Some cars leave a paper trail; the Viking left a name, a year — 1929 — and a place in GM (General Motors)'s list. What follows is what can be said with a source behind it.
Where it came from
Viking was a brand of automobiles manufactured by General Motors as a supplement to Oldsmobile division for model years 1929 to 1931 and used the GM B platform. It was shared with the Oakland Model 301 for 1930 and 1931.
In context
On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Rolls-Royce 20/25, the Mercedes-Benz W11, the Bugatti Type 35 B. Nearby in the GM (General Motors) catalogue sit the 1955 Chevrolet and the 1957 Chevrolet.
The money
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Viking has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.