It's Canada's Day.  post oddball Canadian-only Cars.

"Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo) 07/01/2018 at 13:24 • Filed to: None

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My 1965 Pontiac Strato-Chief, only sold in the great white north.  in red and white.  

fintail > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 07/01/2018 at 13:39

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Ford was really into it. A couple of random pics, Meteor Rideau with its very unique grille and trim:

And the Frontenac, a re-grilled Falcon:

The emblem for the car was the maple leaf (before it was on the Canadian flag), making it to badging and even the steering wheel hub:

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > fintail 07/01/2018 at 13:52

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beaumont, fargo, mercury truck

interstate366, now In The Industry > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 07/01/2018 at 13:53

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Acura has sold a Civic-based car in Canada for several generations. The ILX was just the first to come to the US. Its predecessor, the CSX, was so well-received by Honda Japan that they used it as the basis for the JDM 8th gen Civic.

Every now and then a CSX will sneak across the border for sale, but I’ve only ever seen base models.

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 07/01/2018 at 13:56

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This Mercury truck was Canada only right? I spotted this in Toronto when I was living there.

ranwhenparked > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 07/01/2018 at 14:00

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1960 Envoy Special (Vauxhall Victor, to Canada’s cousins across the pond). 

WilliamsSW > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 07/01/2018 at 14:02

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Have a couple of Beaumonts- Pontiac SD and Acadian, I believe (?)

Enjoy Canada Day!

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > ranwhenparked 07/01/2018 at 14:16

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my dad’s first car was a 60 victor, he was champion master cylinder changer of his neighborhood. 

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 07/01/2018 at 14:17

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yeah, merc trucks were a product of Market positioning of brands in a sparsely populated country.  Only in Canada.

ranwhenparked > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 07/01/2018 at 14:19

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Yep, if an automaker had a dealer franchise in a town, it might be their only franchise for 100 miles around, so they had to sell a full range of products through every retail outlet to make sure they were reaching all their potential customers. 

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > interstate366, now In The Industry 07/01/2018 at 14:20

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It’s a super nice civic.  Canada loves Civics.  When we move up in the world we get Acura civics.  

404 - User No Longer Available > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 07/01/2018 at 14:21

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Am I doing this right?

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > 404 - User No Longer Available 07/01/2018 at 14:22

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We had those beauties all to ourselves?

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 07/01/2018 at 14:24

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The manic GT. Made by Jaques About (the most canadian name ever, unless there is a guy named Doug Gord Labatt. )

404 - User No Longer Available > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 07/01/2018 at 14:26

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US didn't get the Wave as the G3 till 2nd gen, and Passport Optima is Canada only, US got it as Pontiac LeMans.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > 404 - User No Longer Available 07/01/2018 at 14:30

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Ah the optima, had a neighbor kid had one he was very proud of, had the world’s most sensitive alarm.  Perfectly acceptable teenager var in the 90's. it might have been brand new, but the famous alarm made it the loser cruiser of town. 

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 07/01/2018 at 14:32

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As%C3%BCna       The whole Asuna brand. 

fhrblig > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 07/01/2018 at 15:14

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Pontiac Tempest

Or my favorite, the Pontiac Firefly.

Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 07/01/2018 at 15:16

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Best name.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > fhrblig 07/01/2018 at 15:42

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And there are more surviving firef lies than tempests. My cousin had an unusually indestructable tempest, which racked up a bazillion miles and nearly as many collisions. Objectivley the Corsica/Beretta/T empest was just an awful turdmobile.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > fhrblig 07/01/2018 at 15:48

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the black thing in the middle of the hood is the latch release. My Grandma had one. She drove it till it was a smoke machine with doors that didn’t close because the hinges were rotting out of the doorposts. She drove that car to the wrecker and took her plate off at the gate. Any car that DRIVES into the crusher is a good car. Same story for her C amry. 

fhrblig > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 07/01/2018 at 15:54

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I remember that hood  latch. I had a couple Sprints back in the 90's. One of them got starved for oil and threw a rod while I was a mere 140 miles from home. Good times.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > fhrblig 07/01/2018 at 16:02

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My first car was a ‘90 ‘jelly bean’ sprint.  loved it. 

not for canada - australian in disguise > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 07/01/2018 at 16:24

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Here’s a relatively lesser known, but extremely important one, the McLaughlin. Originally a carriage manufacturer that started making cars in 1907, the company was bought out by General Motors in 1918, and became General Motors Canada.

McLaughlins weren’t actually Canada-only though, as they were exported throughout the British Empire as it was then known. Here’s a 1937 British-market car ;

404 - User No Longer Available > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 07/01/2018 at 22:55

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My sis had one. 1990 LT sedan, proper 90s red on red complete with a luggage rack.

When she graduated and traded in the car for the family Lumina (along with the family Ciera, which IMO was a huge mistake) , it had this unexplainiable vibration which they said it could be a factory manufacturing fault or something.

404 - User No Longer Available > interstate366, now In The Industry 07/01/2018 at 22:58

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First gen 1.6EL was a Honda Domani, loosely related to the Rover 400.

The Compromiser > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 07/02/2018 at 00:01

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!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

Model Year: 1926

Location of Manufacture: Stratford, Ontario

Developed by an American financier and based largely on an American model, the Brooks Steamer was built in Stratford, Ontario from 1923 to 1929.

Oland Brooks from Buffalo, in western New York State, moved to Toronto in 1920 to set up a finance company. By the early 1920s, gasoline-powered vehicles were much more common than were steam-powered cars. Despite this, Brooks purchased a defunct threshing machine factory in Stratford, Ontario, retro-fitted it and, in 1923, established Brooks Steam Motors Ltd.

The Brooks Steamer, which would be produced only as a sedan, had a standard wood frame. However, the body of the car was made of a leather-like fabric called Meritas, which consisted of wire, canvas and artificial leather. Meritas was produced in Walkerville, Ontario - home of the Ford Motors’ Model T factory.

The Brooks steam car, though easier to drive once it was actually moving, took a long time to get started and then could reach a maximum speed of only 56 km/h (35 mph). Compared to the similarly-priced, gas-powered Cadillac, which itself could reach a speed of 80 km/h (50 mph) or more, the Brooks Steamer was a hard sell. As the business began to fail, Brooks mislead his investors by reporting inflated production figures – in reality, the company built only 18 cars in 1926. When it went into receivership in 1929, Brooks Steam Motors Ltd. had assembled only 180 vehicles and its investors had lost close to $4,000,000.

Built right here where I live. We got one back a few years ago. The local museum is working to restore it. They’ve been busy with a Justin Bieber exhibit lately, so it isn’t going well....

A a side note, we still have a boiler manufacturer with Brooks in the name, Cleaver-Brooks. Different Brooks however. Or is it????

pip bip - choose Corrour > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 07/02/2018 at 05:33

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Asuna