1935 La
Salle Series 50 (L-Head Straight Eight)
Bore : 3"
Stroke : 4 3/8"
Displacement : 248 cu.in.
Compression ratio : 6.25:1 [5.75:1 optional]
Brake HP : 105 BHP @ 3600 rpm
Wheel bases : 120"
Total units built : 8,651 (one source), 8,653 (Van
Gelderen and Ackerson)
Price range : $1225-up (one source)
$1255-$1325 (Ackerson)
(the "Torpedo" hood ornament listed for $20)
Introduced : March, 1935
Body
styles
All Fisher bodies on 120" wheel base
 
Style #35-178 (Fleetwood #5077) coupe for 2 passengers, 3475lbs, $1225 [774 units]
Right: factory photo of the same model ...with no artistic license!
Style #35-182 (Fleetwood #5011) sedan for 5 passengers (no quarter windows) ,
3620lbs, $1255
[1150 units - new for 1935]
(1935 Price List shows a Fleetwood-bodied LaSalle "Style 6330-S 5-pass.
Sedan ..... $1,545")
 
Style #35-159 (Fleetwood #5019) sedan for 5 passengers, 3650lbs, $1295 (or $1255?
[5750 units]
Style 5009 five-passenger standard sedans [100 units]
Style #35-168 (Fleetwood #5067) convertible coupe for 2 passengers, 3510lbs, $1325
[820 units]
Beautiful surviving convertible coupe
beside 1967 "sister" car needing TLC
N.B. the 1935 price
list includes one Fleetwood model (style #6330-S sedan for 5 passengers, listing for
$1545)
Bare
chassis: 5
Commercial
chassis: 53
Total 1935
production 8652 units [1 not accounted for]
Principal features: La Salles shared same GM
"B" body as Oldsmobile, height of body up to 64½" or up to 67½", [easy
ID = five round hood ports + new, single-bar bumper with two over-riders], new
clutch, transmission and rear axle, Fisher, "Unisteel, Turret Top" roof, split-V
windshield, pontoon fenders, cut off at the rear, tall, narrow, shallow-V grille
with one vertical and six horizontal separations, three chrome chevrons on leading edge of
front fenders, streamlined "bullet" tail-lights, 4-ribbed, vertical chrome
flashes on each fender apron, independent "Knee-Action" front suspension,
Oldsmobile straight-eight engine, hydraulic brakes, streamlined, "teardrop"
headlights mounted on each side of the radiator shell, unlimited colour schemes, round,
"LaS" emblem at top of grille, RH side, fuel filler cap moved from LH to RH rear
fender, optional fender-mounted spare wheels, disc wheel covers, options (inter alia):
dual side mounted spare tires and covers, two radios (Master or Standard), heater and
clock.
1935 LaSalle front clip
[low resolution computer image does not do justice to fine mesh grille!]
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