Old Autos newspaper celebrated their 20th year in business with a great wine and dine at a golf club near Aberfoyle. It was wonderful to meet so many of the fine writers and enthusiasts that made the paper the number one purveyor of news in Canada. Murray McEwan and Murray Cutler faced a tough battle when they started the paper up as there was no internet to speak of in consumers hands at the time. (It was still mostly a product of university campuses and the military.) Anyway, the party was fabulous, everybody had a good time and I was so overwhelmed by it I forgot to sign the scrapbook McEwan had on the table! So I'm saying it here and now, Happy Anniversary and let's go for twenty more years.
My next big auto adventure is the upcoming 40th annual antique Cars & Parts Flea Market held Dec 2nd at the International Centre in Mississauga, Ontario. It's a great way to see vintage stuff and meet up with collectors before the snow flies. I won't be selling at a booth this time, I cleared out lots of merchandise over the summer and need to restock. It's getting tough to find good parts now. I doubt I'll ever find another 1965 L76 Holley Corvette carburetor or a 1955 Chryco AM radio complete from vacuum tubes to chrome knobs. Those were just two of the beauties I sold to happy restorers this year. Maybe I can unload some Pontiac engine pieces.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
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