I bought this 51 Chev Bel Air for $600 in 1984 when I was 21 years old from an Alberta graduate student who drove it to Anten Mills for summer work. It was cosmetically very rough, but fairly solid behind all the dents and surface...
I found this 1940 Plymouth Deluxe in a dilapidated garage during my graduate studies in Winnipeg in the early 90's. I had to borrow $150 from a friend because I didn't have enough money to close the $700 purchase. In Manitoba at that time, no...
An old friend of mine, Joe Dunleavy, bought this car back in the late 50's or early 60's for $100. I believe it had been used before then at a northern fishing camp to transport guests who arrived by float plane to the lodge. Joe...
I found my Cougar on the internet, still being driven in Seattle, Washington. The female owner was willing to drive it to Vancouver, where it was shipped by rail to Winnipeg. I drove it from there to Thunder Bay (at that time home) I stripped...
After being purchased in October 1958 by an electrician, then sold to a house painter, the car was stored in a barn in Melsungen, Germany in November 1966. In March 1991, while on military operations the barn was chosen as a temporary Headquarters for our...
Driving home from South Carolina I bought a few old car traders to check out during my lunch at work. One of the guys at work was looking at one of the books a few weeks later and pointed to this van. My family had a...
We bought it out of triad 14 years ago . It took us 7 yrs to get it on the road , the more you dug the more your found that needed repair . The roof and trunk lid are original though . I know...
I acquired this beautiful 76 year old motorcycle 5 years ago from one of the more senior(80 plus years) members of our club. He knew I had a special place in my "DNA" for Norton motorcycles, since I had already owned a pristine 1974 Commando 850....
Thanks Bruce Moore for this submission....
I bought this truck around 2003, while looking for a project. I placed an ad in the paper and was contacted by a guy who said he had a '65 pickup for sale. I went to look and he had it in a tarp shelter....
My 1964 Dodge is neither barn or garage find, since I found it at Roe Hoyles Motors in Galt now Cambridge, in 1964, and bought it then. I heard many people from time to time say "I had one of them, and I wish I'd have...
In 2008 after deciding that the light duty one ton pickups sold on the market today are just not up to snuff for durability the hunt begun for a medium duty truck. The problem was, they don't come in 4 wheel drive. Can't have that...
I literally bought it off an old man in Stoney Creek who rarely drove it (or only drove it on Sundays), it was formerly a NYC Cab from New York before the older man bought it, he never got around to fixing it up and...
My friend Johnny found our bus Lucy down in Florida, he flew down and was interrogated at the border. Then bought the bus and started to drive it home. Second time he tried to start it the starter was gone! He jump started it the...
Last year, I noticed a 1979 Lincoln Continental Town Car parked at a seniors residence in Barrie, Ontario. Upon investigating, I discovered that the owner wanted to sell it because he owned second vehicle, and was only allowed parking for one car. The car was...