By Layne Christensen
Fashion Editor

ROB Arthurs and
Dony Sawchuk, charis-
matic owners of True
North Clothing Co.,
are praising the merits
of their latest advertis-
ing vehicle.

No four-storey billboards
or photo layouts of scantily
clad models for these guys.
The patriotic purveyors of
Canadian logo sweats and
weekend wear have a moving
billboard — a white limou-
sine, formerly owned by
Ronald Reagan during his
stint. as Governor of
California.

The custom-built 1979
Lincoin Town Car is fully
loaded with TV, VCR,
stereo, wet bar and “so many
gadgets and buttons _ it’s
going to take Rob and I six
months to figure it out,” says
Sawchuk. Miniature _ flag
. standards on the front hood
will hold the True North and
Canadian flags.

The clothing manufactur-
ers plan to use the limo to

wey

ROB Arthurs (left) and Dony Sawchuk were running True North from a Lower Lonsdale

storefront when they

heard Ronald Reagan’s limo was up for grabs. Four years and

$2 eniliton In annual sales later they've purchased it as an “advertising vehicte.”

chauffeur visiting designers
and trade emissarics, and to
park it at their headquarters
on Venables when not in use.

Arthurs and Sawchuk pur-

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— Compiied by Layne
Christensen

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