Hillar, I'm in for one and as you know I own one of every thing Todd already offered us. We can settle up Tuesday when I see you at the LEAFS game, the hottest ticket in town that you snagged for us! Yippie ! Leafs going to own Canes, Tuesday!!

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I'd like one too. I bought 250 CP decals so I hope I qualify. Let me know if I can Paypal my 5 bucks.

Todd

now for the really dumb question, what was Harvey's?  Was it one of the stores from the "Harvey's" burger chain where everyone met for cruise night?

Yes, that was one of the Harvey's hamburger restaurants.  This location at the intersection of Jane St. and the 401 Highway in Toronto became quite famous as a car hangout.  Because of its proximity to the 400 highway which had just been opened in the early 70's and was mostly quite wide open because it ran through the middle of nowhere, it was perfect for "informal speed contests".  Ah, those were the days, guys would set up contests and off they'd go, returning slightly later to rehash the event over a burger.  I have a great article about this Harvey's from the magazine that used to come in the Sunday Star.  It was written in about 1979 if I recall correctly.  That was when the "action" was at it's peak and the decal came out - you would never see that in today's politically correct world.  The cars that showed up there were serious machines and a lot of money changed hands over the years, this was no palatial cruise in place like what predominates now, this was serious racing for cashola.  It was a different era back then.  As the 80's came to a close it was pretty well over.  There was now so much development along the 400, the wide open spaces and light traffic that had facilitated much of the action was gone.  Obviously the attitude of the local constabulary had changed as well.  The land this Harvey's sat on with its huge parking lot became too valuable and was sold for commercial development.

my brotherinlaw hung out there for years, my sister has the white and orange jackets from harveys still ,good childhood memories!!!

rarechev wrote:

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my brotherinlaw hung out there for years, my sister has the white and orange jackets from harveys still ,good childhood memories!!!

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Wow, she has one of the jackets?  Do you have any pics?  A friend of mine was looking into reproducing those jackets last summer but the cost was just prohibitively expensive - try finding anyone who offers a white satin or nylon type baseball jacket any more.

I would like to have 2     Do you take CTC money at par?

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did your friend try avon sportswear in toronto, thay made the originals?

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do they still exist?  he tried everywhere.

to attach photos there is a box at the bottom of the post page that says "Attach Image(s)" that will allow you to browse what you have stored on you computer and then just upload.

If you have a photohosting site like photobucket you just put:  img with square brackets around it,  the URL of the picture and then [/img] at the end  and that should do the trick.

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I would like to have 2     Do you take CTC money at par?

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For someone that is retired, sure, always happy to help our senior citizens out!

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Hillar, after most of my life in hockey I have contacts in this sort of thing, same as EYCI melton jacket. If you are serious I am sure we can find something suitable.

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OK, I'll see if I can dig up Rick's email address and pass it on to you but I know he conducted a pretty thorough search of all the sportswear companies in Ontario last summer.  We could find the right material, that lightweight nylon stuff, it's just nobody carries it in white any more.   I guess it gets dirty too easily and just has fallen out of favour with all of the jacket makers.

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73SC wrote:

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Hillar, after most of my life in hockey I have contacts in this sort of thing, same as EYCI melton jacket. If you are serious I am sure we can find something suitable.

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OK, I'll see if I can dig up Rick's email address and pass it on to you but I know he conducted a pretty thorough search of all the sportswear companies in Ontario last summer.  We could find the right material, that lightweight nylon stuff, it's just nobody carries it in white any more.   I guess it gets dirty too easily and just has fallen out of favour with all of the jacket makers.

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OK, it all comes down to money with these thing usually. For our 50th anniversay of the hockey association I had replica jerseys made up the same as worn in 1951, not that scratchy old wool but new material. Anyway, Todd says he has sold 12 denim shirts so far, so cost to produce and demand may be issues.

the way the stock market is should only take a year or so!  im just waiting for the other half to get home to see if she wants one before i order mine.

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-- Edited by rarechev at 17:13, 2009-01-29