~i r~r~îq ~* - ~ *'l WHITBYFRE PU=P.WE > ESiZAUGUWr 29, 39Q, PAM» by JiI Mclntosh 'Car' versation Iloeto trave1lIom the.n.w foods, the. intereuting .igts and the open road cf vacations. 1 dmf lUk ianeanomontetlthe travelling my huéband Fred and 1 do is bjycr. And'becaus e w.love tomeet people and talk with them, w. tae.thieold cars. No matter where you go, if you, mr lucky enough to b. in an ed car, you will flot b. i« red. At tle. ai t spee ô4akpk t .Èmotel- a kflot, eop wil stand fer .22smn gab. On a tipto Quebec City ini FredIs pin 197 Cadllacw. spoke mieit*Young men Who patiently taught us "57" i Fren, s we could answer the. question that was always being asked of us. When we took my 197 Cadilla to Detroit fer a sbuw, we got lost im one cf the nastier neihboriioods there. PeMpe stopped toiielpunscheck the map and get usack en the rihtrod 0f course it bas il, drawbacks, too, for when w. crossed into Detroit on a day that -was M3 j again.,Naturafly thi. border guzrd wanted ta asïk me ail about thi. cart I know enoegh about US. Customs ta, realiz. that nit was flic. chattîng with ye, but 1 really have to, b. going"in net wbat you :3aýto a border guard. f We could it with uqe glued tt temperature gauge, praying ta the. god of itra combustion enganes that we woudpulthrough. We did, and notonlycddwe mkit tothe car liiow, but thoe w. met an oldel coupl. Who arrived from NewYc2ok in a 1948 Jeepeter. W. wen ta dinner with thema, and now V«euye we e«change hrsaas cards and meet with tbem hen th.y Mee ta Kingsto efr square-dancing conte"ts That's wbyr, when General Motars closed for holiday. s year, Fred and I decided to a e.a trip, i my 1949 Studebaker, ta the. soutliern UnitedState We don't tae.interatates - we find tiiem boing -- but stick ta the. tinest lines on the. map. These are the twio-lane raids, sometimes gravel or ter, that wind througiitawns with populaions et only a few hundred. It was the. b.st vacation hi eigit days, we drove 2,787 miles tiiroegh ten sttes, and more omall towns than we could ccamt. As for friendly eole wbo sMM"edto talk, we lcet count affrr the. frst couple of hours. I Pennsylvania, wiiere we stpdfor locally-made cheese dycniV the truck was populer witi the. Amisii who live on the. huge ferma tiere., Th.men would wave at us firom their hors.-drawn bugges, wbile littho ciiildren in their overalls and round sfraw bats would run down their drives toame us ai we went by. I Loudwvile,' Kentucky we expenenced transmission prablems, but were so weil treated l the. Aamco dealer tier that the. day-long r.build Classi caSr limousine servio offered1 by Whitby business ABy Mike Kowaldski Alimousie service. witii a different touci iias come ta, Whitby.- Vintage Livery Servicegvs its customers more tiienfii. standard fare offered by moot limousine rental busmnesses accordingho Company presidenti Jo. Bugèll. For instance, only atique au -moiles are heti.moot recent being a 194 rtisi-made Rover. The drivers are dressed ta the. «nines" i top hat, tails and white gloves and tiin iere is the. 'piece de resistanWe - «W. provide the. red capt treat- ment," says Bugelli. eW literally roll it out at your door."' BugeIli, Who wiien not busy witii his new business ventrue represents west Whitby residents on Town council, did not inten- tionally set out to operat. a *limouine service.' .Bugelli bougiit bis firt car, the. Rover, as more of a «nostalgic toy" then anything else, but tiien the. opportunity ta acquire more cars present.d tself. "It crossed my mind that it could b. an interesting business proposition, from an enjoyment point of view, ta offer a classie service using vintae limou-. si,explains BugeLi e h recruitediis brother Sam and neigbbor Ricii Gorman and formed a artnerhip* However, Bugeli makes it clear that people expecting Vin- tagm to b. a tai service should, lé elsewiiere. «W. will cater ta any typ of important occasion but were not interested *n taking someone ta the. airport or,(Yeefe Centre unless. its part o pca S- evntiofaspciloca Suciivet would b. a wed- ding, enniv*sam, bfrthday or bringing a -bay home from the. hospitax says Bugelli. For its aniera.1 pckge the -driver Il arve at the couple's ie, "roll out the. red carpet ta -tiie door» and pres.nt the w9man- witii a dozen red, roses, gà ya Bu#elli. The. couple às then taken ta restaurant wiiere their owh wai- ter 1will cater to. tieir every need during'tiieevening. At the. end -of -the. meal the. driver re-appears witii a bottie of chmge and.,flasses specially macibe t, mrk heoccasion.A piiotogapiier is also, present to record ti. event for posterity. I addition ta the. aforemen- tioned Rover, Vintage iias tbree otiier cars in its fleet - a 1926 Model T, Ford, 1938 four-door- Ford and 1939 (Jadillac LaSalle - and if business is good more wiIl b. added, says Bugelli. Ifs thg best-selling car in Europe. Again! e g Drop by our showroomi for a test drive today. (Golf For thie third straight year, Europeans have made the affordable, practicai, fun to drive Volkswagen Golf the best selling car in Europe.* * Seectedfeettareaol2-door 1990 nu"e. mufndurrs sggaued ratai pricesa nd fatums s nof Januasy 1990. -Based on manubdeuwrcs als rpoafW model yaas'87. 'W8and 1W. Based on rrunubdmue'ssugWestad mW in for2-door modelwidh 5-speed nmnual tarnsnset Opbamn, fregN and pradelivey nsp erao xra Deeler may sali for lems Honda CivcDX Mazda 323 DX Toyo»t rcaI DX 2-Door Match 2-Door Hatch 2-DoorCbupa 4 cyIndeenmne 1.5 âtre lOutire 1.5 litre Eletroec fuel 1 N injection ___________ _____No___ Horsepower 92 0 6000 rpm 82 05000 rpm 78 06000 rpm Tachometer No No No Co«fosion 5yveers 5 ears 5 years warranty unIited krns. unmied kns. urited km&. Heght aidustabeN"o front sats No___No___No Tires 175-70-R1.3 175-70-SR13 155-80-R13 Rearwper/waser Ite No Diesej engne N oN availabie N oN Price* $11955 $11.680 $11408