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By Robert Gaisier

News Reporter robert@usnens.com

FIVE years and 21 auc- tions later, Autoclassic Auctions and Restorations is going back to where it start- ed.

Gn Saturday Aug. 9th and Sunday Aug, 10th, the North Vancouver company will be holding a Summer Collector Car Show and Shine at Centennial Theatre, the site of its first auction.

On tap for Saturday is a chance to preview the vehicles between 2 p.m. and 6 pan. Sunday serves up a chance to

“combine the thrill of the

open road with the sizzle of

an open grille” as an on-site barbecue promises to keep vis- itors’ stomachs from growl- ing. And what's a summer barbecue without a bluegrass band to keep things moving along. Gates for the event open at 9 a.m., with the auc- tion kicking off at 10:30 am. Among the cars available at this year’s event is a 1963 Austin Healey many West Vancouver residents —_ will remember from years gone by, It was owned by John Fawell, who purchased it new and started racing at Westwood Raceway. He also used it to get around West Vancouver. “I remember being a 15-

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houette of a “walking man is up, we are sea to cross but we are still required to ascertain if it issafe before doing so. Then, when the walking man, disappears and the orange don’t-walk hand starts flashing, pedestrians already in the crosswalk. are allowed to finish crossing but people, Still on the sidewalk must stay put. is the Jaw yer these simple instructions seem to beyrarely respected. .- Afterall, if one obeyed every ped- -control device rencouncered it would take {- forever just to walk down Lonsdale — wouldn’t it? __ As it turns out, no, That little button on the corner of

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most intersections, the one that makes the walking man appear, is a more powerful tool than most reaiize. All intersections in Central Lonsdale and many other intersections on the North Shore use a pedestrian recycle system. The ped-recycle effectively reduces the long waiting period berween walk

signals. If you push the

pedestrian palm button while

. the don’t-walk hand is flash-

ing, you may be surprised to find that the walking, man reappears. You see, if there is enough time in the. traffic light’s green cycle, the ped- controls can happily oblige pedestrians as well but you have to push the button before the lights know that there is such a demand, folks!

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or 18-year-old kid thinking he was just the coolest thing going,” said Autoclassic’s Bob LeFluty.

By the 1970s, the car was no longer competitive and Fawell’s racing days came to an end, OF course, he still used it to get around West Van. But in the 1980s vintage racing, came ta the fore and Fawell was once again in busi- ness, A crash cut his comback short. “And that was it,” said LeFlufy. “He retired, but restored it again and contin- ued driving it.”

In addition to the Healey, more than $0 other vehicles wili be available.

Admission is $5 ger person or $8 per family.

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ff there is not enough time in the traffic light cycle the ped-controt will not com- ply until a fresh green can accompany a walk signal. Which brings up my next point: traffic lights are designed to aid the safe and efficient flow of traffic. Brain- dead pedestrians (not all pedestrians, just the zombies) have a nasty habit of fouling up this system. You may have noticed a traftic light change exceptionally quickly. This happens when a traffic light has decided that there is no reason for it to remain green but there is a line up of cars at its adjacent red light.

I kid you not folks, traffic lights really observe and think in their own mechanized way (J covered this in a previous

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NEWS photo Paut McGrath

BOB LeFlufy and a 1962 Austin Healey, one of 80 vehicles to be auctioned off.

Previous column as well).

In modern systems a walk signal will force a green light to stay on long enough for pedestrians to cross the street, often only if the walk button has been pushed. Likewise, if the light has decided to stay green for a

while, the walking man can be activated (within a finite time) even after the green (this is part of the ped-reeycle system). Want a walk signal? Push the damn button. Coal, huh?

When pedestrians decided that all this is too much work

— what with the few extra steps and difficult button pushing and all — and simply cross the street because the light js green they cause all sorts of problems for drivers trying to finish a turn or just get through the intersection. Be safe:

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