 4-wheel brakes, Security-Plate
safety glass all round, adjustable front seat, chrome-plated trim in lieu of nickel, new
90° Cadillac V-8 engine (L-Head), metric spark plugs fitted mid-year, tandem Delco
electric windshield wipers, internal expanding mechanical brakes on all 4 wheels, bodies
wider, longer, roomier, all closed bodies mounted on 134" chassis, closed bodies
2½" wider and 1" higher inside, open models restricted to 125" chassis,
all cars now wired for radio installation, some La Salle prices down [price list
from Detroit Public Library NAHC, 9/94 and AI, 25.8.28]:
Notes:
1. [From Cadillac-La Salle Distributors' Convention
program 30 July - 2 August 1928, seen GM Styling Library, 9/94]: Fleetwood styles 3051 and
3751 (two town cars) were shown.
2. A custom 1929 La Salle model designed by
Harley Earl was named Madam X; that appellation was used the following year for a
limited run of closed bodies on the V-16 chassis.
3. Weights and prices listed in AT differ from
other sources
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