W14TBYTRV P1 PRES DURIIAM'MOVES. FEBRUARY,17, 1988P,PAGE Ai, iWHITBY FREE PRESS You can buy one carthatdoesthe work of three. isuzu 1 TROOPERII RASS P () 1 Z i.7c) i )titi(lýis St re ét Past, Whitbv, Ontario -130-2350 20.,000 visitors are "4toofeW"9 Museumr preserves automobile history The- Canadian Automotive Museum at 99 Simcoe St. S. in Oshawa began in 1962 as a means of preserving the automotive history of Canada. A number of prominent businessmen of the tinie, inluding R.S. McLaugblin, Herb Robinson and Tom Russell, aIse. founded the niuseum as a way of sbowing the history of the automobile and its influence on Canada. "They tbougbt tIs was a good idea but their problem was getting enougb cars to be able te, put on a major display," says Jack Innes, manager. of tbe rnuseurn and vice.'president of the muems board of directers. Innes says tbe museum bad te rent cars for its display wben it firstopened. But over time, as it grew, tbe. museum was able to buy cars. Donations aise began te increase. "We now bave about 80 vebicles on display and if we bad a building flive times tbe size we could I it," says Innes, biniself a car collecter. He bas about 140 cars in bis own collection, some of tbem on display in tbe museum. Others be boans out for use in movies. Innes says tbe niuseum's aim is not to sbow as many cars as possible, but to .sbow quality cars. "There was a museum. in Las Vegas, Nevada, tbat bad 1,200 cars. That is to mucb," says Innes. Some of tbe cars on display at tbe -Osbawa xnuseum include Lady Eaton's 1912 RoIls Royce, a 1911 ('adillac and a Dread Tank used in tbe filming of Captain Power, a cbildrenWs sbow tbat combines live action and special effects. The cars date from 1898 te THE CANADIAN Automnotive Museum is loeated at 99 Simcoe St. S. and houses 80 automobiles that date from 1898 to 1981. So Free Press photo 1981. The rnuseumn building ýused to house a 1920 car dealersbip. The architectural style of that period bas been maintained in the museun,- including the original elevator tbat was used to move cars to the second floor. Also on display in the 25,000-sq. ft. building are motorcycles, trucks, pianos, wasbing machines, jukeboxes and cameras. During 1986, Innes says 20,000 people toured the museum, a number he says is "far too few. "An attraction of tbis nature sufi'ers from local apathy. When someone from the region cornes to visit, it is usually because be la bringing in bis brotber from Holland or somewbere," says Innes. The museuin is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday te Friday and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekends and bolidays. Cost is $4.50 for adults, $4 for seniors and students and $3.50 for cbildren* 6 te 12. Future issues of Durhanm Moves will include bistories of some of tbe more memorable cars at the museum, including the 1912 Silver Gbost RoIls Royce, a one-of-a-kind car. Sawdust ini tires? Flats are a constant probiem in developing countries where far- mers can usually only afford old worn tires for carts. But the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) bas corne up with a novel solution: infiating the tires with sawdust instead of air. Engineers found that tires filled with sawdust don't puncture and give a comfortable ride. To keep the dust in, however, they had to modify the axle: the new rim bas a flat cross-section and the bearings are made of wood soaked in oit. The tires can carry up te 500 kilograms at speeds reaching 15 kilometres an hour. Total cost is about $100. TABLE 0F CONTENTS Wluthy office for driving school See page À2 Sheli contest on the Olympics See page A3 THIS 1911 CARTERCAR, one of 24 that stili exists, is one of the many automobiles on display at the Canadian, Automotive Museum. Free press photo nnowmobile fatalities up Snowmobile accidents in- vestigated by the Ontario Provin- cial Police have increased dramatically i the province for the second winter in a row. The OPP is concerned that the 1987/88 winter seasen, which is only haîf over, could be the worst on record for fatalities involving snowmobile enthusiasts. Last winter (November 1986 to April 1987) the OPP investigated 15 snowmobiling fatalities, aimost double the figure for the previous year. So far this year, 12 people have died as a resuit of 10 separate snowmobile accidents. Alcohol, inexperienc 'e and driving too fast for ground conditions continue to be the major contributors in more than haif ef ail snowmobile fatalities investîgated by the OPP." Thin ice has proved to be a deadly element this season with six other people killed when cars and trucks plunged through the ice in separate accidents in the Kingston -and Midland areas. 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