My late father was a customer service rep for Dofasco in Hamilton. Chatham and Windsor was his district, and National Auto Rad was one of his bigger customers. Every other week from around 1971 until 1992 he'd travel in his company car, from Burlington to that area for two days, taking in customer claims, and providing technical assistance. His specialty was wheels (Kelsey Hayes) and oil pans. His trunk was often full of various stampings that he was taking back to the Dofasco labs for analysis. He'd often pull them out and describe to me what they were, the issues and how they were working to remedy them. Very interesting to me being a young man at the time. Back then the company was really starting to develop much more technical steels, the stuff illustrated being the extra deep drawing (EDDQ) grades. He was a super dedicated worker who loved his job, and was very proud that I had followed in his footsteps, working a long career, then retiring (which he missed) from the same company. He started in 57, straight off the Boat (for real) from Scotland. Those days Canada and the big manufacturers actually actively recruited from Great Britain and Europe, and many came this way. There is a good chance you probably have your own immigration story to tell.
He was often in what was then the award winning Dofasco Illustrated News over the years, and one time back in 77 they asked him to participate in an ad, which I had saved and recently had mounted. I remember him laughing about the fact the company insisted on painting the pans shown silver, so as to make them look "Better". Stamped in cold rolled steel, they never looked that nice! I really miss him.
I though you might like the story and the ad. Cheers,
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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.