DeVaux Serial Numbers

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The 6-75 was built at two factories, each with its own car numbers: C for Oakland, California, and M for Grand Rapids, Michigan. There were two runs of the 6-75 and two of the 6-80.

YearModelOaklandGrand RapidsProduction dates
19316-75C-1001 to C-4745April 15 to September 25, 1931
19316-75M-1001 to M-4745April 6 to December 31, 1931
19326-75M-4746 to M-5609January 1 to March 31, 1932
19326-80M-5610 to M-6468April 1 to September 30, 1932
1932Continental (DeVaux) 6-80M-6469 to M-7038October 1, 1932 to January 31, 1933

Dates

  • December 29, 1930 – The first DeVaux, still unfinished, is tested by Norman DeVaux and Col. Hall themselves.
  • January 6, 1931 – The first car is completed at Grand Rapids.
  • January 12, 1931 – The first car is shown at the Chicago auto show.
  • January 26, 1931 – The same car is shown at the Los Angeles auto show.
  • March 24, 1931 – DeVaux-Hall orders 8,000 bodies from Hayes.
  • April 6, 1931 – Production begins at Grand Rapids.
  • April 15, 1931 – Production begins at Oakland.
  • September 25, 1931 – Production stops at Oakland and never resumes.
  • February 20, 1932 – The Continental DeVaux Company takes over the DeVaux-Hall Motor Corporation and goes on building the 6-75.
  • April 1, 1932 – The 6-80 is introduced.
  • October 1, 1932 – The second run of the 6-80 begins, as the Continental (DeVaux) 6-80.
  • January 31, 1933 – The last car is built.

The Continental DeVaux Company went on to sell the car under its own name as the 1933–34 Continental Beacon, Flyer, Ace and Red Seal. One more sedan, Continental car number 1001, was built in 1937, based on the 1934 Red Seal.