This artist's rendering of the 1930 La Salle 5-pass sedan
appeared in the 1930 catalog of Lendrum & Hartman,
GM's agents in the United Kingdom

1930 La Salle Series 340 (90° V-8)

This is a factory clay mock-uo proposal for the 1929-30 LaSalle

Bore : 3 ⁵/₁₆"

Stroke : 4 ¹⁵/₁₆"

Displacement : 340 cu.in. (hence "340")

Compression ratio : 5.05:1 [4.92:1 optional]

Brake HP : 90 BHP @ 3000 rpm

Wheel base : 134"

Tires : 6.50 x 19 (on wooden artillery wheels)

7.00 x 18 (on metal rims)

Total units built : 14,955 (Ackerson), 14,995 (Van Gelderen and one other source)
                           (Ron Van Gelderen mentions an unexplained difference of 9 units in factory records)      

Introduced : September, 1929

Price range : $2385-up (one source)

                    $2375-2795 (Fisher, according to Ackerson)

                    $2285-3795 (Fleetwood, according to Ackerson)

Engine numbers : 600001 to 614995 [1929-1930]
Engine numbers : 900001 to 910103 [1930-1931]

   

 

Body styles
(in ascending order of rarity)

 

All styles on 134" wheel base

   
Style # 30-259, 5-passenger sedan, $2,565 (4798 units built²)

   
Style #30-252, 5-passenger town sedan, $2,590 (3147 units built¹)
Top row, right: a survivor in Cuba [photo courtesy of the current owner]

   
Style #30-262, 7-passenger sedan, $2,775 (1533 units built³)

Style #30-272, 5-passenger coupe, $2,590 (1419 units built⁴)

   

       
Style #30-268, 2-passenger convertible coupe with rumble-seat,  $2,590 (1400 units built)
Left & right: two fine survivors; center: illustration from a period ad

Style #30-258, 2-passenger coupe, $2,490 (1000 units built)

Style #30-263, 7-passenger limousine, $2,925 (500 units buil^t3)

 

Fleetwood "Semi-Custom" Models

   
Style #4060, Fleetshire 5-passenger phaeton, $2,385 (398 units built)
Center row:  illustrations from period ads
Photo of survivor, lower row, right:  © Richard A. Wright

       
Style #4002, Fleetcliffe Roadster, $2,450 (302 units built)
In the Fleetwood catalog for 1930 there is no color illustration for this body style
as it is similar in most respects to the Cadillac Fleetdowns model

   

   

   

  
Style #4080, Fleetway 5-passenger all-weather phaeton, 4,670 lbs, $3,995 (250 units built)
the top, when folded back, lies flush with the belt line; this body style was mounted also on the
Cadillac chassis (artist's drawing, top row, left); lower row, above: two fine survivors

   
Style #4057, Fleetlands  7-passenger touring car, 4435 lbs, $2,525 (239 units built)
Once again, in the Fleetwood catalog for 1930 there is no color illustration for this model
which closely resembles the shorter, La Salle Fleetshire phaeton, above [with no occasional seats]

   

   

Style #4081 Fleetwind  cabriolet (light colored Burbank top
over metal), no quarter windows, 4600 lbs,  $3,725 (42 units built)
the same body style was available also on the Cadillac chassis

 

   

   

Style #4081 Fleetwind  cabriolet (light colored Burbank top over metal),
as above but  with quarter windows, 4600 lbs, $3,825 (45 units built)
the same body style was available also on the Cadillac chassis

Style #3351, 5-passenger town car, price not known (only one built)

[ Photo needed ]
Style #3364, 5-passenger brougham, price not known (only one built)

   
5-passenger Fleetwood special custom style #3751 town car (only one built)

Unlisted

4 units⁵ [styles not known]

Unidentified landaulet style, apparently not listed in the book:
La Salle - Cadillac's Companion Car by Ron Van Gelderen and Matt Larson

 

Bare Chassis

66 units⁶

 

Principal features: Longer, wider, roomier bodies, fender-mounted parking lights with narrow hood louvers extending full length of hood sides = easy ID, double-bar bumpers, twin, round tail-light curving upwards, radiator grille and hood 2½" taller, wider front tread (57½" in lieu of 56"), wider rear tread (59½" in lieu of 58"), all bodies now mounted on 134" chassis, larger clutch, new harmonized steering mechanism, larger engine valves with 4 rings, redesigned manifold heat control valve, redesigned distributor, intake cover header plate changed mid-year from aluminum to cast iron [leak problems]

N.B.: A series 340 La Salle phaeton is included in the C&D card set
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¹  of which   9 units built in Canada
²  of which 67 units built in Canada
³  of which 31 units built in Canada
⁴  of which 19 units built in Canada
⁵  all of these were built in Canada
⁶  of which 20 units built in Canada

Here is a sampling of the hardware used in the 1930 LaSalle models;
it is made by Ternstedt, a divison of the Fisher Body Corporation in Detroit