1942 last chevrolet car

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

I am starting a new thread about the very last 1942 Chevrolet cars, as we know that the last Ford of Canada car was a Mercury Fordor but no date of its completion is known.

The last civilian Canadian car was built in Oshawa in 'February 1942'...the exact day I am not yet certain about ..possibly and no later than the 10th. One source suggests that US Mercury production actually ended on February 10th 1942, the order having gone out on the 1st from the Government so that makes sense. On that basis I shall say that Chevrolet finished 'by the 10th'. However it could have been as early as the 2nd.

1942 CHEVROLET
SERIES 1200 MASTER/MAITRESSE DELUXE
MODEL NO. FISHER BODY NO. MODEL
1211 41-1211 5-PASSENGER 2-DOOR TOWN SEDAN WITH TRUNK
1227B 41-1227B 3-PASSENGER COUPE
1227 41-1227 5-PASSENGER SPORT COUPE
1219 41-1219 6-PASSENGER 4-DOOR SPORT SEDAN WITH TRUNK

SERIES 1000 FLEETLINE
1007 42-1007 5-PASSENGER AERO SEDAN
1069 42-1069 5-PASSENGER SPORT SEDAN

One source suggests that MILITARY Chevrolet car production continued to June 1942. Plus 983 CANADIAN CARS OF ALL MAKES WERE SOLD IN 1943.

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Ladies and Gentlemen, I can now reveal that, thanks to the wonders of modern science and online newspaper searching, the final passenger car was a light grey sedan, assembled Saturday morning, February 28th 1942. That meant GM of Canada did 90% war work but the other 10% was vital commercial trucks, so for a time, civvy trucks were available. I have seen suggestions in the past that military car assembly might have continued until June 1942 but that is something to be sceptical about. The final car was destined for a 'distant dealer' and under the car rationing mught not be sold for several months the paper were advised. Or it went to the Government? In its place a new type of war vehicle went into production, and I immediately thought it might have been the C8A HUP and derivatives, as they were wholly-built at Oshawa.

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Off topic I found that there were some Canadians with wives in Singapore when the Japs invaded Malaya. Some worked in the Ford Motor Co of Malaya Plant and indeed the surrender was signed in a chap's office on I think February 15th,