By Michel Comte
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public transit instead of
petting behind the
wheel of 2, car.

Bur tor 250 vintage British
car snthusiasts who will be
bustling down the Sea to Sky
Hizhway on Sept. 18 tor the
seventh annual Vancouver
Whisder Alb British) Ran, din
ving Is pure toy.

“Most people get ina car
nowudivs te get trom point A
to paint RB, while we vet in the
car to enjoy the ride,” run
organcr Colin Firaserahd
said,

“The sound the car makes
tram the evhaust nodes or the
engine or the gear box, the
way the road feels and the wind

in vour hair, thar’s all part of

the charisma of these cars.”

It's an old tradition, dating
back several decades to when
people took their car out to the
country for a leisurely Sunday
drive.

“Taking a car for a drive as
a_ pleasurable thing to dois
something people used to do
and we're continuing to do
thar,” Fitzgerald said.

He hought his first car in
1965 when he was 16 years
old, With money he had saved
delivering The Province news-
paper, he bought a used 1952
Morris Minor for $250. Back

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WHEN one is simply not enough... Colin Pitzgeratci seated in his 1946 MGTC next
tc his 1836 MG TA. Readers can catch a host of simitar British sportsters next to
the Caprice movie theatre at Park Royal on Sunday morning at S a.m. before the
start of the Vancouver-Whistler All British Run.

then, new cars sold for $2,000.
He used the car to go to the
White Spor, try to impress girls
and drive friends arcund, he
said.
Today, Fitzgerald and_ his
wife own five MG's — a 1936,

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a 1946, a 1952 (which is in
Pieces in their very large
garage), and 1973 and 1974
which the couple use ior daily
transportation.

For the Vancouver-Whistler
run, he will sic behind the

wheel of his 1946 wood frame
MG which he purchased cight
years ago for $9,000 and spent
four years restoring ar a cost of
nearly $30,000.

It had been brought over
from Britain in pieces by its
first owner. The man had
courted his wife in the car and
intended to restore it, but
work and family obligations
took up all of his time and he
had ro abandon the project.

The run starts at the south-
west corner of the Park Royal
Shopping Centre parking Jor at
flo am. and ends at the
Blackcomb Square in Whistler.

For more intormation, call
253-4145.

Nissan
sales
climb

NISSAN Canada inc.
has posted more auto
and truck sales records
for the third month in
a row.

August was the compars
beat month year to-date wits
a coral of 3,803 vehicles
retaited. Tt was also) Nissan
Canada’s best: month since
April, 1998, and the best
August since 1993,

Boosted by continued
demand for ihe new year-
2000 Maxima sports-lusury
sedan as well as strong sales of
the Pathfinder sport utility
vehicle, Altima sedans and
Infiniti luxury vehicles,
Nissan says its August sales in
Canada were 14.5% higher
than in the same month 3 year
BELG » .

Dealers delivered S19
Maasimas ~~ all chev were able
to obtain, Maximia’s best pre-
vious August was in 1904,
when 684 were sold.

It was also the best August
ever and the best month this
year for Pathtinder, with 961
retailed