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U~YREE~ES, WENESAYSEFrMBE 201989. PAGE 25 Classics FROM PAGE 23 eating a bag of sait and the only thing that kept thein on my list was their wonderfully greasy shrimp rails. A lot of people agra-eed with me on the popcorn and subsequently there was aiways a lot of it discarded around the snack bar. One night xny date and I arrived and while the rest of the lot was stuffed, there were several spots near the snack, bar. We didn't really think xnuch about it, just parked and took the T-bar roof off the car. It went back in just as quicidy, when we discovered that while people wouldn't eat' the popcorn, the 200 seaguls overhead wouid! If drive-mns are nuniber one on my list, I guess number two wouid be model year changes; know that 1987s look like 1988s wbich look like 1989s because re-tooling is horrendously expensive, but it sure was nice when they made a big fus about the new styiing every year. A 25-year veteran at the car dealership I work at telse me that she, too, misses the model chae. She tel me about the daswe new cars were dlvered carefully wrapped in car covers and whisked away te the back of the building. One would be placed in the window, stili wrapped, to tantalize buyers and not even the employees could view it. The night Ibefore the big event, the cleanup men - the only ones allowed ta see them - would" unwrap, them in the dead of night, polish them up, and wheei them into the showroom. And the next day, and oniy then, everyone would, take the turne te drop in and see the radical new modeis. *Like the drive-mns, the new car shows "are done as weli. Our dealership used to have big open-house events,, but that hasn't. been done for two years. The model chýinges, aren't drastic enough ta warrant the cost of the event. Now the new cars came off the truck, 1989s and 1990s together. It's good business sense, but it sure ain'like it used te be.' The third thing I miss are the fantastie naines. Today's buyers want cars that sound like computers, and so we have auitos that seem te have harrn-vadio cal signais for the naines'-- the new 1990 XR6345 1/2! Naines used ta rail off the tangue, not off the calculator. The Starlite Coupe, the Roadmaster, the Saratoga, the Firedome, the Royal Lancer were ail naines ta conjure up an open road and a car te cruise in. ,Even the engines had naines back then: the Rocket, the Firebail. The transmissions were Powerglides and Dynaflows and Hydraxnatics. It even seemed like the engineers came up with dispiacements that sounded strong and fast: 409,427,396... The car itself doesn't excite me any more than any other car, but thek one I-rally want is tfhe in Oshawa, on Smiecoe St. just north of the 401. Stop by and take a look before these highiy prized collectibles drive into the garage until the "classic cruisin" 4 'hm. ABOUT 10employees from GM and EDS took part in the GN Autoplex Terry Fox Run on Sept. 13, with $9,500 pledged for cancer research. Chis Bovie-Free Pross photo Not j*us t for the y oungc FR OM PAGE 23 on chassis, engines and bodies, and sends out cars needing paint and interior work. He notes that the popuiarity of hot rods has been affected by television and cinema. Wheri 'American Gra-ffit.i'-w as released in the 1970s, the 1932 Ford Coupe become most popu- lar. But in the 1980s, rock group ZZ Top videos popularized the 1934 Ford Coupe. after 9 races Tom Clark of Whitby stands 2Oth after. nine events 'in the Playr Ltd. GM racing series with 231 points. Clark is sponsored-by Family Kartways and Colonial Chev Olds. Rýandy MacDonald of Oshawa is'in 13th with 329 points wýhile Mark Schili, also ofOshawa, is- in l3th place with.313 points. M ro m m orsM; 1 A55 a.ii CALL US TGDAYU "VOUR COLLISION EXPERTS IN OSHA WA & AREA" o 2 > 7910 Wilson Rd. S. Hastings Oshawa--------------- 579-4000 Vans, trucks and commercial vehices by estinmate. ustirepair and bod,uwork extra MAACO Auto Painting and Bodyworks are independent tranchise% of MAACO Enter prl5e. tnc .tA' ~ ~ t ~ *~*j ~ ~ ~5aj ,¶'~ ~ I.# ~ ~< ~ *. .~ #~ -.~ i~ .1 M-% A I. -~ -~ ----- t LEVES E'S RAD Slo- Ltd. 411 Dundas Ste E., Whitby, KEPhone (416) 668-1254--"*> r- SEPT. & OCT. ____ 1 Free Estimates On Ail Work. We check & repair ail makes of cars & trucks. Stop today and get a free inspection of your car's cooling system and ail the reiated parts. 10% off Radiators, Gas Tanks & Water Pumps. 15% off Heater Cores & Air Conditioning Condensers. We have a fail special on a compiete cooling systein check and flush. We check water pumps, leak-test systeins & check ail the beits and hoses. Be wise and winterize your car now and avoid disappointment this winter. e NOUS PARLONS FRANCAISV 668-1254 %EI'LVo1]