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mmmmmmm aio tribune february 10 1988 claremont ford fanciers skill puts new life in vintage cars by bruce stapley peicy bourne has a long standing love affair with fords to the extent the phone number of his claremontbased business office is 649ford the casual visitor will likely find him working on a pair of in side door trim pieces from a 1950 ford convertible hes restoring its just a hobby says the proprietor of calcimatic canada ltd a small company that en gineers and designs lime kilns hobby or not the apple of per cys eye is surely the fleet of eight j antique autos most of them fords that make up claremont z collector cars having run out of space in his garage at home he decided to set up shop at claremont selling ancient fords and locating hardtofind original parts for other car buffs why the fixation with fords i started with fords when i first became interested in restor- x ing old carsexplained the henry as in ford street resident i discovered original ford parts are plentifu1 compared to pothers the first car he bought for res toration back in 1980 was a 1950 ford twodoor sedan i completely restored it per cy says i installed a new in terior rebuilt the motor and did the body work i still have it although the showroom is not that impressive percys quick to point out his main interest is hav ing a building with a shop and room to tinker he might only sell three or four cars a year but some have been beauties i just sold a 57 tbird two weeks ago he says i had it eight years and received 25000 for it it won me a lot of trophies the pride of his current lineup is a mint condition 1955 crown victoria or crown vicky as he calls it the twodoor hardtop is immaculate in its original paint of tropical rose and snowshoe white vicky has been driven only 16000 miles and has never been restored in 55 vicky would have cost about 3000 now its value is close to 25000 percys repertoire also in cludes a 1964 ford galaxie xl con vertible completely restored a 46 ford convertible a 52 ford convertible and a 51 ford woody wagon he maintains car restoration is a very friendly hobby despite competitions that pit owner against owner ive never met anyone with whom i couldnt get along and as a rule collectors are not wealthy people theyll have on average percy bourne of claremont refurbishes old cars putting new life into vintage automobiles this par ticular model a 1955 ford crown victoria he didnt have to touch its original inside and out the purch ase price 33 years ago was 3000 its value today ex ceeds 25000 two ot three cars they really en joy what they doi percy says as a member of the historical automobile society of canada and a judge last june in the socie tys annual meet in milton percy describes the show as the largest judging event of its kind in cana da there were up to 300 cars from all over ontario his own entries the 1946 ford convertible and the 55 crown vic toria placed first and second in their classes theres no money in win ning he says just a lot of pre stige percy makes a point of attend ing the various automobile flea markets across canada and the united states buying and selling both cars and parts the largest of these is the one held every fall in hershey pennsylvania the whole idea has grown enormously in the past ten years he says of the hobby that has given him so much pleasure from a business point of view i guess its possible to break even but youd have to be lucky when it comes to the types of vehicles to which most collectors are attracted percy says people often choose a car with which they were once familiar it might be the car they took on their honey moon or the same model they had as a teenager collectors enjoy the com- araderie that goes with attending the same meets around the pro vince they have so much to talk ab out we all share the same enjoy ments and the same prob lems he concludes canadas largest window covering specialists f wsifeirt outraged by court raimg dear editor fisii am outraged our judi cial and legal systems have sunk below the ludicrous to the barbaric id a display of raw oligarchical power equalling that of the most ruthless of fascist juntas the supreme court has in ess- ehceideclared open season on the unborn children of our ianfeahyonemedical doctor or nptcannow abort a full term habeas xohgas the motherishesit there is simply ho abortion law at all in acountry where human life has alwaysbeen consi dered sacred this is unbeliev able our nation has violated t h at go d gi v e n m a n d a t e which clearly stales you rshall hot shed innocent blood human life can now betaken casually in aman ner which certainly causesex- traordjhary pain to the inno cent child vvonien as well will be the victims of profit hungry abprtuary franchisesavhere greed father than womens health will set the ultimate guidelines few if any will be warned of the serious physic- al emotional and mental risks of abortions which already plague millions of women across our continent r killing the innocent is never jthe solutipnfpr a personal of social crisis like suicide ahortiorils ah insanechoicea cboice which will lead society down the- well worn- machiavellian path where might is fightuniessthis anarchy is stopped infanti- cide and euthanasia will cer tainly follow jgod have mercy on this country sincerely mel middjctdn gofmley compare quality price similar product at save at contour the bay 14200 1225 sears 14200 1125 eatons 15900 2925 pay in four equal installments over 60 days on approved credit 500 minimum purchase required over 50 stores across canada prices as surveyed january 27 1988 brands may differ slorc lo slore ajax north 4273110 ajox south 4272800 barrie 7374200 brampton 4501911 burlington 3368181 cambridge 7403633 guelph 8365090 kitchener 8941333 london n 6601909 london s 4727684 markham 4716565 mississauga n 8970100 mississauga s 8230090 newmarket 8533655 oakvillen 8496171 ookvilles 8254014 richmond hill 8839922 st catharines 6829271 scarboroughn2930390 scorboroughs2667787 thornhill 7643010 toronto west 2398194 waterloo 7463870 whitby 6680512 woodbridge 8561023 window olympic spirit dear editor i could not believe my eyes when i read the headline in a copy of the toronto star- that the canadian government plans to set up a 24 hour hotline in calgary for anyone who wants to defect during the winter olympics this articlegoes on explaining the method it intends to use for this purpose to me this kind of thing is to say the least dis gusting how can any selfrespecting government lend itself to such outright duplicity on the one hand everyone wants to lessen tension between the east and west and on the other hand the government brazingly advertises the fact that it encourages people to defect from other countries this is against all for which the olympic charter and spirit stands why antagonize the govern ments of other countries even be fore they get here the scheme is obviously directed at athletes frorhithe eastern block countries because 90 of the contestants come from the northern hemisphere and not such countries as sri lanka pun jab or central america because they are not suited or equipped t6 take part in winter games i did not think any country would stoop so low as to promote such a scheme especially on the site of the olympic games j it is a deliberate provocation and no wonder the eastern block countries have protested in the strongest of terms in my opinion they have every right to do so i wonder if south korea at the summer olympics now that a precedent has been set will be in viting north korea vietnam and other left wing countries to defect to south korea world opinion is allcdgedly against mixing politics with sport and this is th very thing we are proposing to do in the crudest manner possible sincerely adam johnstone rri slouffville canadian aimt up to- uwrfei door prize 1000 set of patio furniture from patio warehouse the canadian pool spa show international centre 6900 airport rd mississauga toronto february 11 to 14 1988 show showhours rv thursday ii fridays saturday feb a 13 sunday feb 14 v admission vapm iopm adults 5560 joafvmopm seniors a students i m 18 300 10aw6pm childbewrftfcacc0mf