I took in the Canadian Automotive Museum in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada for about the sixth or seventh time in the last twenty five years or so. Oshawa is our Detroit as far as the automotive industry goes and it has been that since the very early part of the last century. This museum officially opened up in 1963 and has been operating ever since then. The building was built in the early 20's and had a new car show room and repair garage. The ground floor was for the car show room and the second floor was for auto repair. The original auto elevator is still operating after just over 100 years. The museum is not fancy in any way but it showcases the cars well. There is limited space so some cars are in the back of other cars. Most of the cars were donated by vintage car folks going back to 1963 and some cars donated by the original owners or their families. The museum is a rich history of Canadian designed cars, Canadian built cars, American and some European cars was well. There are tens upon tens upon tens of millions of dollars worth of cars here. It is mind boggling because the building inside and out is very unassuming. There were far more cars there than I could possibly capture realistically. My intention is that if I survive my younger brother Mike, I will donate any vintage car that I may own at the time, to the museum. I would highly recommend visiting the museum to anyone visiting on their vacation. Oshawa is about 45 minutes east of Toronto. Please excuse the poor quality of the photos of the information cards for the cars. I tried my best. Cheers.
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Mario on Jan 23, 2024 said:
A great car museum you have there George. Many early 1900's cars, Model A's, Rolls, Specialty cars and a Model T.
My interest is always in the 50's cars and the 57 Dodge with a 57 Plymouth rear is very interesting. I never saw that before.
Also the 49 Meteor which is a Mercury in Canada is patterned after the US 49 Ford. I like that car better than the US 49 Mercury which we called the Bathtub.
The 50 Olds and 55 Buick look good and the rare 60 Frontenac (US Falcon) is a treat.
And to top it off with a Back to the Future DeLorean is pure enjoyment!
Thank you for the all the pictures and the tour of your fabulous car museum George. Cheers, Mario.
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