Re: A CANADIAN-built Packard?!?

Posted by Dan Phenicie On 2010/12/17 15:37:00
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Rusty O\'Toole wrote:
Canada had a thriving branch plant auto industry very early on. Ford for example established a Canadian factory in 1904.

The reason was to dodge the import duties on cars which were quite heavy at that time. As a bonus, Canada being part of the British Commonwealth could trade with any other Commonwealth country duty free. In 1915 England enacted the McKenna tariffs which included a 33% tax on imported cars. Cars made in Canada could be imported with no tax.

So, if you find an American car from the classic era in any part of the former British Empire there is a good chance it was actually built in Canada.


There were some' Canadian Built' 1932 Chrysler Imperial 8 model CH automobiles. They ranged from 9890001 though 9890041.

I have looked at several of these, several still survive, and I can see no unique features. They all had Budd bodies.

It is not likely that a separate assembly line was built for forty cars. More likely than not, they were Built in Detroit, moved across the border under the cover of night, and new serial plates affixed.

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