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Thursday, August 3 1972 107 Ye or No, 31
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Around noon last Thursday,
BaYfield's Main Street was
taken over by a bevvy of antique
cars. There were so many that it
seemed to some as though time
had been turned back to "good
old days" of roadsters and
touring ears,
long train of cars worth
$750,000 stopped traffic with
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their choruses of AAROOGAI
They, parked, near the Little Inn
and overflowed onto the
siclestreets, drawing a large
crowd, For an hour and a half,
while the drivers ate their lunch,
Bayfield citizens and visitors
were afforded a close look at
what might be termed a
travelling museum.
The organization sponsoring
the tour was the Antique and
Classic Car Club of Canada, It
has 1000 members across the
country, and about 40 or 50
percent are from Southern
Ontario. Most of the cars on this
tour are individually owned,
and the owners usually join
events.
swhich offer contests and
But five of the cars on the
tour were owned by The Craven
Foundation, which maintains a
collection of almost 50 of the
antique cars, Since many of
Canada's early automobiles are
now owned by people in the
United States, the foundation is
trying to acquire cars of
"national significance" such as
the 1919 Fiat Seven-Passenger
Tourer viewed in Bayfield: one
of five left in the world.
"It's almost impossible to
replace parts for a car like
that," said Michael Morrow,
public relations man for the
foundation.
Modern replacements usually
don't fit,' and anyway, most
clubs insist on authentic parts."
Mr, Morrow explained the
reason for the tour: "This is the
first year we've done this, Our
first idea was to have a static
museum, but that isn't much
good for the ,people who live
else. So we decided
to take the cars around to show
people,"
On June 21st a public
announcement was made of
their intent to tour various parts
of Ontario, and the reeeption so
far has been good, he said.
Everyone, it seems, is interested
in old cars for some reason or
another,
"Here you see fabulous
examples of cars," said Mr,
Morrow, pointing at the once-
quiet Bayfield street. "These are
mostly personal cars, individual
efforts. Some of these drivers
spend as much time studying,
repairing, and showing their
cars as they do eating and
sleeping, And it becomes a
social and family event, They
bring their kids along: old-
fashioned touring!"
Asked when they became
interested in old cars, many of
the drivers answered quickly,
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Story by
Liza Williams
Photos by
Jim Fitzgerald
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