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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

He Switched from Tractors to Antiques, Noel Hamer has seven men working in his Brooklin garage restoring antique cars

Date11/4/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: He Switched from Tractors to Antiques; Noel Hamer has seven men working in his Brooklin garage restoring antique cars.
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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_0009876F
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. (...)
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6/17/1974
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6/9/1988
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
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.
1/2/1969
Refinishing pine tool moulds is just one of the projects 27-year-old Bill Don has taken on since he and he and his wife Bev decided to fulfil his life's dream, to run their own store. Ardith One, on Yonge St., features antiques and artifacts the pair has collected over the past two years. The young couple say that mixing marriage and business has given them something to work on for the rest of their lives.
Refinishing pine tool moulds is just one of the projects 27-year-old Bill Don has taken on since he and he and his wife Bev decided to fulfil his life's dream, to run their own store. Ardith One, on Yonge St., features antiques and artifacts the pair has collected over the past two years. The young couple say that mixing marriage and business has given them something to work on for the rest of their lives.
8/1/1973
These cars have no pickup, A Strike by 20,000 truck drivers in the United States has stranded thousands of Canadian-made cars awaiting delivery to the(...)
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8/8/1985
On a Roll: Dentist Jonathan Evans spends as much time as he can indulging his passion for historic cars at the wheel of his '58 Lister Knobbly
On a Roll: Dentist Jonathan Evans spends as much time as he can indulging his passion for historic cars at the wheel of his '58 Lister Knobbly
7/13/1992
Buddy, can you bowl that tire?, It's hard work moving a 250-pound tractor tire, as longshoreman Donald Mullen, working at dockside in Toronto, discovered recencently
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9/11/1975
Ronnie Hawkins, look out! Mississauga daredevil Larry Hurricane McLean, 28, took his motorcycle over seven antique cars - entertainer Hawkins was in o(...)
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Furniture sleuth: Phil Dunning, curator of Montgomery's Inn, has a sharp eye for antiques and can explain how he knows this chair is authentic early Canadian piece - he took it apart and made sure the screws were old, too.
Furniture sleuth: Phil Dunning, curator of Montgomery's Inn, has a sharp eye for antiques and can explain how he knows this chair is authentic early Canadian piece - he took it apart and made sure the screws were old, too.
1/3/1980
A High Brow to help Save Fuel, The road tractor, above, known as the Astro Dragfoiler, has its cab tilted forward to display its latest feature: a mol(...)
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