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(See story) Lishman suggests re-building Autohenge as tourist attraction By J. Peter Hvidsten Port Perry Star If Bill Lishman gets his wish, Autohenge, his man-made repli- ca of Stonehenge in England, will become a new tourist attraction for Scugog Township. Mr. Lishman, a local sculpture who lives in his underground home near Purple Hill, built Autohenge in 1986 just a few miles from his home on some roll- ing hills in a farmer's field. The project which has been described as "advertising art" was constructed for the Chrysler car company and was featured in commercials introducing its new line of cars for that year. Mr. Lishman presented his ideas for reconstructing Auto- henge to the Directors of the Scugog Chamber of Commerce Thursday evening. While admitting his request is somewhat personal, he feels Autohenge might just be the attraction needed to bring more tourists into the area and to put Scugog Township on the map. rentals to put the pieces in place," he said. While some of the directors seemed to be a little skeptical, others appeared more enthusias- tic about the idea. Mr. Lishman says it really bothers him when he sees arti- cles in newspapers promoting a similar project called Carhenge in Nebraska. "The Americans are great at promoting, but we Canadians just sit back," he said. He felt much of the cost of rebuilding Autohenge could be obtained through grants and from corporations which may be willing to help. "What I'm really asking of the Chamber of Commerce is for help in getting the project underway." He suggested setting up a com- mittee to re-establish Auto- henge, and said some money could possibly be raised by way of selling videos of the reconstruc- tion, t-shirts and posters etc. Jokingly Mr. Lishman suggest- ed that they could start the pro- ject off with Mayor Hall's Cadillac. When questioned about the location, Mr. Lishman said he already has approval from Mr. Sinclair Robertson, on whose pro- perty the original Autohenge was built. He has also agreed to set- ting aside some space for a park- ing area. During an interview with the Port Perry Star Friday, Mr. Lishman said he looked a five sites for the original Autohenge before picking the site on the Robertson farm and felt it was the best site in the area connected by good roads. Lishman's Autohenge did attract a lot of media attention in 1986 being written up in the Toronto Star, Oshawa Times, Port Perry Star and a number of American newspapers. It was also featured on three national TV networks. "Tourists are always looking for different and unique things to see and do, and if Carhenge in the "To be honest, I miss it being there," he told directors. Autohenge was disassembled last year as it was no longer safe to leave it in its rusting condi- tion on the hillside. Mr. Lishman said he would be willing to put some time and energy into seeing it reconstructed in a more permanent fashion but would need either a person or group to promote it as a tourist attrac- tion. He estimated the cost to rebuild Autohenge would be in the neighborhood of $10,000. "This money would be needed for the cost of renting backhoes, purchasing steel pil- lars and crane How others view Bill Lishman's Autohenge An article written in Visions of Stonehenge from England said the following about Autohenge: "The splendidly named Autohenge is a Canadian Stone-henge constructed out of scrap cars, partially crushed in a scrap-baler, and tied in pairs with steel band to make the right balance of height, width and thickness. It was built by local sculptor Bill Lishman in a field at Blackstock in the rolling Ontario grasslands during 1986. It is about 30 meters in diameter (about right) and the uprights stand 4 meters off the ground (about right again). Its site is superbly chosen; like Stone-henge, it is neither on a mountain top nor in a valley bottom, but placed on a low knoll, complete with farm-track by way of processional Avenue of approach. From a distance its silhouette so exactly resembles Stone-henge's that a photograph of it will fool most; close up, the combination of ancient and grandiose shape with grotesque, debased and modern material is startling. It is the most impressive piece of work. Very considerable care was taken in its making to fol- | {is low the proportions of the ruined original of Stonehenge, and the care shows in the feel of it." U.S.A. can attain great publicity from their efforts there is no reason why Canada and Scugog Township can't get some from Autohenge," Mr. Lishman concluded. No decision was made by the Scugog Chamber of Commerce about the reconstruction of Autohenge, but by the amount of enthusiasm dis- played last Thursday evening, Autohenge could indeed become Scugog's next major tourist attraction. In the meantime Bill Lishman sits in comfortable underground home eagerly awaiting their reply. Ce I Nn | | t | 1] ) | ! | i | { | | \ | { i { { | | |