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Chevrolet Series AD Universal

Car model

Field	Value
name	Chevrolet Series AD Universal
image	1930 Chevrolet Universal AD Standard 4-Door Sedan.jpg
manufacturer	Chevrolet (General Motors)
aka	Chevrolet Universal
model_years	1930
assembly	{{ubl	Oakland Assembly, Oakland, California
predecessor	Chevrolet Series AC International
successor	Chevrolet Series AE Independence
body_style
layout	FR layout
platform	GM A platform
engine	194 cuin OHV 6-cylinder
wheelbase	107 in
length	156 in
width
height
weight	2195 -
related	Oakland Six
Pontiac Series 6-30B
sp	us

The **Chevrolet Series AD Universal ** or Chevrolet Universal AD is a Chevrolet car which began sales in 1930. Available in a variety of body types including as a 2-door coupe, 4-door sedan and a delivery van. Total production was down due to the Wall Street crash of 1929 while 864,243 were manufactured and 39,773 came from Oshawa.

History

The Series AD was launched as replacement for the 1929 Series AC models. Sales dropped by over 200,000 to 640,980 vehicles for the year.

The AD retained the new "stovebolt" overhead valve 194 CID six-cylinder engine from the Series AC, but with bigger intake valves and smaller exhaust valves, along with a new manifold, raised power from 46 hp to 50 hp. The suspension now included hydraulic shock absorbers and the fuel gauge was moved from the tank to the dash panel, along with an angled, non-glare windshield and new instrument gauges with circular shapes and black faces, smaller 19" wheels using wire spokes while hickory spoke wheels were now optional. The previous Imperial Sedan was replaced with the Special Sedan, which separated the name and image from top level Cadillac, while the process of dedicating one body style to Chevrolet factories continued. In May 1925 the Chevrolet Export Boxing plant at Bloomfield, New Jersey was repurposed from a previous owner where Knock-down kits for Chevrolet, Oakland, Oldsmobile, Buick and Cadillac passenger cars, and both Chevrolet and G. M. C. truck parts are crated and shipped by railroad to the docks at Weehawken, New Jersey for overseas GM assembly factories.

code	city	body style
1AD	Flint Assembly	2-door 2-passenger Roadster
2AD	Tarrytown Assembly	2-door 2-passenger Sport Roadster w/2-passenger rumbleseat
3AD	St. Louis Assembly	4-door 5-passenger Phaeton
5AD	Kansas City Assembly	2-door 2-passenger Coupe
5AD	Kansas City Assembly	2-door 2-passenger Cabriolet w/2-passenger rumbleseat
6AD	Oakland Assembly	2-door 2-passenger Sport Coupe w/2-passenger rumbleseat
8AD	Lakewood Assembly	2-door 5-passenger Coach
9AD	Norwood Assembly	4-door 5-passenger Club Sedan
12AD	Buffalo Assembly	4-door 5-passenger Sedan
21AD	Janesville Assembly	4-door 5-passenger Special Sedan

References

(1996). "The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1945". Kraus Publications.
"1930 Chevrolet Series AD Universal". How Stuff Works.

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