Canadian Automotive Museum

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Canadian Automotive Museum
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Entrance on Simcoe Street
Canadian Automotive Museum
Established1962;64 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
1898 Woods Electric the oldest surviving electric vehicle in Canada
1903 Orient
1903 Redpath Messenger
1904 Ford Model C Replica
1905 McLaughlin Carriage
1908 Tudhope-McIntyre
1908 McLaughlin Model F
1909 Kennedy
1909 Model T Canadian-built
1910s1910 McKay Roadster
1910 Hupmobile
1911 De Dion-Bouton Roadster
1911 International Harvester Auto Wagon
1911 Cartercar Touring
1912 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost original owner: Lady Eaton
1912 McLaughlin 5 Passenger Touring
1913 Wolseley
1914Rolls-Royce Silver Ghostdistinguished by its use by the Prince of Wales
on his 1919 Royal Tour
1914 McLaughlin Model 14 Truck
1914 Galt Gas-Electric
1914 Brockville-Atlas
1916Ford T Touring
1917Chevrolet 490 Touring
1918Chevrolet 490 Snowmobile
1918 Packard Twin Six 3-25 Touring
1919 Rauch & Lang Electric Brougham
1920s1922 Kissel Gold Bug 6-45 Speedster
1922 McLaughlin-Buick 22-49 Special
1923 Gray-Dort
1923 Vauxhall OE 30-98
1924 Gray-Dort 23B Special Touring
1924Chevrolet Touring
1925 Brooks Steamer
1926Ford TT Tanker Truck
1926 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Dual Cowl
1926 Willys Whippet Coupe
1926 Bentley 3 litre Speed Model
1926 Chevrolet Superior
1927 Dodge Brothers
1928 Durant Sedan
1928 Hispano Suiza H6B
1928 Hudson Sedan
1928 Bugatti Type 37
1929Ford Model A Cabriolet
1929Chevrolet Roadsterwith wire wheels
1929Oakland Olympic
1929 Henderson 4-cylinder motorcycle
1929Sunbeam Model 9
1930s1930 Marquette Sedan
1931Ford Model A Coupe
1931 Alfa Romeo 1750 Gran Sport—Zagato Body
1931 McLaughlin-Buick Model 67
1931 Francis-Barnett motorcycle
1931 Gardner Phaeton
1932 Frontenac 6-85
1933Francis-Barnett motorcycle
1934 McLaughlin-Buick 66S Sport Coupe
1934 Rolls Royce 20/25 Convertible Sedan
1937 Buick Roadmaster
1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III
1937 REO Speed delivery pickup
1939 Rolls-Royce Wraith
1940s1949 Meteor
1950s1950 Oldsmobile Futuramic
1952 Vauxhall Wyvern Station Wagon
1952 Velocette 2 Cyl Water Cooled motorcycle
1955 Pontiac Laurentian
1955 Buick Special
1957 Dodge Regent
1960s1960 Frontenac
1960 Rolls-Royce Phantom V Limousine
1962 Lotus Formula Junior
1963 Buick Custom Limousineoriginal owner: Prime Minister Lester Pearson
1963 Phelon & Moore Panther with Garrard Sidecar
1965 Suzuki Sportsman
1966 Buick Special
1966 Corvair
1966 Honda 50
1966 Raleigh Ultramatic
1969 Daimler Limousine for official use in royal visits to the Isle of Man
1970s1971 Manic GT
1972 Buick Electra
1972 Yamaha U7E
1974 Rupp Dart go-kart “Herbie”
1975 Bricklin SV-1
1975 Can-Am T’NT
1980s1981 Plymouth Reliant
1983 DMC DeLorean Canadian specification
1987 Magna Torrero Concept Car
1990s1999 Chevrolet Lumina
2000s20011964 Renault Dauphine Electricmade by Feel Good Motors
2008 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.

The CAM maintains ties with another Oshawa museum having a similar emphasis on vehicles, the tank museum of the Ontario Regiment of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps (RCAC).

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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