Oakville North News (Oakville, Ontario: Oakville Beaver, Ian Oliver - Publisher), 8 Oct 1993, p. 3

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Lot more to life than cars, cars, cars (Continued from page 2) Remember your first car? You had a passion for cars even before you discoveped_g_i§ls. _It wa_s 1} 19.4.8 Prefect, maybe? You bought it with a couple of buddies from your Vancouver high school. Man, you guys had fun with that little tin bucket though you soon discovered it wasn’t big enough for three cou- ples. No love machine. You would develop a number of hobbies as you grew older â€" run- ning (you’ve got your sights set on the New York Marathon in November), cross-country skiing, and a perverse interest in the American Civil War, but along with your wife and kids’ cars would con- tinue to haunt you the most. When you were first married, it was small British racing and rally Ema". r.t.!.nua’s:r..~..xxud ;~. .; f ‘ Bob McKerron sits at the wheel of his favorite automobile, his 1956 Mercery Montclair. (Photo by PatercCuskar) KEG RESTAURANTS LTD. 220 North Service Road, Oakville WHERE YOIHK BUSINESS IS OUR BUSINESS cars. Let’s face it; you were a dare devil. Later, when a family came along,, you switched to family-sized American cars, but nothing as mun- dane as a current model. No sir, if your name was McKerron, you had to have the two-tone blue ‘58 Chevy Bel-Air (because your neigh- bors had one when you were a teenager) and, of course, you had to join the Late Great Chevy Car club. (Only one of many clubs you would join.) Unfortunately, you had to sell that Chevy when the car of your dreams appearedâ€" the already men- tioned Merk with the scintillating An impetuous guy... you knew when you saw her sitting in some- body else’s driveway that you had to have her. You probably said to your daughter, “I’m going to bu'y that car, sweetie. The only question is how much will I have to pay?” “People express themselves through their cars,” McKerron might say, “in the color, the design, the types of modifications.” “When you fix up a car, it’s yours forever,” Bob might add. “You’re like an artist. You create something; you enjoy it; and then you go onto your next project.” 07h, you'did acquire another Chevy later. The burnished gold ‘63 W 2W2 - "SW 2m" ONE 81 ONLY RELEASE FOR FALL! Choose any two of these fantastic Keg starters for only $5.01 Garljc Cheese Bread Bruschetta Bread Scallops Bacon Escargot V Keg Size Nachos Keg Size Skins Chicken Strips 8: Fries Chicken Strips 8: Caesar Prime Rib Sandwish Choose any- of these fantastic Casual Classics for only $5.01 Surroundings Gallery Trafalgar \fillage 125 Cross Ave. 842-0610 we’re full of it. 5:01 STARTERS EDITIONS LIMITED TO 2000 ONLY! Supersport that now sits in your driveway in Iroquois Ridge. The kids in the shop at White Oaks High School helped you fix her up after you drove her back from Florida in ‘89. Perhaps, it is best not to say too much about the ‘63 Chevy Nova with the cop-bait paint job and the special 300 horsepower Corvette engine under the hood The Nova‘ is going to pay for the re-fit of KRUZ Radio’s company truck. It’s alv‘vays sad to goodbye to one of your 5:01 CLASSICS Potato Skins Mushrooms Neptune Shrimp Gratinee Regular Size Nachos babies. Especially, if you’re one of those a; sentimental folks who were :3 teenagers in the ‘505 and ‘60s and 9 are hooked on nostalgia. -; But if you're Bob McKerron with a quirky sense of humor, boundless energy, and an unbridled enthusiasm for old automobiles, “reliving an era of cars and old- fashioned rock and roll,” as KRUZ Radio’s DJ, may just be your des- tiny. So, what took you so long?

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