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Ron Fawcett has been hooked on cars longer than he can remember and he's worked painstakingly over the years restoring dozens of antique and classic models on the outskirts of Whitby.
Ron Fawcett has been hooked on cars longer than he can remember and he's worked painstakingly over the years restoring dozens of antique and classic models on the outskirts of Whitby.

Ron Fawcett has been hooked on cars longer than he can remember and he's worked painstakingly over the years restoring dozens of antique and classic models on the outskirts of Whitby.

Date1/2/1969
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0127176F
Old cars come out like new. Restoring antique cars is the hobby and the business of Ron Fawcett of Whitby leading on a 1956 Thunderbird under the Harvard trainer mounted on the roof. Fawcett has restored cars for museums in Ottawa. Oshawa and Niagara Fall
Old cars come out like new. Restoring antique cars is the hobby and the business of Ron Fawcett of Whitby leading on a 1956 Thunderbird under the Harvard trainer mounted on the roof. Fawcett has restored cars for museums in Ottawa. Oshawa and Niagara Fall
11/3/1975
A 1918 Pierce-Arrow is the pride of the collection of antique cars owned by Ron Fawcett of Whitby, and he drove it 1,200 miles on holidays last year. (...)
A 1918 Pierce-Arrow is the pride of the collection of antique cars owned by Ron Fawcett of Whitby, and he drove it 1,200 miles on holidays last year. (...)
6/17/1974
He Switched from Tractors to Antiques, Noel Hamer has seven men working in his Brooklin garage restoring antique cars
He Switched from Tractors to Antiques, Noel Hamer has seven men working in his Brooklin garage restoring antique cars
11/4/1976
Cars are lined up for miles on the Queen Elizabeth Way this morning as snow squalls turn into glare ice, resulting in dozens of minor fender benders. (...)
Cars are lined up for miles on the Queen Elizabeth Way this morning as snow squalls turn into glare ice, resulting in dozens of minor fender benders. (...)
12/5/1977
Innovator: Toronto urologist Dr. Mel Sutton worked painstakingly for three years to perfect the microscoop he displays here. The delicate surgical tool offers new hope to men who've been sterilized by vasectomy operations, but now want families, by taking the uncertainly out of the reversal operation and making it an easier task for surgeons.
Innovator: Toronto urologist Dr. Mel Sutton worked painstakingly for three years to perfect the microscoop he displays here. The delicate surgical tool offers new hope to men who've been sterilized by vasectomy operations, but now want families, by taking the uncertainly out of the reversal operation and making it an easier task for surgeons.
9/12/1981
Hafty Hauler: The nearly 1,000 vehicles on display include an array of all-new models such as this GMC Suburban, plus concept cars, racers and classics
Hafty Hauler: The nearly 1,000 vehicles on display include an array of all-new models such as this GMC Suburban, plus concept cars, racers and classics
2/12/1992
Office jobs with a view: Six specialists at the Ontario Gallery of Art spread over two rooms spend their days painstakingly restoring old works
Office jobs with a view: Six specialists at the Ontario Gallery of Art spread over two rooms spend their days painstakingly restoring old works
9/14/1989
Office jobs with a view: Six specialists at the Ontario Gallery of Art spread over two rooms spend their days painstakingly restoring old works
Office jobs with a view: Six specialists at the Ontario Gallery of Art spread over two rooms spend their days painstakingly restoring old works
9/14/1989
Well, have you? Proper maintenance of oil and oil filters in your car is more important to the livelihood of your engine than the use of the dozens of(...)
Well, have you? Proper maintenance of oil and oil filters in your car is more important to the livelihood of your engine than the use of the dozens of(...)
5/10/1982
Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Tam vowed to bring a $1 million kidney dialysis unit to Scarborough after Gary Belz died of a heart attack due to kidney failure more than two years ago. Tam said if Belz, then 37, hadn't had to wait a month for dialysis treatment at a downtown hospital, he would still be alive today. And Tam said the dozens of patients who travel downtown for dialysis would have a much, much better quality of life if a unit were Scaborough. But after [Incomplete]
Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Tam vowed to bring a $1 million kidney dialysis unit to Scarborough after Gary Belz died of a heart attack due to kidney failure more than two years ago. Tam said if Belz, then 37, hadn't had to wait a month for dialysis treatment at a downtown hospital, he would still be alive today. And Tam said the dozens of patients who travel downtown for dialysis would have a much, much better quality of life if a unit were Scaborough. But after [Incomplete]
11/24/1986
Creating with wood: Marvin Christi (above) uses modern chainsaws and old-time hand instruments to prepare the logs with which he builds houses. Each is unique: Orono artist Ron Barber (right) carves a different decoration for each Christie creation, in this case a painstakingly detailed eagle on a crooked beam that will project from the house over the front door.
Creating with wood: Marvin Christi (above) uses modern chainsaws and old-time hand instruments to prepare the logs with which he builds houses. Each is unique: Orono artist Ron Barber (right) carves a different decoration for each Christie creation, in this case a painstakingly detailed eagle on a crooked beam that will project from the house over the front door.
5/31/1983
Henry Baldwin's home, considered to be one of the last great homes that once stood on the outskirts of the original village of Yorkville
Henry Baldwin's home, considered to be one of the last great homes that once stood on the outskirts of the original village of Yorkville
11/4/1989