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10B THE OSHAWA TIMES, Seturdey, June 24, 1967 Century Ago, On Farm At Tyrone, ® Mammoth Auto Industry Began The year 1967 is also the Cen-| Soon after the Leyland-Faul-\transfusion took the shape of a| In 1907, Robert McLaughlin's|fuselages and engine nacelles. tennial Year of General Motors|coner Co. made about 2,000|substantial loan from the east-|two sons, George W. and R.| McKinnon Industries, itself a of Canada, the largest producer|motors for the runabout. Thisjern bankers and, once again|Samuel, who had become asso-|development of the carriage of automobiles and trucks in|new firm became enthusiastic|on a sound footing, GM con-|ciated with the business, de-|building days, has been a mem- Canada. GM of Canada traces|about the possibilities of the|tinued to grow. \cided that motor cars should|ber of the GM family for dec- its origin back to 1867 when|automotive industry. This led to| 'Billy' Durant took over the|be built in Oshawa. They then|ades. The three plants at St. Robert McLaughlin built his|the development of the one-cyl-|$75,000 Buick company and par-jobtained the rights from W. D.|Catharines and Windsor turn first cutter on his farm at/inder Cadillac in 1903. layed it into the giant that is|Durant to use the Buick engine/out engines, steering gears; Tyrone, Several others became inter-|GM today. When Durant lost|in their McLaughlin car. The|transmissions; axles, ball and GM of Canada in turn fs ajested in the automobile at the|control of GM in 1910 he em-jfirst of these, the famed Mc-jroller bearings; spark plugs; relatively small part of the|turn of the century. One of the|barked on an undertaking that|Laughlin Model F, took to thelelectrical ignition equipment; General Motors Corp., the larg-|most outstanding was David|was almost Cinderella-like injroad in 1907 -- 154 cars were|forgings and castings. est industrial organization in/Buick whose name will ever. be|its success. In 1909, while still/produced that year. Frigidaire Products of Can- the world. The corporation's|associated with the develop-|with GM, Durant's eye had By 1915, the company hadjada Ltd. has an 1l-acre plant assets, product revenue and|ment of the "Valve-in-Head" en-|been caught by a well-known|progressed to the e it thatiin Scarborough. payrolls reach astronomical fi i Buick, h di GRE ae ieee ee ee / s g-/gine. Buick, however, was noj/dirt-track racer known as Louis Mr. R. S. McLaughlin was able| 'The seven-acre plant of Gen- ures annually. Some 700,000|business man and was soon|Chevrolet. Durant asked Chev-|to reach an agreement with ; ; employees, worldwide, _serve/forced to sell out. A few years|rolet to design a car that would|William Durant to manufacture |°"@! Motors Diesel Ltd. is lo- literally millions of people andjlater William Durant consoli-|have popular appeal. Chevrolet|the Chevrolet in Canada. ieated in London, Ont. This divi- through these worldwide opera-j|dated his many interests in the|designed a six-cylinder passen- General Motors of Canada|Sion builds diesel highway and tions, GM is contributing much|automotive business and organ-|ger car and in 1911 Durant or- then entered ava Of idjurban coaches and a variety of * to a better and fuller life by|ized the General Motors of New|ganized the Chevrolet Motor A I wil th vi pies ; making more and better things|Jersey. Their first act in 1908|Co. and produced Chevrolets in\xpa"sion. in a Ose years. /types of diesel locomotives from ; for more people. was to buy out Buick and Olds, | Flint. GM of Canada has not lagged/quick efficient switchers to In all, there are 127 plants in ihe mokey solled ihand Due. behind its larger brother to the|mammoth, high-speed, road lo- the U.S., seven in Canada and|%,000 VEHICLES ant saw how he might controj|'outh. Many of the notable GM)comotives. , assembly, manufacturing or) Buick was then producing/again the GM operation.|Co! improvements originated in| tn Oshawa GM_ operates a warehousing operations in 22\tWo - cylinder and four - cylin-|Through a gigantic an on peter ld ope ana \vant group of plants turning 3M us ' ; " other countries, Page hs Nal cig _ _ dramatic stock transfer, he re-|.ide-curtains in Canada long|°Ut, Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick HISTORY OF AUTO Nitles, 'oocipying the. ~ [turned as president of GM inlnefore they were used in the|a"d Oldsmobile passenger cars; » occupying the largest/1916. In all industrial history US Chevrolet and GM trucks and The history of the automotive|auto plant in the world at Flint, thi v f industry on this continent be-|Mich. Buick naturally became ea ie tis of crenata One of the first stop-lights 2 ene gins back in a period 30 years|the cornerstone of the General|an experiment in 1910-11 to the/W@S 0" a McLaughlin Buick in|STAFF 16,000 before the turn of this century.|Motors Corporation, Iposition he held in 1918 when|1920. The spare-tire carrier was; The combined usable floor It starts with the stories of hun-// McLaughlin cars, using two-|Durant's dream was realized|@ Canadian invention. A crank-|space of the Oshawa plant and dreds of backyard inventors,|cylinder Buick engines, wereland Chevrolet became part of|°@Se ventilator was first used |Office building amounts to ap- each seeking to produce thejbeing built in Oshawa at the|years but that was only the be-|i" 1924 and is a Canadian pat-|proximately 192 acres and the practical horseless carriage. |same time. ginning. By 1927 it had become|¢"t. Adjustable front seats were|payroll totals approximately Perhaps it was inevitable that} The Oakland, made in Pon-|the world's. leader in pro-| Patented in Canada in 1920 but/16,000. many of these 'experiences' |tiac, and the Cadillac, were|duction, a position it still holds,|WeTe 20 used in the U.S. for At Windsor, Ont., General j should have gradually con-|added to the GM line in the| In 1926 GM bought the Fisher|¥€2!S- Motors Trim Ltd. produced verged and been assimilated /next six months. Control of the|Body Corp. and about this time|.,@M in Oshawa has also had|most of the trim sets for Osh- under one management -- Gen-/A.C. Sparkplug was also ac-|several motor companies took|i!S share in making the crank|awa and Ste. Therese-built cars eral Motors Corporation. quired, lthe count. ° as outdated as the buggy whip.|and trucks. A certain amount of " sell 4 uhe best way to start the| Cadillacs soon had Ketter-| GM is owned by more than|4 gteat deal of the develop-|their production is for the ex- bn so ce Ci ie " ocr tighiys ed ~ cet sgn 44 ines electric starter to add/1,300,000 shareholders in Can-|™ent work on the preliminary |port market in the U.S. ORIGINAL FACTORY AT TIME OF CONFEDERATION .. . Ransom E. Olds, the inventor peers Gaon was an stage of/ada and the U.S. done in Oshawa," "S| 'There are also three finance H. Olds, ntorirapid development in 1909 -- one in Oshawa land insurance units to provide ' ° E of the Oldsmobile and father of|soon it acquired or controlled|CANADIAN HISTORY It took about 30 years to pro-itor the needs of GM customers mass production. He became| substantially more than 20|. Demands upon production|duce the 1,000,000 Oshawa-built and dealers obsessed with engines and self-|;ytomobile and accessory com-|forced Robert McLaughlin to|car in 1937. When war came in ey propulsion of carriages while|nanies. One of these was not\abandon his small Enniskillen,|1939, GM of Canada had al-| They are General Motors Ac- working around his father's ma-|Ford, but only because "Billy"|Ont. workshop in 1877. In its|ready built and tested several|CePtance Corp., which finances : chine shop in Lansing, Mich.|Dyrant's bankers refused to put/Move to Oshawa, the McLaugh-|types of military vehicles. Civi-|te consumer's purchase of GM ««@ He developed a three - wheellyy the money to buy the Ford|lin carriage business, operating|lian passenger car schedules|©@"S and trucks from GM steam car as early as 1887. (Company. The Ford company|consistently on a basis of "one|were gradually pared off until{motor dealers and which also ~ = But the steamer was too lim-|was organized in 1903, by 1909(8rade only and that the best"|in 1942 the last of these came|finance dealers' purchases from . : ited so Olds applied himself in|it was up for sale for $2,000,000,|800n outdistanced any other in|off the lines for the duration of GM. , 1894 to the development of a "Tits line. Before it entered the|the war. General Motors Insurance gasoline powered vehicle. He|TRANSFUSION |motorized field, the business} GM's Canadian plants were to|Corp. provides fire, theft and , produced the first Olds two|- By 1910 the rapid absorption|produced more than 270,000 car-|turn out hundreds of thousands|all forms of motor vehicle in- years later. He soon establish-|of the many companies had ex-|riages, buggies and sleighs and|of weapons -- military vehicles|surance for GM owners and ed the Olds Motor Works and/tended the GM organization tojhad grown to be the largest |Of all kinds, tank hulls, Oerli-|dealers. GM Holding of Canada began to clear the way for/where it was in urgent need of|carriage works in the British|kon gun mounts, six pounder|Ltd. provide capital financing mass production. =a transfusion to survive. This!Empire. and machine guns, Mosquito for new GM dealerships. Centennial Garden Centre OUR PROJEC.: THs ' "CENTENNIAL" IS TO BEAUTIFY OUR COMMUNITY PRONE ON OF AUTO We Hope This Is "Yours" Also FOR ALL YOUR CENTENNIAL GARDEN NEEDS MARC THIEBARD RENE THIEBARD FORWARD WITH A GROWING CANADA! EA A "BAHAMAS ROOM" STORM.SCREEN GENUINE, LIFETIME INSTALLATION Aluminum Combination KOOL VENT Books For Comfort and Beauty Ventilated Aluminum AWNING ¢ Many Models to Choose from. 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