Chevrolet Master Sedan 1934

The 1934 Chevrolet Master and Standard continued Chevrolet's year-old practice of building two distinct series of cars on different wheelbase lengths. The 1934 Chevrolet Master, in fact, now measured 112 inches, two inches longer than the 1933 model. The 1934 Chevrolet Standard model remained at 107 inches.

Both models retained six-cylinder power, but modifications to the Master's 206-cubic-inch engine boosted horsepower from 65 to 80. The Standard series repeated 1933's 181-cubic-inch 60-horsepower engine.

Chevrolet's big news this year was adoption of "Knee-Action," the sealed Dubonnet type of independent front suspension. Standard equipment on the Master series, it would not be offered on Standard models for a few more years.

Master models, while retaining the previous year's styling theme, looked heavier than their 1933 counterparts -- which they were, by some 225 pounds, about 60 pounds of which was due to the Dubonnet "knees." Three horizontal hood louvers replaced the doors used in 1932-33, and wheels were reduced in size to 17 inches. Free Wheeling was optional on Master models only.

The Standard line was expanded to five body styles. Prices were raised by $40 on Standard models and as much as $100 on the Master series. Production increased by 29 percent, with the Standard coach scoring the biggest gain.

 Braga Street, Bandung. Although some European cities in Java also see the latest car models from Europe and the United States, they are nevertheless immediately identified as Indies cities by the typical colonial architecture. The facades of the buildings are almost always completely white, and most buildings were built between 1900 and 1930, a period of strong economic growth. The architecture closely followed European fashions. Yet it seems the implementation is usually slightly more playful than in the motherland, as if the architects felt freer in the Indies than at home. There was a very distinctive colonial architecture, which to date remains visible. The car on the left is a 1936 Chrysler with an Oplet in front, while the car on the right is a 1934 Chevrolet

 Cars in front of the Art Deco DENIS bank building — in Bandung, 1938. The car on the kerb is Chevrolet 1934. DENIS (De Eerste Nederlandsch-Indische Spaarkas or "The First Savings Bank in the Netherlands Indies") was a savings, insurance and mortgage bank in the Netherlands Indies (today Indonesia). Its former building still stands at Braga Street 14 in Bandung, West Java province.

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