Stay updated with breaking news from Kurt penner. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Hundreds return to old Langley Speedway for Canada D'eh car show aldergrovestar.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aldergrovestar.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dan is well known for owning his 1959 Corvette for more than half a century and driving it 450,000 miles on trips all over North America. He keeps the car in top condition and it will never leave him. The Corvette means a lot to him because his mother was hoping he would buy an early two-seat Thunderbird – the car she always wanted. “I was serious about a light blue 1957 Thunderbird before I bought the Corvette,” Dan recalls. “The owner and I were one hundred dollars apart and no one would give way. I called back two days later to discover the car was sold.” ....
Styling for the 1958 Pontiac represented a one-year-only model based on the Chevrolet Impala but with much fancier dashboards and interiors. There were only 759 Pontiac Parisienne convertibles built by General Motors of Canada and very few still exist. Top line U.S. Pontiacs were Bonneville models and had larger bodies than the Chevrolet-based Canadian products. “Aunt Lil would drive the convertible to her job at BC Tel in downtown Vancouver with people following her and always trying to buy the car,” Susie’s husband Pat recalled. “It was always garaged and kept covered. Jim and Lil loved that car.” Family photos show Jim in the car with the top down and with his beloved big white dog. A special car for special drives and occasions. ....