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 "CANADIAN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM" - Oshawa Ontario, CA Posted by:  Jake39
N 43° 53.695 W 078° 51.737
17T E 671693 N 4862422
This "Canadian Automotive Museum" tells the story of the 'Canadian Automotive Industry' through its many displays and original artifacts. It is located in the 'Canadian General Motors' town of 'Oshawa' since 1961 and features cars from 1898 to 1930s.
Waymark Code: WMCGK
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 05/13/2006
Views: 212
Mission Statement
1. To tell the Canadian story of the automotive industry, its origin, its development and its plans for the future.
2. To present, under ideal conditions, valuable automobile exhibits before they are lost to posterity.
3. To illustrate the important part the automotive industry has played in the economic and social development of Canada.
4. To show, with motor car and associated motor parts, the development of engineering skills and design craftsmanship in building automobiles from 1770 to present time.
5. To provide an educational service to schools and colleges throughout Canada by maintaining an accurate source of reference material on the history of the automotive industry.
- In 1961, a group of Oshawa businessmen wisely decided to create the Canadian Automotive Museum.
The venture was initiated mainly to preserve the automotive history of Canada and to present this history in an educational and entertaining manner.
The Canadian Automotive Museum has grown in the size of the collection and in the scope of the artifacts displayed. Motorcycles, bicycles, trucks, pianos, washing machines, etc., make up the collection today.
Of course, the automobile is the backbone of the collection. Currently, approximately 65 vehicles dating from 1898 to 1981 are on display.
Through marquees such as Brooks Steam, Redpath, Tudhope, McKay, Galt Gas-Electric, Gray-Dort, Brockville Atlas, C.C.M., as well as many more Canadian-made vehicles, we show the impact the Canadian auto industry has had throughout the years.
There are, of course, vehicles from many other countries such as Rolls Royce, Morris, Amphicar, Ahrens-Fox, Reo, etc. Many, if not all of these, while not made in Canada, have certainly contributed to the development of the auto in Canada.
A recent addition to the collection consists of ten vehicles and the entire library from the now extinct Craven Foundation in Toronto.
In showing a continuing interest in antique autos, Rothmans of Pall Mall donated four of these vehicles and the library to the Canadian Automotive Museum when they found it necessary to close the Craven Foundation.
...The 25,000 sq. ft. building in Oshawa was originally a 1920's car dealership and is maintained to display that period of architecture right down to the original elevator used to move cars to the second floor.
Bicycles, tools, musical instruments, radios, televisions, graphics, photos, etc., relating to the periods of the cars are used throughout the building.
Cars on Display
1898 Fischer Electric
1902 Orient
1903 Redpath Messenger
1905 McLaughlin Carriage
1908 De Dion Bouton Roadster
1908 Tudhope-McIntyre
1909 Hupmobile
1909 Model T -- Canadian Built
1910 McKay Roadster
1911 International Harvester High-Wheeler
1911 Carter Car Touring
1912 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost (originally Lady Eaton's car)
1912 McLaughlin 5 Passenger Touring
1914 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost
1914 McLaughlin Truck
1914 Galt Gas-Electric
1915 Ford T Touring
1915 Chevrolet 490 Touring
1918 Chevrolet 490 Snowmobile
1918 Packard Twin Six 3-25
1921 Kissel Gold Bug 6-45 Speedster
1922 McLaughlin-Buick
1923 Rauch & Lang Electric
1923 Vauxhall OE 30-98 (Prince Henry)
1924 Gray-Dort Touring
1924 Chevrolet Touring
1925 Brooks Steamer
1925 Ford TT Tanker Truck
1926 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Dual Cowl
1926 Chevrolet Sedan
1926 Willys Whippet Coupe
1926 Ahrens Fox Pumper (fire truck)
1926 Bentley 3 litre Speed Model
1926 Chevrolet Depot Hack
1926 Morris Oxford Roadster
1928 Durant Sedan
1928 Hispano Suiza 7 Passenger Limousine
1928 Hudson Sedan
1929 Ford Model A Cabriolet
1929 Chevrolet Roadster (with wire wheels)
1929 Oakland Sedan
1930 Marquette Sedan
1930 Ford Model A Coupe
1930 Henderson 4 Cyl
1931 Alfa Romeo Gran Sport -- Zagato Body
1931 McLaughlin-Buick Model 67
1931 Francis Barnett
1931 Gardner Phaeton
1932 Francis Barnett
1932 Frontenac 6-85 Roadster
1934 McLaughlin-Buick Sport Coupe
1935 Rolls Royce 20/25 Convertible Sedan
1936 Talbot Model 110
1937 Rolls Royce Phantom III
1937 Reo Speed Delivery Pickup
1939 Rolls Royce Wraith
1949 Allard Roadster
1949 Mercury Meteor
1950 Oldsmobile Futuramic
1950 Dodge
1952 Vauxhall Custom Woody Wagon
1952 Velocette 2 Cyl Water Cooled
1958 BMW Isetta
1960 Austin Princess Limousine
1960 Rolls Royce Phantom V Limousine
1962 Hillman Sedan
1962 Lotus Formula Junior
1963 Panther with Garrard Side Car
1966 Buick Wildcat
1966 Corvair
1969 Daimler Limousine
1971 Manic
1974 Podomotor
1981 Plymouth K Car #37 Pilot Car
The Museum and Gift Shop are open:
Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
Saturday and Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
364 day a year, closed only on Christmas Day.
Special rates and hours can be arranged for group tours - call for details!
Primary Vehicle Category: Cars
Hours of Operation:
0900-1700 Hrs Mon-Friday
1000-1800 Hrs Sat&Sun.
Cost of Admission: 5.00 (listed in local currency)
Physical address of Museum:
99 Simcoe St
Oshawa, Ontario Canada
L1H 4G7
Museum Website: [Web Link]
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Visit Instructions:
To log your visit, please include a picture of your favorite vehicle in the museum. If you choose not to enter the museum, post a new picture of the sign or exterior, something so that we know you have been there.
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