Friday, December 14, 1999 - North Share News - 492

AUTONOTIVES

Roadblocks

Photo submitted

JOE BROWN (right), General Motors’ senior representative in B.C., presents a cheque for $5,000
— the prize from the GM Media Pit Stop Chatlenge — to Gordon Therriau!t, executive director of
Big Grothers of Greater Vancouver at a recent ceremony.

Unusual cars on display

From page 48
automobile’s impact on our fives”
Hilton explained.

The four large galleries display
over 200 cars from different eras,
1890-1913, 1914-1931, 1932-1954
and 1954 to the present. Another
40 cars are rotated into the
displays periodically.

Hundreds of makes from all
over the world are represented,
and { recommend you plan: to
spend at least half a day looking
at these cars and the exhibits if
you want ts do it at a relaxed
pace.

All the cars are meticulously
restored and absolutely im-
maculate. Some of the more in-
teresting cars to look for are a
supercharged 1936 Mercedes-Benz
500K, a 1913 Stutz Bearcat, a
1955 Ferrari Formula I car, a
gold-plated 1981 Deiorean gull-
wing sports coupe, a stcam-
powered 1890 Philion, the
futuristic, three-wheeled 1934

Dymaxion that resembles a sub- °

marine on wheels, and the original
1907 Thomas Flyer that won the
Great Race from New York to
Paris in 1908.

{ asked Tim Woods, marketing

director for the museum, how he
could be sure this was the original
Thomas Flyer that won the Great
Race.

“*Well, apparently, the
mechanic that rode in the race
came back and looked underneath
the car to verify this was it. He
had used a piece of wire to repair
the axle, and it’s still there.”*

Other interesting cars are the
1960 Flying Caduceus, the world’s
first jet-propelled Jand speed car,
Elvis Presley’s 1973 Cadillac
Eldorado Coupe, a 1948 Tucker,
one of only 49 built by maverick
Preston Tucker, a 1933 Auburn
Boatail Speedster, a2 1910 Rolls
Royce Silver Ghost, a 1937
Hispano-Suiza Type J !2 Berline,
and even Don Garlit’s 1974 AA
Fuel rear-engine dragster.

In addition to the static car ex-
hibits, the museum also has a
‘changing exhibits’ gallery, a res-
toration shop open for public
view, a restaurant, and my
favorite, an automotive gift shop
with all sorts of automotive
miscellanea.

The Wiliiam F. Harrah Foun-
dation National Automobile
Museum is located at the corner

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THE FOLLOWING are the
scheduled road closures and
detours for the coming
week in North Vancouver
District and City, West
Vancouver District and
along area highways.

North Vancouver District:

*Dollarton Highway
Reconstruction:

Road construction in progress
along various sections of Dotlar-
ton Highway. Road closed.
Moiorists should use Mount
Seymour Parkway as an alternate
route.

© Gallant Avenue:

Curb and sidewalk werk in
progress. No parking allowed
along the entire length of Gallant
between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Expect
minor delays,

* Mount Seymour Parkway:

Single lane traffic west
Mount Seymour Road
Parkgate. Expect minor delays.

Road widening in progress. Ex-
pect single lane traffic only and
minor delays,

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to

North Vancouver City:
No major road closures.

West Vancouver District:
No major road closures.

Lepartment of Highways:

*Upper Levels Highway at
Lonsdale Avenue:

Eastbound traffic at the Upper
Levels Highway and Lonsdale
Avenue Overpass project will con-
tinue to detour onto new cast-
bound lanes. Access to Chester-
field and and St. Georges avenues
is temporarily closed.

¢ Second Narrows Bridge:

Uniti! July 1991, a detour will be
in effect at the south end of the
Second Narrows Bridge, north of
Wall Street at Bridgeway Streei to
accommodate Cassiar Connector
construction.

Squamish Highway:

* The highway is closed until
further notice 16 kilometres north
of Horseshoe Bay every day from
9 am. to 12 p.m. and from !
p.m. to 3 p.m. for rock stabiliza-
tion. After Dec. 1, there will be
no weekend closures. Expect
winter conditions,

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