Canadian Automotive Museum

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Canadian Automotive Museum
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Entrance on Simcoe Street
Canadian Automotive Museum
Established1962;63 years ago (1962)
Location99 Simcoe Street South
Oshawa, Ontario
L1H 4G7
Coordinates 43°53′41.5″N78°51′43.8″W / 43.894861°N 78.862167°W / 43.894861; -78.862167
Type Automobile museum
Collection size85+ cars
Website Canadian Automotive Museum

The Canadian Automotive Museum is an automobile museum located in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. [1] The museum notably features many Canadian-made cars. The automobile industry, specifically the Canadian division of the General Motors, known as General Motors Canada, has been based in Oshawa since the early 20th century.

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History

The museum was founded in 1962 by a group of Oshawa businessmen through the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce. The venture was initiated mainly to preserve the automotive history of Canada and to present this history in an educational and entertaining manner. Canadian Automotive Museum, Inc. is a charitable corporation and has been in operation since 1963.

The museum is housed in a 25,000 sq ft (2,300 m2) building in downtown Oshawa that was originally the location of Ontario Motor Sales, a local car dealership, in the 1920s. [2] The building maintains its original period architecture right down to the original elevator used to move cars to the second floor.

Vehicles on display

The museum has two floors: the ground floors features foreign cars, while the upstairs features a "Made in Canada" exhibit.

DecadeYearMake and modelNotes
Before 19101897 Fossmobile Replica
1902 Orient
1903 Orient
1905 McLaughlin Carriage
1908 De Dion-Bouton Roadster
1908 Tudhope-McIntyre
1909 Hupmobile
1909 Model T Canadian-built
1910s1910 McKay Roadster
1911 International Harvester Auto Wagon
1911 Cartercar Touring
1912 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost originally Lady Eaton's car
1912 McLaughlin 5 Passenger Touring
1914Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
1914 McLaughlin Model 14 Truck
1914 Galt Gas-Electric
1915Ford T Touring
1915Chevrolet 490 Touring
1918Chevrolet 490 Snowmobile
1918 Packard Twin Six 3-25 Touring
1920s1921 Kissel Gold Bug 6-45 Speedster
1922 McLaughlin-Buick 22-49 Special
1923 Rauch & Lang Electric Brougham
1924 Vauxhall OE 30-98
1924 Gray-Dort 23B Special Touring
1924Chevrolet Touring
1925 Brooks Steamer
1925Ford TT Tanker Truck
1926 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Dual Cowl
1926 Willys Whippet Coupe
1926 Bentley 3 litre Speed Model
1926Chevrolet Depot Hack
1928 Durant Sedan
1928 Hispano Suiza H6B
1928 Hudson Sedan
1929Ford Model A Cabriolet
1929Chevrolet Roadsterwith wire wheels
1930s1930 Marquette Sedan
1930Ford Model A Coupe
1930 Henderson 4 Cyl motorcycle
1931 Alfa Romeo 1750 Gran Sport—Zagato Body
1931 McLaughlin-Buick Model 67
1931 Francis-Barnett motorcycle
1931 Gardner Phaeton
1932Francis-Barnett motorcycle
1934 McLaughlin-Buick 66S Sport Coupe
1935 Rolls Royce 20/25 Convertible Sedan
1936 Talbot Model 110
1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III
1937 REO Speed delivery pickup
1939 Rolls-Royce Wraith
1940s1949 Allard Roadster
1949 Meteor
1950s1950 Oldsmobile Futuramic
1952 Vauxhall Wyvern Station Wagon
1952 Velocette 2 Cyl Water Cooled motorcycle
1957 Dodge Regent
1960s1960 Rolls-Royce Phantom V Limousine
1962 Lotus Formula Junior
1963 Buick Custom Limousinebelonging to Lester B. Pearson
1966 Buick Special
1966 Corvair
1969 Daimler Limousine
1970s1971 Manic GT
1972 Buick Electra
1975 Bricklin SV-1
1980s1981 Plymouth Reliant
1983 DMC DeLorean Canadian spec
1987 Magna Torrero Concept Car
1990s1999 Chevrolet Lumina
2000s2008 ZENN

Special events

Every September, the museum participates in a classic car rally known as the "Cobble Beach Concours d'Elegance & Motoring Festival". It is held at the Cobble Beach Golf Links course overlooking Georgian Bay in Kemble, Ontario. Kemble is located on the Bruce Peninsula in Grey County, north of Owen Sound.

Museum affiliations

The museum collaborates regularly with the Oshawa Museum and the city's Parkwood Estate, the home of Samuel McLaughlin. Further afield, the museum maintains ties with the Canadian Tank Museum at CFB Borden in Angus, Ontario, west of Barrie.

The museum is affiliated with the Canadian Museums Association (CMA), Digital Museums Canada, and the Virtual Museum of Canada.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hidden in Plain Sight: Canadian Automotive Museum". By: Gary Grant March 4, 2019
  2. ↑ "Our Story | Ontario Chevy and Cadillac Dealership in Oshawa | OMS". Archived from the original on 2014-04-20. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
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