Canadian Automotive Museum
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The Russell Motor Car Company- Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
00:00 Jerry's remarks begin
56:00 Q&A begins
While little known today, the Russell Motor Car Company was a fledgling Canadian automaker that arguably was Canada’s first and only truly indigenous ‘mass’ builder of automobiles with its own in - house engineering and the capacity to manufacture most of its own components. Led by the company’s namesake, Thomas Alexander Russell, it began as an offshoot of Canada Cycle & Motor (CCM). It rapidly gained considerable prominence with the public and motoring press, enabling the company to play a significant role in the promotion of a nascent automobile manufacturing industry. From British Columbia to Nova Scotia, Russell motor cars established a repu...
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The Legacy of the Bricklin- Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
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00:00 Dimitry's remarks begin 43:51 Q&A begins Malcolm Bricklin’s fantastical 1970s-era Safety Vehicle-1 (SV1) was audaciously launched during a tumultuous breakpoint in postwar history. Built in New Brunswick, the Bricklin remains one of Canada’s most iconic cars 50 years after its launch. The tale of the sexy-yet-safe SV1 reveals the influence of automobiles on ideas about the future, technol...
Across Canada with Ford- Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
Просмотров 6682 месяца назад
In 1925, Ford of Canada organized an epic crossing of Canada by road in celebration of their 21st anniversary, and the launch of a new version of their ubiquitous Model T car. Over the course of 44 days and more than 7,700 kilometers, two drivers, accompanied by Canadian highway promoter Dr. Perry Doolittle and a film crew, drove from Halifax to Vancouver. Footage of the trip was made into a si...
A Brief History of the Bricklin: Canada's Gullwing "Safety Vehicle"
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The acrylic-skinned, gull-winged Bricklin SV-1, built entirely in New Brunswick between 1974 and 1975, is one of the most distinctive and controversial vehicles ever produced in Canada. Join the CAM's exhibit and project coordinator Dumaresq as he explores the history of the Bricklin, and some of the reasons for its dramatic failure. Video from the documentary "The Bricklin Story" , Library and...
Building a Bricklin in 1974: Bricklin Canada, Saint John, New Brunswick
Просмотров 9494 месяца назад
Between 1974 and 1975, auto workers in New Brunswick built nearly 3,000 of the Bricklin SV-1, an unusual acrylic-skinned, gull-winged sports car created by American entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin. This excerpt from a 1974 company documentary, "The Bricklin Story", shows what building a brand-new car in a brand-new factory was like, and how workers felt about their new boss. Video from the docume...
La première voiture à essence fabriquée au Canada : une introduction à la Fossmobile
Просмотров 905 месяцев назад
00:00 La Fossmobile 01:44 Reconstruire la Fossmobile Le mécanicien de vélos George Foote Foss a construit une voiture à essence artisanale dans son atelier de Stanstead, au Québec, en 1897. Il s'agissait de la première voiture à essence fabriquée au Canada avec succès. Découvrez l'histoire de la Fossmobile originale et le projet de la famille Foss pour la reconstruire à partir de zéro. Images g...
The first Canadian-made gas car: an intro to the Fossmobile
Просмотров 5325 месяцев назад
00:00 The original Fossmobile 01:38 Rebuilding the Fossmobile Bicycle mechanic George Foote Foss built a home-made gasoline car at his shop in Stanstead, Quebec, in 1897. It was the first successful gas-powered car made in Canada. Join the inventor's grandson, Ron Foss, as he discusses the history of the original Fossmobile, and the family's project to rebuild it from scratch. Images courtesy o...
Exit the Horse: The Early Years of Canadian Motoring- Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
Просмотров 4396 месяцев назад
00:00 Dumaresq's remarks begin 53:02 Q&A begins How and when did Canadians start driving? Between the 1860s and the 1910s, Canada underwent a series of transportation revolutions, leaping from the horse and carriage to the locomotive, bicycle, streetcar and automobile. From steam cars to experimental electrics to the first Canadian-made gasoline vehicles, join Dumaresq de Pencier as he explores...
An Intro to the Canadian Automotive Museum
Просмотров 7976 месяцев назад
Founded in 1963, the Canadian Automotive Museum in Oshawa, Ontario is home to the world's most significant collection of historical Canadian cars, and the Baechler Canadian Automotive Research Library, the country's largest archive of Canadian motoring literature, maps and ephemera. Join CAM board member Greg Johnston for a quick overview of the Museum, its collection, and the history of the bu...
Ford Across Canada- Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
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00:00 Dale's remarks begin 35:31 Q&A After establishing its first Canadian plant in Windsor in 1904, Ford soon began setting up other plants across Canada, and had assembly plants in Vancouver, Winnipeg, London, Toronto, Montreal, and - briefly - in Saint John, New Brunswick. These century-old buildings are still standing. Automotive author and award-winning journalist Dale Edward Johnson share...
Building a Model T in 1925: Ford Canada, Windsor, Ontario
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In the summer of 1904, Gordon McGregor, president of the Walkerville Wagon Works, of Walkerville, Ontario, approached an up-and-coming American auto manufacturer named Henry Ford to propose opening a Canadian auto plant. The deal they made launched Canada’s largest and oldest car-building business. Join the CAM’s Exhibit & Project Coordinator Dumaresq to see what car-building looked like at For...
Building a Car in 1924: Durant Motors, Leaside, Ontario
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Between 1921 and 1935, the Canadian branch of American car manufacturer Durant Motors built automobiles in Canada at a plant in the Leaside neighborhood of Toronto, Ontario. Join CAM Exhibit & Project Coordinator Dumaresq as he takes a look at what car-building was like in 1924. #leaside #toronto #1924 #carmaker #durant #durantmotors #starcar All still images used are from the collection of the...
The Science of Fossil Fuels- Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
Просмотров 2708 месяцев назад
00:00 Jon's remarks begin 41:46 Q&A There is a prevailing myth, fueled by companies like Sinclair Oil, that oil comes from dinosaurs. Oil is actually generated by the fossils of microscopic animals while gas is sourced from fossil plants. Once fossilized, a specific chain of geological events needs to occur to turn them into hydrocarbons. Join Jon Noad for an evening of paleontology (we will ev...
R.S. McLaughlin's Remarks- the Opening of the Canadian Automotive Museum, 1963
Просмотров 2408 месяцев назад
The Canadian Automotive Museum opened to the public on the 23rd of September, 1963. This slideshow combines the original audio recording of Colonel R.S. "Sam" McLaughlin's remarks at the opening, with period photos of the event. Subtitles are available and encouraged! #oshawa #canadianautomotivemuseum #museum #1963
General Motors Oshawa, 1924
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General Motors Oshawa, 1924
The History of Car Theft- Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
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The History of Car Theft- Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
Malahat Roadway, c. 1912 (Unedited)
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Malahat Roadway, c. 1912 (Unedited)
Canada before Cars- Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
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Canada before Cars- Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
Tesla in Canada- Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
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Tesla in Canada- Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
Pearson and the Auto Pact- Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
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Pearson and the Auto Pact- Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
Volvo in Nova Scotia- Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
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Volvo in Nova Scotia- Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
60 Years of Collecting Canadian Cars - Canadian Automotive Museum
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60 Years of Collecting Canadian Cars - Canadian Automotive Museum
Cars of the Maritimes- Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
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Cars of the Maritimes- Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
The Brooks Steam Car- Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
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The Brooks Steam Car- Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
Canada's Dirt Bike: The Can-Am and Canadian Motocross- Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
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Canada's Dirt Bike: The Can-Am and Canadian Motocross- Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
Studebaker of Canada - Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
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Studebaker of Canada - Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
Unveiling the Fossmobile at the Canadian Automotive Museum
Просмотров 196Год назад
Unveiling the Fossmobile at the Canadian Automotive Museum
Kicking up (Moon)dust: Driving on the Moon - Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
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Kicking up (Moon)dust: Driving on the Moon - Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
Electric and Steam Cars of CAM - Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
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Electric and Steam Cars of CAM - Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
Tall Tale Postcards and the Alaska Highway - Canadian Automotive Museum Talk
Просмотров 1722 года назад
Tall Tale Postcards and the Alaska Highway - Canadian Automotive Museum Talk

Комментарии

  • @sim-sam
    @sim-sam 2 дня назад

    Glad you shared this as it is - without the whole AI-fps-flattening and artifical sound-awkwardness... thanks for that.

    • @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum
      @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum 2 дня назад

      Honestly, the original quality of the film was so poor that AI would probably have just made it worse.

  • @hamburgerhamburgerv2
    @hamburgerhamburgerv2 2 дня назад

    *BEFORE REAGAN*

  • @uwusmolbean
    @uwusmolbean 3 дня назад

    Looks like they all had fun 😊

    • @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum
      @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum 2 дня назад

      We only have one brief newspaper report on the trip as evidence, but yes, it seems to have been a success for everyone involved!

  • @nickswanson2263
    @nickswanson2263 7 дней назад

    That shot in the very first clip is where i have got so stoned so may times with the boys! Hell yeah! Still looks very similar today.

  • @andyjaybryce
    @andyjaybryce 8 дней назад

    I think it's worth looking at the demise of Russell in the context of Ford Motors. Ford started making the model T in 1908. By 1915 they were making half a million per year. They cost $700 in 1910 The trend in car manufacturing was to use assembly lines to produce cheaper cars. By 1915 Russell was hand building cars for thousands of dollars. It was going to cost them many thousands of dollars to retool and even more energy to rethink their approach. Easier to sell the rights to the engine and concentrate on other manufacturing. Incidentally, my grandmother was Tommy's sister, and I thought Jerry's book "Built to a Standard" was a through history of Tommy Russell and Russell Motors.

    • @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum
      @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum 7 дней назад

      Absolutely, yes! In an era when other Canadian manufacturers like Tudhope and McLaughlin were switching over to mass production (successfully or otherwise), Russell's craft-production model only really worked if their cars consistently sold extremely well- but the failure of the Russell-Knights obviously prevented that from happening. Thanks so much for tuning in!

  • @G_Machine_Joe
    @G_Machine_Joe 8 дней назад

    Here I am spending all this time spraying primer and paint when I could just use the garden hose! 😐

    • @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum
      @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum 8 дней назад

      This was filmed about 3 years before paint and primer spraying became industry standard, believe it or not! Flowing on paint like this didn't produce super reliable results and wasted a ton of paint.

  • @petertuohy2886
    @petertuohy2886 9 дней назад

    Nicely done! I'd never heard of this company.

    • @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum
      @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum 9 дней назад

      They're not well known at all, but the moment you start to research the origins of the car in Canada they show up everywhere! A weird bit of trivia that doesn't get mentioned in the talk is that, very briefly in 1902, CCM was manufacturing electric, steam and gas cars at roughly the same time, the only company in Canada to do so.

  • @AMPSLY
    @AMPSLY 9 дней назад

    so it was always terrible...

    • @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum
      @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum 6 дней назад

      Not at all, actually! By the standards of 1912, the Malahat was an excellent gravel highway- the Victoria region in general had very good roads pre-WW1, partially due to the needs of the logging industry.

    • @AMPSLY
      @AMPSLY 6 дней назад

      @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum too bad it never advanced from 1912 good to 2024 good😭

  • @robj2704
    @robj2704 9 дней назад

    I was told by my father years ago that the Red Seal Continental engine was used by many auto manfacters in the 20s.

    • @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum
      @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum 9 дней назад

      He was absolutely correct! At one time, Continental was the largest engine manufacturer in North America, and they seem to have specialized in making engines for smaller auto makers. Other than Durant, they also built engines for Willys, Kaiser-Frazer, Checker and a whole range of tractor, truck, and aircraft manufacturers.

  • @JakeFockstein-cn3hc
    @JakeFockstein-cn3hc 11 дней назад

    Great footage

  • @Mercmad
    @Mercmad 12 дней назад

    Ray and his little chevrolet 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶😊 Btw Durant's were sold in Australia and New Zealand as Rugbys😊

    • @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum
      @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum 12 дней назад

      They were indeed! Canadian-made cars ended up in all kinds of interesting places around the world. It's a topic we've touched on in a bunch of talks over the years.

  •  13 дней назад

    It's actually spelled Dofasco.........Dominion foundary and steel Co.

  • @johnhill8046
    @johnhill8046 14 дней назад

    Isnt thereone in st jacques, by the NB QC border

  • @johnhill8046
    @johnhill8046 14 дней назад

    Canada wire was located nearby

    • @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum
      @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum 14 дней назад

      It was! The Durant plant was originally a factory belonging to their subsidiary, Leaside Munitions Company.

  • @Senna-xi1gr
    @Senna-xi1gr 17 дней назад

    Great video thanks. 👍🏆

  • @andy41417
    @andy41417 18 дней назад

    23:53 Willys introduced all new 2 wheel drive all steel Jeep station wagon in July 1946.

  • @joeclements1997
    @joeclements1997 22 дня назад

    Awesome to hear Minto pronounced correctly!

  • @ScottDLR
    @ScottDLR Месяц назад

    Very interesting film - thank you for posting. My grandfather, who I never met, was a Durant Dealer, I have a small amount of literature and some old advertisements from his dealership that was in Spokane Wa. (I think).

  • @ThatsGoldJerry575
    @ThatsGoldJerry575 Месяц назад

    Great talk guys! Thanks for putting this on. I visited the museum a couple months ago for the first time with my Father and I really liked the Bricklin a lot. It's great to hear that New Brunswickers remember the car with fondness and not an "oh what could have been" perspective

  • @RC-Flight
    @RC-Flight Месяц назад

    Absolutely amazing information. Thanks for taking the time to make this video! 🇨🇦

  • @RC-Flight
    @RC-Flight Месяц назад

    Not an electric wrench it’s air driven. Also that’s not an angle grinder.

  • @jl3059
    @jl3059 Месяц назад

    And now our stupid city is going backwards. Lets add more unused bike lanes. Lets not twin the malahat

  • @anthonysinclair5721
    @anthonysinclair5721 Месяц назад

    It is nice to see this old footage , that was me driving in the first car shown and my son is filming! 😆 Thanks for showing this! 😎👍

  • @nvragn
    @nvragn Месяц назад

    What the heck how come the video that Ford made are all black and white. 😂. Cool video ty for putting this up for people to see 👍 🇨🇦 🔧

  • @Mike-lh1rq
    @Mike-lh1rq Месяц назад

    I remember when I was a child visiting the Craven "A" collection of antique cars when it was a going concern in the 1970s. I was just wondering where that collection was kept? Was the museum at their head office in North york where you mentioned the Rolls-Royce was driven from? I thought it was based somewhere like Kitchener Waterloo. Thanks for explaining the fascinating history of the Canadian Automotive Museum. I hope to visit it soon. I would guess that this museum is the main automotive museum in Ontario, is there a Federal Automotive Museum in Ottawa?

    • @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum
      @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum Месяц назад

      To the best of my knowledge the Craven Foundation collection lived in the same space as their HQ in the greater Toronto area, but travelled regularly across the country; I've seen references of Craven displays from coast to coast. Canada, especially eastern Canada, has a weird dearth of major car museums; while the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa has a national-scale collection, cars are only a tiny part of their mandate and so, by my count, they only have a half-dozen or so on regular display. The CAM isn't a federal museum, but we generally think of ourselves as the country's national car museum because our focus is so laser-tight on Canadian-made vehicles or those of good Canadian provenance.

    • @Mike-lh1rq
      @Mike-lh1rq Месяц назад

      Thanks for the information, I'm actually going to be up in that area of North York today. I'm going to have a look at the building that I found listed on an old brochure for the Craven collection address and see what the building's use is presently. I'm glad that there's a museum that focuses on canadian-made cars through Canada's history. Car manufacturing was an important part of the economy and has a lot of economic benefits. I think even the greater Toronto area could benefit from a manufacturing plant like the long gone General Motors Scarborough van plant, which was a huge source of economic benefit to Toronto, that economic benefit is sadly missing.

  • @assassinlexx1993
    @assassinlexx1993 Месяц назад

    We still travel the same speed today.

  • @Schlipperschlopper
    @Schlipperschlopper Месяц назад

    Very HQ cars from a forgotten brand!

  • @CowboyPants-h5p
    @CowboyPants-h5p Месяц назад

    I grew up on Fleming Crescent in Leaside during the 1950s and 1960s. BTW, the footage is a lot easier to watch at half speed, as it closely resembles reality. However, doing this causes the soundtrack to fail a bit more than I can handle! lol So I switch back and forth.....thanks for posting.

    • @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum
      @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum Месяц назад

      Thanks for tuning in! It's the eternal struggle of old hand-cranked or mechanical film, alas; do you alter the speed for legibility, or keep it as-is for authenticity?

  • @kerrybutler5908
    @kerrybutler5908 2 месяца назад

    In the early '50's we had three families from Sidney who would form a convoy to go over the "hat" and camp at Rathtrevor beach each year. The convoy was so that if one car broke down there were others to help.

  • @sjones1378
    @sjones1378 2 месяца назад

    Very interesting commentary on early off-roading and rail-riding in a car. Wondering how common these practices were.

    • @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum
      @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum 2 месяца назад

      Off-roading was basically universal, since there usually wasn't much by the way of paved or even gravel roads even by the 1920s, and driving cars on rails was a common industrial activity; most railways maintained a pool of cars converted to ride the rails for inspections and messenger duties.

  • @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum
    @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum 2 месяца назад

    In the few days since we recorded this talk, we've learned a lot more about its context, and the people in it! Huge thanks to Mark Richardson for the detailed information; Perry Doolittle was indeed not present for the majority of the drive; he designed the route, however. Doolittle joined the journey in Quebec, where he drove over the bridge and then returned to Toronto. It's worth noting that he claimed someone else had crossed the Pont de Quebec by car, illegally, a few years earlier- so he was not the first to cross the bridge. He then got back on a train to travel by rail to a CAA conference in Vancouver, but got off around Dryden to join the car on its drive to Winnipeg, where he spoke again and then left by rail for Vancouver. The pilot of the car, for 100% of the drive, was Ed Flickenger, who was a film maker and photographer employed by Ford. The people who did the actual driving were a succession of Ford executives from each of Ford’s local regions as the car travelled through. Doolittle never claimed to have made the drive. That story was started by Ford’s PR department in 1973 when they recreated the drive to publicize their new Mustang and Cougar. Auto journalists just went along with the statement and nobody ever checked it.

  • @K3NnY_G
    @K3NnY_G 2 месяца назад

    Very interesting, thanks for taking the time to share; very curious how much info about this journey has been lost to time or just never was. Would be interesting to find where either the car, or even it's grille ended up.

    • @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum
      @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum 2 месяца назад

      Thanks for tuning in! Since recording this, we've learned a few more details about at least some of the people involved- I'm preparing a post on it as we speak.

  • @samohtw1
    @samohtw1 2 месяца назад

    2:27 Not an electric wrench, but a pneumatic wrench.. Air powered

  • @frankhill2406
    @frankhill2406 2 месяца назад

    I owned car number 134 which I bought from C & C Motors here in Oshawa when they were located on Grenfell St. I put over 97,000 miles on it before taking it off the road. I kept it in my garage for some years hoping to retore it but finally gave it to a man who at the time had seven others. He was going to restore mine as it was in the best shape of all of the ones he had.

  • @Marvin-fn7ks
    @Marvin-fn7ks 2 месяца назад

    I had a 175 TNT enduro back in the 70s . At the time it was the best thing out there ! Now near 70 and still ride a dirt bike…Yamaha xt225 .

  • @captlazer5509
    @captlazer5509 2 месяца назад

    What's with the synth sounds? Do they make droids in the Bricklin factory, too?

    • @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum
      @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum 2 месяца назад

      This footage is from a documentary filmed in 1974- you'd have to ask the production crew about their music choices. A factory making plastic cars was pretty sci-fi stuff for the time.

    • @captlazer5509
      @captlazer5509 2 месяца назад

      @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum Yes, a very 70's corporate film soundtrack. I'm a fan of the Bricklin. It dared to be different in the middle of the malaise era. People who complain on the build quality never drove a mid to late 70's Corvette.

  • @dennisshappka5699
    @dennisshappka5699 2 месяца назад

    Ford Screwed Canada , so did GM , and Chrysler . Canada got the Big Shaft ...

  • @dennisshappka5699
    @dennisshappka5699 2 месяца назад

    It makes me Very sad Canada lost its auto industry. Canadian Government sold us out. The USA big 3 bought our Government . Just like the Areo industry . Sad Truth Canada had the most advanced Fighter Jet in the late 1950s The Avroarrow And Canada was told to shut it down. Thanks Diefenbaker.

  • @kmjsjeheh1417
    @kmjsjeheh1417 2 месяца назад

    yes CANADA 💪🏭

  •  2 месяца назад

    Challengers and Camaros Chevrolet Trucks hellcats , Chargers .......all made in Canada

    • @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum
      @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum 2 месяца назад

      By our count there have been somewhere in the area of 115 different makes of car produced in Canada since 1899. Some are classics, some weren't, but they were all made here!

  • @charlesyoungblood1402
    @charlesyoungblood1402 3 месяца назад

    Love Studebakers . I have a 1964 Studebaker Avanti R2 , S/N 5000 . Awesome Cars and we do miss them .

  • @ricksmith1382
    @ricksmith1382 3 месяца назад

    These guys worked hard BACK THEN. Then the union came to be and became candy land. Over paid, lazy, spoiled. GM, ford and Chrysler (Daimler, Fiat, whatever it is now) are still in business by incorporating more and more foreign made parts into it's cars and trucks. Built in USA? At best, assembled in USA. Also, salaried employees have had it made as well. Labor cost and horrible quality has sunk GM, ford and Chrysler (FIAT).

  • @DonGoldstein-b7q
    @DonGoldstein-b7q 3 месяца назад

    That was fantastic! Really appreciated that in-depth presentation ! I am a former Can-Am owner of a 1979 MX5 250 in my youth, so this brand is near and dear to my heart. Can’t wait to see the Can - Am motorcycles back out on the street later this year and I hope they’re going to also make a gas powered version as well as the EV. 😎

    • @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum
      @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum 3 месяца назад

      Thanks so much for tuning in! It's been fascinating seeing the Can-Am branding slowly reappear out of the woodwork in Canada over the past few years.

  • @boulandmotorsusa1228
    @boulandmotorsusa1228 3 месяца назад

    I own a 1974 Bricklin rare factory 4spd car. These cars still turn heads today. And you are usually the only one at the car show with one!!!!

  • @alfawcett2606
    @alfawcett2606 3 месяца назад

    My grandparents said it took the whole day to get to Victoria on horse and buggy

    • @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum
      @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum 3 месяца назад

      It probably did! Most Canadian towns and cities established during the horse and carriage era are usually just far enough apart that you could cover the distance between them in 8-12 hours by horse. Nobody planned things this way, it was just sort of an unconscious unit of measurement that settlements developed around.

  • @dont-want-no-wrench
    @dont-want-no-wrench 4 месяца назад

    play at .75 speed to get more natural for the film- they are always too fast.

  • @swaddington9399
    @swaddington9399 4 месяца назад

    That first minute of footage looks like the road to the mill bay ferry that runs near the water, with the same big hill?

  • @PaulRudd1941
    @PaulRudd1941 4 месяца назад

    My goodness, maybe I shouldn't complain so much about having to drive this route. Sometimes I forget people come from all over the world to see the capital.

  • @georgeburns7251
    @georgeburns7251 4 месяца назад

    Oh my, back when Ford could build cars. So long ago. The Ford family sure screwed their company.

  • @OKFrax-ys2op
    @OKFrax-ys2op 4 месяца назад

    Honey, l was in the movies today at work! How nice dear, does that mean we can move to Hollywood? 🤔🤬😂

    • @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum
      @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum 4 месяца назад

      Little-known fact: Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and Clara Bow all got their start as auto-workers, hahahaha!

    • @OKFrax-ys2op
      @OKFrax-ys2op 4 месяца назад

      @@CanadianAutomotiveMuseum what a factoid! I worked at Fisher Body in the late 1970’s. It was an old plant, a 1920’s industrial complex, building bodies for various automobile manufacturers back in the day, until acquired by General Motors. It was an awesome plant to work at and will be always my favorite place to work at! But I never made it to the silver screen, but had a God encounter during a Bible study during lunchtime!

    • @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum
      @CanadianAutomotiveMuseum 4 месяца назад

      For the record: the above fact was said in jest, and is not at all true.

    • @OKFrax-ys2op
      @OKFrax-ys2op 4 месяца назад

      @@CanadianAutomotiveMuseum awe, you got me! But what I said is true, have a good day!