Chevrolet standard

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Chevrolet Standard Mercury / Standard
Production period: 1933-1936
Class : Middle class
Body versions : Touring car , roadster , sedan , coupé , cabriolet
Previous model: Chevrolet Confederate Serie BA

The Chevrolet Standard Mercury , or Chevrolet Standard , was a mid- range car that was built by Chevrolet in the USA as the successor to the Confederate from the model years 1933 to 1936 .

Year by year

Standard Mercury Series CC (1933)

Standard Mercury Series CC (1933)
Chevrolet Standard Mercury Series CC Sedan (Coach) (1933)

Chevrolet Standard Mercury Series CC Sedan (Coach) (1933)
Production period: 1933
Body versions : Limousine , coupe
Engines: Otto engine :
3.0 liters (44 kW)
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 2718 mm
Empty weight : 1099-1139 kg

The actual successor to the Confederate in the lower middle class did not appear until the middle of the 1933 model year. Its wheelbase had been reduced by 3 ″ to 2,718 mm. The above-controlled six-cylinder in-line engine now had indeed 2,966 cm 3 , but made, like its predecessor, 60 hp (44 kW) at 3000 min -1 . If the Confederate still had a synchronized gearbox, this synchronization was again omitted with the standard Mercury. The bodies had been aerodynamically improved and had V-shaped, rearward sloping radiator grills. The ventilation flaps on both sides of the bonnet were narrower and no longer chrome-plated, but painted, as were the headlights, which only had chrome rings.

Because of the short model cycle, only three different bodies appeared, two coupés with two or four seats and a two-door sedan with five seats. Only 35,845 copies were made in the shortened model year.

Standard series DC (1934)

Standard series DC (1934)
Chevrolet Standard Series DC Sedan (Coach) (1934)

Chevrolet Standard Series DC Sedan (Coach) (1934)
Production period: 1934
Body versions : Touring car , roadster , sedan , coupé
Engines: Otto engine :
3.0 liters (44 kW)
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 2718 mm
Empty weight : 1078-1203 kg

There were few changes in the first full model year of the new series, which had been renamed from Standard Mercury to Standard. In addition to the three models from the previous year, a 4-door Phaeton and a 4-door sedan, each with five seats, were added in the middle of the model year.

The vertical vents had given way to three horizontal vents on each side of the hood. 98,959 copies were made from the DC series.

Standard series EC (1935)

Standard series EC (1935)
Chevrolet Standard Series EC Sedan (1935)

Chevrolet Standard Series EC Sedan (1935)
Production period: 1935
Body versions : Touring car , roadster , sedan , coupé
Engines: Otto engine :
3.4 liters (54 kW)
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 2718 mm
Empty weight : 1092-1212 kg

Nothing changed in the styling of the standard models in 1935, but a larger engine was added, which was taken over from the mid-range Master model . In the standard 3,388 cm made 3 but six-cylinder only 74 hp (54 kW) at 3200 min -1 . Five different structures were also offered.

With 201,773 copies, this standard clearly exceeded its predecessor.

Standard series FC (1936)

Standard series FC (1936)
Chevrolet Standard Series FC Touring Sedan (1936)

Chevrolet Standard Series FC Touring Sedan (1936)
Production period: 1936
Body versions : Sedan , coupe , convertible
Engines: Otto engine :
3.4 liters (58 kW)
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 2769 mm
Empty weight : 1198-1271 kg

In 1936, the standard models also received the all-steel bodies from Fisher Body Co. The old-fashioned Roadster and Phaeton bodies disappeared; in return, two-door convertibles with two or four seats were added. The front fenders of the new bodies were more rounded than in the previous year. In addition, there were now steel disc wheels throughout. The innovation was hydraulically instead of mechanically operated brakes on all four wheels with cables. The engine power corresponding to 79 hp (58 kW) at 3200 min -1 of the larger middle class model.

408,417 copies of the FC series indicated that Chevrolet was on track with these changes. In the following year, the standard disappeared without replacement and the mid-range Master model took on the role of the entry-level model.

Web links

Commons : Chevrolet Standard Mercury  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : Chevrolet Standard  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

literature

  • Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark, Jr .: Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1805-1942. Krause Publications, Iola WI 1985, ISBN 0-87341-045-9 .