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<blockquote data-quote="1 BAD 9T9" data-source="post: 296874" data-attributes="member: 3083"><p>Since this post has gone into nostalgia here is a little info and some shots from the Roadmates and our club house/garage on the QEW service Road at Dixie Road in Mississauga. I think the area was called Cooksville then before Hazel McCallion amalgamated all the small towns into Mississauga. This is all very personal for me where I built several cars, drank gallons of beer, drag raced all over and displayed at Bob Larivee's Speed Sport car show at the CNE. After working on our cars at the club house during the week we would drive down the backroads to the Cloverleaf Hotel and try and drink he place dry. No spot checks back then by the cops. On the weekends it was down to the Coq d'Or on Yonge Street to watch Ronnie Hawkins play.</p><p></p><p>Best man at my wedding was Tommy Henderson and Nick Minialoff was my partner with his gas class cars, both were members along with me in the Roadmates Car Club. Of course we were very formal in those days with our official jackets and ties when having our picture taken. Derek "Duke" Brown was the only president of that club from the day it started in 1956 until his passing in 2017. Of course the Roadmates was also home to Derek and Tony's BB/Altered that Murray talks about with Brooke DeShaw. </p><p>Then there was Bruce Wilkes with his high boy street roadster. Brooke was not a club member but both he and Bruce were sponsored by Bob McJannett who created and owned Performance Improvements Speed Shop in Toronto. Not to forget Paul Brioux (RIP) and his "Ridler" runner up '27 Ford "Ox Cart" at the Detroit Autorama. Most of the club members had modified street rods as their projects and I have included a couple of those. I bought my 1931 Ford Coupe body from Bob McJannett when he was a member of the EtobiCams for $60.00 and turned it into a very unique show show car. Crossed torsion bar front suspension courtesy of my work with super modified owner and driver Joe Hlywka and a log manifold with 6 two barrel carbs on a much modified 1955 Oldsmobile engine with an original '55 Olds three speed manual transmission. My progressive carburetor linkage made this a perfect street machine. I almost forgot club member Gordie Redpath who had an Ardun overhead valve conversion for is flat head Ford in his hot rod. First and only Ardun I have ever seen.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for letting me share those days from more than 50 years ago spent with a lot of great guys. Peter</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]106292[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]106300[/ATTACH]</p><p>Club house later</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]106293[/ATTACH]</p><p>Bruce Wilkes</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]106302[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]106294[/ATTACH]</p><p>My "Amazon A"</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://garychallice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Untitled-design-2.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Derek Brown's coupe</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.canadianrodder.com/features/2006/roadmates/roadmates8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The Duke - Derek Brown</p><p>[ATTACH=full]106299[/ATTACH]</p><p>Joe Hlywka's early "Super"</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]106301[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ardun conversion - Gordie did not have blower.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1 BAD 9T9, post: 296874, member: 3083"] Since this post has gone into nostalgia here is a little info and some shots from the Roadmates and our club house/garage on the QEW service Road at Dixie Road in Mississauga. I think the area was called Cooksville then before Hazel McCallion amalgamated all the small towns into Mississauga. This is all very personal for me where I built several cars, drank gallons of beer, drag raced all over and displayed at Bob Larivee's Speed Sport car show at the CNE. After working on our cars at the club house during the week we would drive down the backroads to the Cloverleaf Hotel and try and drink he place dry. No spot checks back then by the cops. On the weekends it was down to the Coq d'Or on Yonge Street to watch Ronnie Hawkins play. Best man at my wedding was Tommy Henderson and Nick Minialoff was my partner with his gas class cars, both were members along with me in the Roadmates Car Club. Of course we were very formal in those days with our official jackets and ties when having our picture taken. Derek "Duke" Brown was the only president of that club from the day it started in 1956 until his passing in 2017. Of course the Roadmates was also home to Derek and Tony's BB/Altered that Murray talks about with Brooke DeShaw. Then there was Bruce Wilkes with his high boy street roadster. Brooke was not a club member but both he and Bruce were sponsored by Bob McJannett who created and owned Performance Improvements Speed Shop in Toronto. Not to forget Paul Brioux (RIP) and his "Ridler" runner up '27 Ford "Ox Cart" at the Detroit Autorama. Most of the club members had modified street rods as their projects and I have included a couple of those. I bought my 1931 Ford Coupe body from Bob McJannett when he was a member of the EtobiCams for $60.00 and turned it into a very unique show show car. Crossed torsion bar front suspension courtesy of my work with super modified owner and driver Joe Hlywka and a log manifold with 6 two barrel carbs on a much modified 1955 Oldsmobile engine with an original '55 Olds three speed manual transmission. My progressive carburetor linkage made this a perfect street machine. I almost forgot club member Gordie Redpath who had an Ardun overhead valve conversion for is flat head Ford in his hot rod. First and only Ardun I have ever seen. Thanks for letting me share those days from more than 50 years ago spent with a lot of great guys. Peter [ATTACH type="full" alt="1678033867373.jpeg"]106292[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1678036048446.png"]106300[/ATTACH] Club house later [ATTACH type="full" alt="1678034246253.jpeg"]106293[/ATTACH] Bruce Wilkes [ATTACH type="full" alt="1678036751405.jpeg"]106302[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1678034286569.jpeg"]106294[/ATTACH] My "Amazon A" [IMG]http://garychallice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Untitled-design-2.png[/IMG] Derek Brown's coupe [IMG]https://www.canadianrodder.com/features/2006/roadmates/roadmates8.jpg[/IMG] The Duke - Derek Brown [ATTACH type="full" alt="1678035927235.png"]106299[/ATTACH] Joe Hlywka's early "Super" [ATTACH type="full" alt="1678036137594.png"]106301[/ATTACH] Ardun conversion - Gordie did not have blower. [/QUOTE]
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