1931 La Salle Series 345-A (90° V-8)

Bore : 3 ³/₈"

Stroke : 4 ¹⁵/₁₆"

Displacement : 353 cu.in.

Compression ratio : ???

Brake HP : 95 BHP

Wheelbase : 134" [all]

Tires : 6.50x19

Total units built : 10,096 (Van Gelderen and one other source), 10,103 (Ackerson)
                          (Ron Van Gelderen found an unexplained difference of 1 unit in factory records)

Introduced : ???

Price range : $2195-3245 (average reduction of $180 from last year)

 

Body styles
Twelve different styles, all on 134" wheel base
       

Fisher bodies

    
Style #31-659, 5-passenger sedan, 4650lbs, $2,295
(3628 units built)

       
Style #31-652, 5-passenger town sedan, 4665lbs, $2,345
(2387 units built)
[ Photos: © 2008 and courtesy of the current owner of this fine survivor, Mitchell Blondin of Seattle, WA ]

Possibly the same model car as above
[ Photo:  Internet 2014 ]

   

       
Style #31668, 2-passenger convertible coupe, 4440lbs, $2,295
(1,000 units built)

   
Style #31-672, 5-passenger coupe, 4490lbs, $2,295
(850 units built)
[ Photo (right)  © 2000, Yann Saunders ]

Style #31-658, 2-passenger coupe, 4470lbs, $2,195
(750 units built)

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Style #31-662, 7-passenger sedan, 4750lbs, $2,475
(698 units built)

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Style #31-663, 7-passenger limousine, 4825lbs, $2,595
(250 units built)

Bare Chassis

three units built

 

Fleetwood bodies

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Style #4602, 2-passenger roadster, 4345lbs, $2,245
(150 units built)

Style #4680 (Cadillac style #4080/4080) 5-passenger all-weather phaeton, 4675lbs, $3,245
(107 units built)

These must be a couple of only a very few beautiful survivors

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Style #4657 (Cadillac style #4057) 7-passenger touring car, 4440lbs, $2,345
(59 units built)

[ Photo to come ]
Style #4681 [Cadillac style #4081) 4-passenger sedanette (cloth roof covering), 4605 lbs, $3,245
(9 units built)

[ Photo to come ]
Style #4682 [Cadillac style #4082) 4-passenger sedanette (cloth roof covering), 4605 lbs $3,245
(4 units built)

[ Photo to come ]
Style #4151 town car
(only 1 unit built)

 

Principal features: Fender-mounted parking lights, [easy ID = single-bar bumpers + either 1930 hood louvers or new vertical vent doors], smaller, 18" wheels, twin, horizontal, round tail-light with LH number-plate stanchion, narrow hood louvers of 1930 replaced in April 1931 with five larger louver doors, Syncro-Mesh clashless transmission, mechanical 4-wheel brakes, Safety glass all round. adjustable front seat, heron or Goddess hood ornament optional ($20), chrome-plated radiator screen (copied from Cadillac V16), chrome wheel discs optional ($10), choice of trunks, from $104-160, Pilot Ray complementary front lighting, Lorraine spotlight optional for $37.50 (3000' range), battery under front seat (formerly mounted on running board), air-cleaner and flame arrester for carburetor.

N.B. Weights and prices listed in AT differ from other sources.