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The Brussels Post, 1979-04-16, Page 27PAUL KERRIGAN FUELS "Your friendly BP Agent" Gasolires, Fuel Oil, Lubricating Oils & Greases Phone 482-9653 Clinton, Ont. Put Spring into your ride! We are a franchised GUARANTEED MUFFLER SHOP Lifetime Guaranteed Mufflers and Shocks * FRONT END ALIGNMENT * WHEEL BALANCING * TIRES FOR ALL CARS Prices based on G78 X 14 of 15 size. FREE INSTALLATION AND BALANCE Call or come in OPEN 6 days for appointment CLOSED 12-1 Belted FROM 35.00 Radial FROM 55.00 Polyester FR OM 32.60 HAUGH TIRE and Muffler Supply Ltd. New Location - Highway 4 South of CLINTON 482-3752 or if busy 482.9796 PUTTING YOU FIRST KEEPS US FIRST We'll care for your car this season to keep you smiling WE'RE YOUR TOTAL SERVICE CENTER McLAUGHLIN CHEVROLET-OLDS LTD. 8 -611,1 te 'S# 10 CI 'Savings Setif Ottli 527-1140 lion on parts and repairs. They might barter with a local hot rodder for a rare Old car festival recalls horseless carriage era • Visitors to Greenfield. Village during Old Car Festival can almost hear drivers coaxing and sweet-talking their 30Q antique automobiles as the cars clang and sputter their way down quaint Village streets. None built later than 1925, the cars recall the age of au- tomobile adventure. Here one can see the drivers in goggles and dusters and flap- pers in their frills, symbols of an age revolutionized by the Model Ts, Stutz Bearcats, Studebakers and many more. The Old Car Festival is one of the pre-eminent events of its kind—a chance for pam- pered motorists to glimpse early automobiling and for enthusiasts and collectors to compare notes and trade tales. The Village is an ap- propriate place for such a tathering: it was founded by :he late Henry Ford. CAR CARE SECTION Show your car You care Your friendly BP agent CALL US FOR DEPENDABLE SERVICE Our service area is Blyth, Seaforth, Clinton, Bayfield, Dublin & Brucefield Rare cars Like some nearly extinct A car that is well maintained can last indefinitely. This Ricken- backer (top) is one of only nine still in existence. And not many remember when this Saxon (below) was built a half-century ago. Daily parade During the daily parades, the cars clatter past a collec- tion of more than 80 historic homes and buildings, relo- cated from all over the coun- try and set .down in the pat- tern of a typical New England Village. The setting takes on a par- ticularly Early American mood when riders on high- wheel bicycles, a special fea- ture of this event, glide placidly by, exhibiting both balance and bravery. Some cars, like the bicy- cles, have almost disap- peared from modern mem- ory, for few people can re- member when a Jewett Tour- ing Car or a Holsman Auto Buggy trundled down Main Street. A car from the 1920s is new by Old Car Festival stan- dards. It is a festival tradition • to divide the cars into two categories: the venerable au- tomobiles of the pre-1917 era and the upstarts from the 1918 and 1925 period. Cars in each group compete in sepa- rate contests and games, in- cluding judging for authentic- ity. Amidst the Fords, Buicks and Dodges, there are cars recalling the shattered hopes of early manufacturers. Just ask an owner of a Wills Ste. Claire about C.H. Wills and his short-lived enterprise near the shores of Lake Hu- ron. species, many cars are ex- tremely rare. For instance, the five Rickenbackers at a recent event were among the nine sole survivors of about 55,000 cars. Products of a simpler era, these cars invite .tinkering. Collectors will have spent many a Sunday afternoon preparing for this event by polishing the outside and working on the engines, try- ing to turn those sputters into purrs. Hunt for parts Many of the participants belong to antique car clubs, which prove to be convenient clearing houses for informa- Try radials If you're in the market for new tires—and are trying to cut gasoline consumption at the same time—you might give a thought to purchasing radial tires. While the initial cost will be higher than for regular tires, tests have shown that both steel and rayon belted radials increased gas mileage by up to 10 percent while im- proving car handling charac- teristics. part or track down the latest rumor about a cache of these valuable objects. ' One entrant followed up the story of a lone hubcap lying in a farmer's field and discovered a veritable trove: a hubcap, two wheels and an axle. That, of course, is part of .he fun of owning an antique automobile; it takes more than just turning the ignition key to keep the car running The owners take a lot of satis• faction in their avocation, and it is no wonder that they come to the Old Car Festival each year to show off the fruit of their labor. The 1979 Old Car Festival will be held September 8 and 9.