Make and Model Names Cross Reference  1930-1970

(Not comprehensive)

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Name                     See Also                          Name                           See Also

 

AMC                  Rambler (1957-66)                       Lincoln             Continental (1956-58)

Buick                 Marquette (1930)                         Mercury           Meteor (Canada 1949-61; 1964-76)

Cadillac             LaSalle (1927-40)                                                   Comet (1960-61)    

Chrysler            Imperial (1955-75)                        Nash                LaFayette (1934-36)

Comet               Mercury Comet (1962-77)                                     Rambler (1957-65)

Continental      Lincoln Continental (1959-up)      Oldsmobile     Viking (1929-31)

Ford                  Monarch (Canada 1946-61)          Packard           Clipper (1956)

                          Edsel (1958-60)                              Plymouth        Valiant (US 1960, Canada 1960-66)

                          Frontenac (Canada 1960)              Pontiac            Oakland (1909-31)

Hudson             Essex (1919-31)                                                      Beaumont (Canada 1966-69)

                          Essex-Terraplane (1932)                                         Acadian (Canada 1962-71)

                         Terraplane (1933-37)                        Rambler        Nash Rambler (1950-56)

                          Rambler (1957-65)                                                 Hudson Rambler (1954-56)

Imperial           Chrysler Imperial (1926-54)                                   AMC (1967-up)

Kaiser               Henry J (1951-54)                             Studebaker   Rockne (1931-33)

LaFayette         Nash LaFayette (1937-40)               Terraplane     Hudson Terraplane (1938-39)

 

 

 

Electrical System Conversion Schedule

6-Volt Positive to 12-Volt Negative

 

1953                   1954                   1955                     1956                     1957                     1965

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Buick                  Buick               Chevrolet            GM trucks (most)      Willys             Harley-Davidson

Super                  Special            Pontiac                Ford Motor Co

Roadmaster                               Packard*             Chrysler Corp

Oldsmobile                                                             American Motors

Cadillac                                                                   Studebaker

Chrysler                                                                   Packard

Crown Imperial*                                                     International

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*  Converted to 12-volt positive initially; converted to 12-volt negative in 1956