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Buzzer:
Fridays lot, Buzzer
Buzzer asked what marque and model of motorcar is in the photograph printed below 
I’ve had a look at some famous European luxury motorcar marques,such as Hispano-Suiza,Isotta-Fraschini,Minerva,etc. At first I thought that the mystery car
might be an Hispano-Suiza,but it isn’t…but nevertheless the Hispano-Suiza hypothesis did give me a clue as to the actual marque of motorcar as will be explained later,QV.
I then turned to my beloved American motorcars and certain luxury motorcar marques:Cadillac,Lincoln,Franklin,Stutz,LaSalle,etc…Ha ha! 
- LaSalle! Eureka!
Yes. LaSalle And this is where the Hispano-Suiza clue comes in: The famed and revered car designer and car stylist,Harley Earl,1893-1969,worked for the General Motors Corporation =
GMC = General Motors and was hired by GM to style a new car marque and model,in late 1925.Harley Earl was influenced by the styling of the French-built Hispano-Suiza motorcar models,
especially in regard to the radiator,radiator grille,hood-bonnet louvers and headlights.The new car marque and its models were introduced in 1927 and the make-marque name was in
honour of the French explorer René-Robert Cavalier Sieur De LaSalle,22-11-1643 - 19-3-1687,who claimed the American state of Louisiana for King Louis XIV in 1682.
The reason for the new luxury marque of automobile - car La Salle was as a cheaper companion for GM’s top price luxury motorcar marque Cadillac. The Cadillac was also named after
a French explorer,Antoine Laumet De La Mothe Cadillac,5-3-1658 – 16-10-1730,who founded the famous American Motor City: Detroit! 
in 1701.
The LaSalle motorcar marque existed from March 1927 to 1940 - prototype 1941 models were built but LaSalle was unfortunately dropped,and was replaced by the cheaper
Cadillac 61 range for people who wanted to own a Cadillac but couldn’t afford to buy the more expensive Cadillacs.
The LaSalle marque name has popped up occasionally over the decades on certain General Motors experimental and/or dream cars plus pre-production cars.
Also from 1927 GMC employed Harley Earl as the head designer and chief stylist in the new Art & Colour Section of GM that styled GMC motorcars and other motor vehicles;it was re-named
the Styling Section in 1937.Until his retirement in 1958 Harley Earl was a major influence and innovator on car styling - he introduced the tail fin to cars for example - and came up
with dream cars such as the beautiful Buick Y-Job of 1939.
Anyway,I may be wrong,but I am ninety-nine percent certain that Buzzer’s big mystery car is an American-built LaSalle 345A,Fisher or Fleetwood-Bodied,7-Passenger Touring Sedan
Motorcar of 1931. Fisher and Fleetwood bodies were body options. NOTE:The louvers on the hood-bonnet were replaced by ventilator doors during the production of 1931 LaSalle
cars,and some LaSalles and Cadillacs from this era also had the optional wire-mesh stone guard on the front of their radiators which altered the appearance of the radiators.Also some
LaSalles from this era wore the optional Heron Radiator Ornament or the Goddess Radiator Ornament - the LaSalle in the photograph below has no such ornament.
LaSalle 345A,353 CID,SV,V8,95 BHP Petrol-Gasoline - Engined,Fisher 31-662,or Fleetwood 4657 (4057)-Bodied,7-Passenger Touring Sedan Motorcar,1931.TNUK,OTL,PP&IBIP,829-831.2-2022.Buzzer.3#
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And here for comparison is a LaSalle motorcar also built in 1931,but this one has a stone guard on the front of the radiator:-
LaSalle 345A,353 CID,SV,V8,95 BHP Petrol-Gasoline - Engined,5-Passenger,Fisher 31-659 Touring Sedan,or Fleetwood 4151 Town Car-Bodied, Motorcar,1931.TNUK,OTL,PP&IBIP,829-831.2-2022.TheBidWatcher.3#
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And here is a better view of a 1931 LaSalle radiator.This has the Goddess radiator mascot,but has no stone guard and no sidemount spare wheel:-
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LaSalle 345A,5-Passenger,Fisher 31-659 Touring Sedan,or Fleetwood 4151 Town Car-Bodied, Motorcar,1931.With Goddess Radiator Ornament,without stone guard.TNUK,OTL,PP&IBIP,829-831.2-2022.TheBidWatcher.3#
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LaSalle V8 Brochure.1932.Portrait-painting of elegant French explorer,René-Robert Cavalier Sieur De LaSalle,22-11-1643 - 19-3-1687 - one of the motorcar marques of General Motors was named LaSalle in his honour.TNUK,OTL,PP&IBIP,829-831.2-2022.3#.
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Cadillac -LaSalle Motorcar Marques Brochure.1932.A charming painting of Cadillac and LaSalle high society customers - top hats and elegant dresses…TNUK,OTL,PP&IBIP,829-831.2-2022.3#.
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.LaSalle 345C Imperial 7 Passenger Sedan Motorcar.1933.USA.Wonderfully evocative period illustration of a magnificent motorcar.TNUK,OTL,PP&IBIP,829-831.2-2022.3#
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Double Indemnity (1944),stars Fred MacMurray,Barbara Stanwyck,Edward G.Robinson,directed by the great Billy Wilder and written by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler,is a Classic Five
Star film noir drama - I always think about the 1937 LaSalle Touring Sedan Motorcar in this great film whenever I think about LaSalle motorcars,QV photograph below. The film is about a
murder and money plot that goes wrong…‘Everything is wrong,Baby’ to paraphrase Fred MacMurray’s character 
Give yourself a thrill:please see this absorbing film. Besides this
great film Billy Wilder made some other great films such as Some Like It Hot,The Seven Year Hitch,The Apartment,Kiss Me Stupid,etc.
LaSalle Series 50 37-5019 Touring Sedan Motorcar,1937.Still from superb 1944 feature film drama Double Indemnity,probably the most famous LaSalle car in the world.TNUK,OTL,PP&IBIP,829-831.2-2022.IMCDB.3#
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Probably the most famous LaSalle motor vehicle in the world is the beautiful LaSalle 39-50 Limousine-Hearse in the James Bond spy film Dr.No (1962) ,QV below.
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LaSalle 39-50,A.J.Miller,Limousine-Hearse,1939,featured in the 1962 Dr.No James Bond Film,starring Sean Connery and Ursula Andress.TNUK,OTL,PP&IBIP,829-830.2-2022.IMCDB.3#
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One of Harley Earl’s great styling innovations was the beautifully flamboyant and stylish tailfin which featured on the rear ends of motorcars,both General Motors marques and other
marques,up until the early to mid 1960s.Please see the stylish and fun photograph with the good looking,glamorous ■■■■ and stylish girl model! ,QV below.
Cadillac Tailfin Publicity Photograph.Ten Years Of Cadillac Tailfin Progress - 1949 and 1959 Cadillac Motorcars. A very stylish photograph.TNUK,OTL,PP&IBIP,829-831.2-2022.4#
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The superb Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special advertisement of 1966 absolutely oozes class,high society,affluence and great style both in the great motorcar and the setting of
a big luxurious mansion,elegant,good looking,happy and wealthy people who are enjoying life to the full And why not A very Cadillac advertisement QV below.
Click twice on photograph to enlarge this photograph.
Cadillac-#Marque-#Advertisement,11.1966.#Cadillac #Fleetwood-Sixty-#Special-#Sedan #Luxury #MotorCar.#The-#Standard-#Of-#The-#World in #Royal-#Purple.#Style #Elegance #Glamour #JetSet.4# TNUK,OTL,PP&IBIP,829-831.2-2022.4#
Cadillac Marque Advertisement 5.11.1966.Cadillac Fleetwood-Sixty-Special-Sedan Luxury MotorCar.The-Standard-Of-The-World in Royal-Purple.Style Elegance Glamour JetSet.TNUK,OTL,PP&IBIP,829-831.2-2022.4#
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It looks more like a 1930 Packard 8 733 to me.
