I see some interesting vehicles belonging to wealthy tourists from overseas who are doing tours of North America and beyond. This interesting rig showed up at work today. It's a "Bremach T-Rex" that, according to Wikipedia was built by an Italian company. The company went out of business in 2022. This 4x4 truck is powered by a turbo-diesel and has a ZF 6 speed transmission. The truck had "World Tour" decals on the doors and had Netherlands plates. Unfortunately the owners wasn't nearby so I couldn't get any more details.
I see 5 or 10 of similar vehicles go through Mahone Bay a year, mostly Mercedes though.
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
No pics (distracted driving laws) but I just saw a 1969 Firebird Trans Am convertible! White with blue stripes, Ram Air III. It was not the real thing as they only made about 6 or 8 of them, but this one was really well done. Just out near east-end Scarborough.
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67 Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe, Oshawa-built 250 PG never disturbed.
In garage, 296 cid inline six & TH350...
Cam, Toronto.
I don't judge a man by how far he's fallen, but by how far back he bounces - Patton
No pics (distracted driving laws) but I just saw a 1969 Firebird Trans Am convertible! White with blue stripes, Ram Air III. It was not the real thing as they only made about 6 or 8 of them, but this one was really well done. Just out near east-end Scarborough.
Yes, 8 of them and 3 of those sold in Canada of all things!
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
No pics, I apologize. Today while taking my M.I.L. to an appointment I saw park on Industrial Road in Leaside a nice 1967 Plymouth Sport Fury Fast Top in Light Turquoise with 14" Magnums (typical drum brake car). It looked nice and I wondered what on earth it is doing out when the roads have been brined. It always makes me cringe when I see a classic out in December.
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67 Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe, Oshawa-built 250 PG never disturbed.
In garage, 296 cid inline six & TH350...
Cam, Toronto.
I don't judge a man by how far he's fallen, but by how far back he bounces - Patton
Amazing. I guess JD was too cheap to even get a radio in it.
Meteor Rideau 500. Oakville built. My dad had basically the same stripper car in pale yellow on black, but a 73. Dishes too. Bought from Gemini Lincoln Mercury in Hamilton.
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65 Laurentian post, 67 Grande Parisienne 4 door HT.
Irving had a fleet of I think LTDs like this, for security they were all identical and I think dark blue. A fellow I met who knew KC Irving would go for lunch with him. KC drove himself everywhere, they would walk out the company office door and jump in a big blue plain Jane 4 door LTD, the keys were in it. Theyd leave it at the restaurant parking lot, keys in it, have lunch, come back out and there would be another LTD parked in a different spot with the keys in the ignition. His security would keep a fresh Ford handy. They had a family member kidnapped in 1982, one of KCs sons.
We repossessed a 1972 Mercedes SEL once, it was the long version bought new by the Sobeys and they had a chauffeur. The car was a beauty, think leather seats, white oak trim, including around the interior glass, and and air bag suspension, plus a big V8, may have been a 6.3. I took it for a test drive, it would do 120 mph easily. The car got sold in St Johns, NL and I think got a full resto.
I didnt know the Irvings had a place in Chester.
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
Spotted on Facebook. Ah to be rich enough to drive a new car once and then forget about it:
1974 mercury/lincoln Less than 231km's. JD Irving's cottage car. Used for 1 single trip from Chester Ns to halifax NS and back then forgot about.
I remember Rothmans Canada, the tobacco company, used to have a new 1974 Mercury Rideau wagon with the same details as the Rideau 500 above, right down to the base hubcaps. The car was white with the major portion of the sides in dark blue with a gold Rothmans logo on the doors.
It is also kind of funny how in Canada they kept the cheapest trim levels in the base models alive, even building coupes like the Laurentian, Bel Air, Custom 500, or weird stripped cars like the base full-size 1977 Plymouth with dog dish caps but hidden headlights (seen new as unmarked police cars).
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67 Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe, Oshawa-built 250 PG never disturbed.
In garage, 296 cid inline six & TH350...
Cam, Toronto.
I don't judge a man by how far he's fallen, but by how far back he bounces - Patton
Our son was on the Trans Canada highway west of Winnipeg earlier today and got his wife to snap some pics of this as they passed it. I bet this is the one that has been advertised out there for quite a while. Think it was on Marketplace and the seller was Kyle something.
Anyway, what are those side mouldings? Sure not original 66 Grande Parisienne. Are they maybe side mouldings from 98 and older GM pickups?
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