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Old 12-10-20, 14:29
Maurice Donckers Maurice Donckers is offline
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A friend of mine bought a wartime McLaughlin Buick , and has the restauration finished. But he is wondering if there should be any markings on it ?
The vehicle is right hand drive , and after the war was sold on to the private market , in this process , the car was sanded down , and given a Shiny brown color , so therefore no markings to be discovered .
Would these vehicles be used in the military , or in the government role ? There was some olive drab paint remains left under the bonnet .

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Old 12-10-20, 21:28
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Maurice,

If you send me a private message with your email address, I will forward your question to a friend who has worked in the historical archives of General Motors in Oshawa, Ontario. If he can help you, I'm sure he will.

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Old 13-10-20, 11:13
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Maurice,

Is it one of these Buicks?

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Old 13-10-20, 12:45
Maurice Donckers Maurice Donckers is offline
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Hanno ,Here is a bad picture from it with markings from a previous resto.
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Old 13-10-20, 17:09
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I found this picture on Wikipedia.

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