page_title: McLaughlin Motor Car Company
section_title: The automobiles
hierarchical_section_title: McLaughlin Motor Car Company / The automobiles
caption_attribution_description: 1942 McLaughlin-Buick Special 2016 Langley good times cruise-in
context_page_description: The McLaughlin Motor Car Company Limited was a Canadian manufacturer of automobiles headquartered in Oshawa, Ontario. It became General Motors of Canada.
context_section_description: The first McLaughlin automobile was the 1908 Model F.
  Until 1914, the cars were finished with the same paints and varnishes used on carriages. This meant each vehicle required up to fifteen coats of paint.
  In 1927 two identical specially designed four-door touring cars were built for the Royal Tour of Canada, one to be shipped ahead to the next city while the other was in use.
  In 1936 a McLaughlin-Buick was purchased by the Prince of Wales.
  In 1936 the Dunsmuirs, a coal magnate family in Victoria, British Columbia, ordered 3 special order 1936 Buick-McLaughlin Phaetons for 3 of their daughters. In 1937 the Phaeton roadster bought for Elinor Dunsmuir was used to drive US president Franklin Roosevelt around Victoria, BC during his state visit. This is verified by photos appearing in the Daily Colonist and the Victoria Times newspapers Oct 1, 1937 because each of the Dunsmuir phaetons was unique. 
  Two McLaughlin-Buick Phaetons were built for the 1939 Royal tour. One of these later carried Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales, during their 1986 visit to Canada.
caption: 1942 Special
  the last year of the McLaughlin badge
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