Page'16, Whitby Free Press, Wednesday, November 20,1996 of junker LASICS to hel p by Jil Mclrtosh fk,#% fight MS Thle Cart Before the Horse: The Tucker was a revolutionary "safety car" that neyer got off the ground. Fifty-one of them were buili in 1948 before the company went bankrupt (some believe that GM, Ford and Chrysler conspu-ed to send Tucker into receivership). To raise money for the venture, Preston Tucker sold radios, heaters and seat covers before buyers even had the cars. Headto Héad.-In 1955, the flrst year of production, Ford sold more Thunderbirds than Corvette sold in its first five years. GM'sfIberglass car, introduced in 1953, didn't outsell the Thunderbird until 1966. If You Dont Count That One of Him Taken at the Laundromat:- The last photo taken of Elvis Presley includes his 1973 Stutz Black Hawk, a gaudy, expensive car made from a hand-built body on a modifled Pontiac chassis. Back in the early 1970s these cars cost more than $22,000; Elvis also owned a 1971 model that was the company's first car. Moving Forward:- There have only been two years that Cluysler has not made a rear-wheel-cfrive car since World War Il: 1990 and 1991. They stopped making the Diplomat in 1989 and began building the Viper in 1992. Thze Power ofthe Press.- The furst Rolîs Royce took its first road test on- April 1, 1904. The comnPanY's officiai prei trelease gave the datee Mai-ch 31 to avoid any Api Pool comments. QoPsl: In 1959 'bigger wi better," and Pontiac and For outdid everyone else b offering cars with an exteri< width of 81 inches. The were unaware that soin Southern states still had ol, laws on their bookt prohibiting cars over 81 inches on the road. Thý companies lobbied an( finally got the laws changed but the cars could not be soît until this was done. Both Ends of the &cale, ]Ransom'Olds was only U~ when he buiît hMs first Oldemobile in 1886. By contrast, when Henry Lelanc started working on a new car he called the Lincoln (having already developed and sold Cadillac to General Motors), he was 74.* Decisione, Deci*sions:* If you ordered a Mustang in 1969, you got to choose between eight different engines, thi-ee transmissions, six tire types and nine styles of wheels. Powered by Vodka: Ini 1989 the U.S.S.R. had 42 cars per 1,000 people, compared to the United States',570 per 1,000, but traffic fatalities were almost identical. Analysts blamed the high Russian rate on drunk driving. If I Had A Nickel: The airbag was invented in 1952 by John Hetrick. He couldn't SEPAGE 17 The Multiple Scierosis Society of Canada is part of a charity vehicle recycling program acrose Canada that will arrange to pick up and recycle vehicles for free. Any old car, truck, boat, snowmobile or motorcycle is picked up and recycled for parts, scrapped or sold at auctions. Proceede are then sent to the Multiple Scierosis Society to fund ongoing fmedical research and support family services. The donor then receives a tax receipt for the ful amount of the proceeds. Vehicles can be of any age, any condition and in any location. Donors can caîl the Pickup Une at 1-800-463-5681. Canada's automobile dealers and manufacturers have signed the National Automobile Dealer Arbitration Program (NADAP) agreement, an alternative dispute resolution agreement that will alter the way disputes between automobile dealers and manufacturers are handled. "This is one of the most significant developments to occur in the history of the Crash.conscious TWO SINCLAIR Secondary School Police accident investigator Bob students loo over one of the vehi- Annan who founded, the Accident oies involved in a fatal accident as Awareness '96 pro>qram, were on part of a display recently at the hand. The display is designed to sohool. Manfred Kno ble, a- member'0f cause students to "rethink their atti- the emergency roomn team at Osh- tudes and behaviour before they turn awa General Hospital, and Durham the key, flot after.'P '. Photo by Mark Reesor, Whitby Free Press Canadian atmtv iuty," says Ken Graydon, president of the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association, representing 3,000 dealers across Canada. This -agreement represents the culmination of four years of hard work that began as little m nore than a dreamn, but has now produced a truly win-win agreement for both dealers and manufacturera" standards and specific amicably..." The program will come requirements that aDDlv ta inta <~ff~'i't nn .Tnn i 1007 - ~- - -... .L, .LIJM * s - * *. - - s g - - - e e - s - g - * s - - - s g - g *-g - - -- I. NADAP establishes a range of potential de ale r/ma n ufa ct ure r disputes that can be resolved solely by mediation or arbitration. Examples of disputes include- dealer terminations, the appointruent'or relocation of dealers, the sale of a dealership, and the reasonableness of the manufacturera' written the sale -of an interest inià a dealership. "Disputes between manufacturers and dealers will arise from time to, time," says Mark Nantais, president of thre Motor Vehicle Manufacturera Association. «What we're really trying to, do with NADAP is resolve these disputes quickly and Giuant plastic bùbble sold separately. $245*/month. $1500 down. 24 Month lease. I-I 8 n The new Golf K25comnes standard with your choioe of a really cool K2 snowboarci or a kler pair of K2 skis and a serîous rush.But as for the bubble, that wiII cost extra. Drivers' wanted.{() - nu esfe9ht, $1.500 dowr, payment, $24494 first mo0nth's payrnent and refundable securlt deposit of $250 required at trne= h. puchs P.D.I., nsurance, lcense and applicable taxes extra. Offer endis December31 1996. Supples are lmked. 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