A couple of original Oldsmobile Ads
A nice side shot of a 37 Oldsmobile COE
A 37 Oldsmobile COE sitting out west in NSW
This 38 Olds COE has been converted into a Pantec was near Newcastle NSW
This one was found near Murwillimbah in Northern NSW, it is no longer there.
The information below is from James H Schwartz which is
greatly appreciated.
This Oldsmobile section shows
two (2) 1937/38 Oldsmobile
COE's that may
have come GM Export Division (USA).
My question continues to be who designed and
built the
units for the1937 Olds/GMC
truck Chevrolet,
GMC COE trucks all
look alike or were identical
because the engine cowling
& engine vent covers are the same.
These trucks look like they came from the
factory or
drawing board.
I sure know MMC did not have the capacity to
manufacture
them.
To date nobody will give me an
answer except I have found
the following information
in unedited raw form on the internet:
Chevrolet badged C.O.E.
chassis debuted for export
as well as in Canada [see below]
in 1937 Model Year. It appears that these were
supplied
C.K.D. not from
Bloomfield Boxing Plant, New Jersey, but
General Motors
Truck in Pontiac, Michigan
and were very similar to G.M.C. and Oldsmobile
C.O.E.
trucks also built in Pontiac Plant.
For 1937, as with export G.M.C. and Oldsmobile
trucks
Hercules Diesel engines
were available as well as Chevrolet 216 cu in
engines.
There was also a new C.O.E.
183½-in. Chevrolet
bus chassis that debuted in 1937:
Model BG with Chevrolet 216 petrol engine and
BD wit
Hercules Diesel engine.
These were sourced from Pontiac, Michigan,
Plant save
for the Canadian chassis
assembled in Oshawa that was offered as a
Chevrolet or
G.M.C. chassis, the latter
with the Chevrolet derived Canadian Pontiac
224 unit
presumably.
The Canadian Parts Book lists
the following Maple Leaf
C.O.E. trucks
[Model 1652/1653/1654/1655/1656/1657], which were an
introduction
in 1937 Model Year.
These are Chevrolet engined Canadian G.M.C.
chassis trucks.
MAPLE LEAF SERIES HM C.O.E. STYLE 52-53 2½ TON 108” WHEELBASE
MAPLE LEAF SERIES HM C.O.E. STYLE 54-55 2½ TON 130” WHEELBASE
MAPLE LEAF SERIES HM C.O.E. STYLE 56-57 2½ TON 155½” WHEELBASE
2. 1938 MODELS
The brochure pictures below are
from a Norwegian brochure
showing 1938 model
Chevrolet C.O.E. trucks including the Model TG
with 117-inch
wheelbase.
These were either assembled in G.M. Nørdiska,
Stockholm, Sweden or
G.M. International, Københaven, Denmark.
In Canada, the COE chassis had
debuted in 1937 as a truck
chassis
based on the GMC F16H truck chassis, which was
then adopted
for Maple Leaf
in three chassis lengths, and then a bus
chassis on Chevrolet
and GMC chassis.
However, no "Chevrolet" C.O.E. Truck chassis
were available
in the U.S. in 1938,
though General Motors Truck Plant, Pontiac,
Michigan,
produced Chevrolet, GMC
and Oldsmobile badged C.O.E. Truck Chassis for
export
C.K.D., which differed
in front grille and engines only. The Series
TG was assembled
by G.M. International, Denmark,
and had a modified chassis to produce the
“TG-117 Bulldog
Model”,
which was a tractor unit for an articulated
trailer.
For more information check the
links below
http://home.znet.com/t1937/COE.htm
http://www.oldchevytrucks.com/misc/gmc1936.html
In Norway, Chevrolet did
offer a variety of COE
models for trucks and buses.
The cab appears to be borrowed from GMC and it
was available
with Gasoline
Chevrolet engine or Hercules Diesel engine.
In the USA, Mack trucks adopted the bulldog as
their
mascot.
The Norwegian Chevrolets also used that
icon on
their COE models.