Never mind the "decent mechanic who makes house calls..." Just try to find an old school mechanic any more that understands these cars having grown up with them. He also needs to understand the owner usually has little or no appetite to spend a small fortune on fixing this or that just to have a nice dependable driver. I'm not a ball of fire anymore but I do all my own work on the vintage cars since I can't find or trust others today to do the work correctly. Come to think of it, it's much the same with my home maintenance and reno when I want the job done right. A sad reflection on the times. ... View more

Oh my goodness, the scars still run deep with the cancelation of the Avro Arrow. Canada was so far out front with the new jet and it had the potential to place the country on a solid footing of future engineering and development paths moving forward. The end of the project cast a dark pall over dreams and ideas for years to follow, what a shame. I've been up close with the Avro mock up plane several times and it's inspiring and humbling to see it, even today decades later. The CASE project is inspiring and let's put our creative minds to work. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Bring it on! ... View more

Haha, good one! ... View more

He was always up for a new challenge or stunt and I admired the tenacity of the man. He did garner the attention of so many of us at the time that stood up and took notice of his next attempt at something zany. While the stunts were sure hard on him, his entertainment was pretty harmless for the audience and it worked at the time. Would it have the same appeal to the masses today? Doubtful that it would now in a different time with the inter web and CGI in our face everywhere. ... View more

I think we've all been there. There's something about the rear view mirror being much more clear after well, a few decades sometimes! ... View more

The Canadians take a back seat to no one when it comes to .... well anything we put our mind to! Nice to have a top notch company that's well managed from the ground up. There's a market for cars restored to perfection so we need shops that listen to the customer and deliver. ... View more

In Canada, we face the very same challenges you mention with BEVs. The city people in large centres (you know, the ones that are very well served by taxpayer funded and heavily subsidized convenient and reliable public transit) love their BEVs since distance is not an issue and when they get to work, they plug it in on the corporate dime, who wouldn't like that free ride. When you live in the rural area, there's very limited infrastructure to charge up and the distances we drive are further. Don't see them being practical for many people at this point with limited range. But, be mindful of the current wave of tree huggers that think their way of doing things is the only way. While small in numbers, they sure have the government's ear. Just look at the car makers racing to proclaim a date not too far off when they will quit offering an ICE. ... View more

I can vividly remember the day as a child nearly five decades ago when I helped (well, let's say I was right in his face wanting to help) my dad pull the studs out of his Suburbanite tires. Ontario had just banned them and the go to solution was to grab the Vice Grips and pull them out which was an easy task. We farmed and my dad always had a solution to every problem, Vice Grips to the rescue! It seems we were able to adjust our driving habits and get through the winters without studded tires after all. Who knew! ... View more

Living just down the road from this build, I can safely say the locals are not up in arms about it and there's no NIMBY sentiment which is certainly unusual. It's being built on industrial/commercial zoned lands and in a designated development area so it's game on. When the 500 full time jobs on site are realized, with my tax dollars from three different levels helping out, I'll be the very first one doing cartwheels down the track! We had a General Tire plant in nearby Barrie at one time and it was the largest employer at the time with those large numbers and they don't come this way very often. Remember folks, not all that glitters is golden and the shine wears off quickly after the taxpayers have been fleeced for all they have. Just sayin'.... I've lived long enough to have seen these side shows before and once the stink clears, the bad taste remains. ... View more

I just live down the road from this smorgasbord. Let's revisit this once the current preoccupation with grossly over inflated real estate values ends, having three levels of government chipping in other people's money dries up and bankers tighten the noose once interest rates rise to reflect market conditions. This isn't being built on a tropical island with multi millionaires jetting in daily for cocktails. Rather it's surrounded by three seasons that are unlike those found near the equator and the nice summer season is short lived and unpredictable at that. I think if I was a potential investor it wouldn't take long to make a one eighty. ... View more

For the benefit of the young guns that read this article (and some of us old coots with foggy memories and bad eyesight) it would sure be nice to have a caption under each photo to identify the person (s) shown and or the setting.     It would really enhance the article.    ... View more

Elsinore Files... would the real Bob and Doug McKenzie please stand up.   ... View more

Elsinore Files... would the real Bob and Doug McKenzie please stand up. ... View more