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Canadian Cars
, Ford
, Private Collections
by Philip Powell on November 6, 2009
A couple of years ago I did a blog about Ted and Sharon Forbes and their remarkable collection of 1950s cars, but I really didn't do credit to these fine folks. It was a chilly winter's day and all th...
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As We See Things
, Canadian Cars
, Fun Events
, General Motors
, German Cars
, Porsche
by Philip Powell on July 20, 2009
This is a favorite photo from a long-time history as an automobile journalist. I'm including it here because many of my fellow old car enthusiasts share an appreciation of classic railway trains, ...
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Auctions
, Canadian Cars
by Philip Powell on March 31, 2008
"What," you may be wondering, is a "monarch?" I'd almost forgotten myself, so many years having passed since I first drove one. A Monarch, for the benefit of our American viewe...
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Canadian Cars
, Fun Events
, Rally/Retro-Rally
, Roads to Remember
by Philip Powell on November 28, 2007
Today my copy of Westworld magazine arrived, a bi-monthly travel/auto mag send out as a reward for joining the BCAA (British Columbia Automobile Association), which I did during my most recent failed ...
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Canadian Cars
, Great Drives
by Philip Powell on November 15, 2007
Perhaps it's the romantic in me but I've always been attracted to articles headed "Great Drives." The first that I can recall appeared in Autosport magazine back in the 80's; an ...
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Canadian Cars
by Philip Powell on March 7, 2007
Apparently there are two guys named Powell who fancy old Volvos. I'm one. The other is slightly better known. He is former secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Coli...
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Canadian Cars
, Ford
by Philip Powell on January 14, 2007
Because the Canadian market is smaller than the US there was a time when some American brands were re-badged to fill certain gaps in the dealer line-ups. The meteor, for example, was actually a Ford...
