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The Canadian Pontiac's did indeed use the Chevrolet chassis and engine/trans combo's as well. The bodies were smaller than the U.S.A. version also. My old '64 Parisienne had a 409 with a PowerGlide. You can easily spot one from a distance as the track is the same as Chevrolet, not the famous "Wide Track" stance. The frames were well known to rust badly and break just past the rear axle/coil spring mounts. Resulting in the drooping rear.

Being a mechanical tech at an Acura shop is a whole lot different than working on rusty old cars. Please spend as much time as possible working in a body shop doing grunt work as you can squeeze in before you quit your job. I don't think its a bad choice, just get as much reality in your life before you change careers. There will be a lot of satisfaction from a job well done, but that doesn't always translate into monetary success. Remember that a $50,000 resto on a $10,00 old car will get you back about 50% most times.

He was instrumental in the development of my favorite Porsche model;928

Here's the ad; 1921 Gray Dort Touring Car Canadian made Road worthy, numbers matching, older restoration, author's car. The only 1921 in private ownership. $20,000 1921 Gray Dort Touring Car - Ontario Collector Cars For Sale - Kijiji Ontario Canada.

There is a Gray-Dort (Canadian version of a Gray)in very nice shape for sale here in Ontario Canada for less than $20G's. I'll see if i can find the ad. Even if the shipping cost $7g's it might be worth looking at.

I'm sure he must have led an exciting life! RIP

I'll have to get a copy from my Mom of a picture of me from 1957 hanging onto the top of the windshield frame of my Dad's Model T "Gow Job" staring at the flathead. I was 2 1/2 at the time and apparently obsessed with cars. According to my Mom!

Yes I see a few of them around here in S-W Ontario. At the CAMI plant in Ingersoll there are some Japanese people who work there and I think they must have imported them when they came over to work here. Very cute indeed.

Seasoned means it needs to be redone.

Have any of you seen the video of the Dodge Brothers assembly from around 1920 or so? It shows them painting the bodies with what resembles a fire hose and the paint runs down and drips off the lower part edges. A lot of toxic stuff going on in that movie. No wonder the Detroit River and Lake Erie were so polluted! A friend of mine has a 1919 that is dark maroon, not black. Would that be an original color choice, or black only? BTW, his car still has the original interior(leather) and top fabric.

There is a few Figaro's around here in S-W Ontario. I see them usually driving into or parked at the CAMI automotive plant.

Well the article is in the NY Times, so most of the readers who comment are city dwellers.

The products from GM as well as other companies just don't inspire young people. That started at the end of the '70's. A lot of people turned there backs on US cars and went to Honda, Toyota, etc. Also very boring plain vanilla cars but they ran good and were cheap to keep on the road. Those Japan Inc. buyers are now the ones preaching to their children the evils of USA built cars and car culture in general. Just go to a car show and count the number of gray hairs compared to people under 30.

Honda Insight was a good looking small car. There are none left on the road here in S-W Ontario Canada. I often wonder to myself what happened to them? I agree with Mr. Williamson "Like most modern vehicles, Volt styling is a little uninspired especially for what it costs. I am not parting with my money in order to own a vehicle of which I cannot stand its appearance". If I can't get warm to the style, forget it, whether its gas, diesel, electric or horse manure!

Anyone who thinks electric cars provide cleaner air are sorely disillusioned. Unless you are providing electricity from your own homemade solar panels or wind power made from recycled material, in your backyard. Where do you think the power comes from? A non-polluting source? What about energy loss from transmission? Battery manufacturing, shipping, recycling, and disposal? Anyone given thought to the Electro magnetic field you are riding around in (Faraday cage)? The same people I know who are pro electric car are the same ones who have a BAN NUCLEAR POWER bumper sticker on their car. I hope we get more R&D and real progress soon, but it will never appease some people, no matter what happens.

I have no problem with electric cars, too bad they hadn't spent as much R&D on them over the last 100 yrs as they did the I.C.E. cars. Then they would be far more advanced and practical. The Volt is a pioneer type vehicle. The Edsel was just a different skin on a 58 Ford chassis and drivetrain. It was not a techno breakthrough car. If the Volt is a failure so be it. At least GM is trying to do something new, and I want someone else to drive them so I can have their gas!

Try Bruce Horkey. Nice stuff

Ugly is right. To me a vehicle worth restoring or driving as a hobby car should have some esthetic value. These don't.

I would go with an Imperial. Strong,silent and very powerful. Rare enough to make them unique at a lot of cruises and shows also.

One of the worst cars GM ever produced. If you want to know what happened to Detroit and why its a ghost town, just drive one of these. It's almost as if GM wanted to go under!

I am like every one on this site in the fact that I love old cars.....but in an accident i would much prefer a new model, crash engineered one. When cruising down the road in my 72 Imperial looking out over that expanse of sheet metal called a hood leads me to have a certain comfort of say similar to riding in a tank. Their legendary status in Demolition Derbys tends to reinforce that warm, fuzzy feeling. Then when I hop in my '06 Dodge Charger I usually do a mental comparison. Which would I survive a head on crash? Likely the Charger would see me through better due to air bags, crumple zones and 34 more years of better engineering. I'm a victim of a '59 Ford steering column trying it's best to skewer me in a car meets bridge abutment accident when I was a teenager. Believe me when i say new is better!

Well here's a 1921 Gray-Dort for sale! Nice looking car in Ontario Canada 1921 Gray Dort Touring Car - Ontario Collector Cars For Sale - Kijiji Ontario Canada.

Please start with posting some pictures. Make a few comments on the subject and why it was special enough for your father to own it. I think you will find this an easy way to start a thread. Then if you enjoy it, and the comments from members here you could start a blog. I don't think you will find a more encouraging audience then right here!

These are some great looking toys. I had a 1961 Ford police car tin toy ( I was only 6) and I remember some people (kids) slagging it as "made in Japan". I loved it. It was my favorite toy for years. Even when it was beat up pretty hard I took it to school for Show & Tell. I know my teacher felt sorry for me. I couldn't understand why. I would love to find another....

I seen the car at the Imperial Palace back in 1990 when it was on display. It was pretty rough around the edges at the time. Certainly looks terrific now.