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Another World Premiere for Port Arthur, Ontario - "Corvette, Port Arthur" at...
"Corvette, Port Arthur", was a film produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 1943. Â It illustrated the Royal Canadian Navy's part in battling U-boats and protecting British supply lines during...
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The Best of the Best 1950's Canadian Lakehead Exhibition Racing Wrecks....at...
As requested, we have 27 great photos from the 1950's at the Fort William and Port Arthur Exhibition Race Track. Only a few of these have been seen in prior posts on this blog. It is interesting to...
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BUCKET LIST #1 NOW CHECKED OFF - My Good Friend Dennis Winko and I were in...
This post is a little diversion of what I usually do on my blog but feel that it would be nice to share.To go to an event of this magnitude and to take over 1300 photos, it was extremely difficult to...
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Winter Memories of our home towns of Fort William and Port Arthur, Ontario...
With the accumulation of snow this year, it brought back an abundance of winter childhood memories.  At our coffee/gearhead weekly meetings we talked about the fact that the snow that has fallen with...
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AN OLD BIRTHDAY PARTY & DIXIE CUPS.......right here in my home town....
Here's a post I've always wanted to do starting off with my 10th birthday photograph. All the kids will be named....then I'll explain about the post. This was taken in my back yard on my 10th...
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Happy Birthday Clyde Ditmars - One of the Boys Who Started Their Engines at...
A little clipping in this past Thursday's newspaper brought back a ton of memories of the one and only Clyde Ditmars (Mr. Texaco)......Happy 80th Birthday Clyde (March 27, 2014) from all your old...
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The Untouchables Car Club - The Northern Ontario Timing Association -...
As a past member of the Northern Ontario Timing Association, it is a pleasure to bring this post to everyone with tremendous thanks to Dennis Winko for the great article, Art Lee, and Gary Ager for the...
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THE 45 AND THE UNDERDASH PLAYER.....
THE UNPRETENTIOUS 45 RPM RECORD We have used it for years and years. It is an icon of a simple, maybe better time wherein we lived a simpler life...well, maybe for some.  Here on Hot Rods and...
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Old Spring Memories in our home town of Fort William, Ontario....
Here in Central Canada we are finally supposed to get some Spring weather. It is already April 20th and there is still tons of snow here in what used to be called Fort William and Port Arthur,...
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Murray Simmons and The Lakehead Stock Car Club in the 1950's.......
With spring finally here, thoughts of the old 1950's CLE race days come flooding back. Â As you know if you read into this blog on a regular basis, Stock Car Racing here in Fort William and Port Arthur...
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PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS....another then and now post from our home towns of...
For those who don't know, the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur, Ontario is now Thunder Bay, Ontario since our amalgamation in 1970.Then's and now's haven't been regular posts on HR&J for...
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Today I Lost My Wonderful Friend Ron Clark.....May 25, 2014.
Ron Clark (Big Daddy Hot Rod) was my inspiration, and one of the most courageous men I have ever known. Â He lived his life making one feel that not one tiny thing was ever wrong...never complained and...
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The War Amps Key Tags and "Where are they Now".....
Here's a different start to a new post. Â I have had this collection of key tags from way back when...some of the real old ones were given to me by friends. Â Key tags began in 1946 when war amputees had...
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Where was GRAIN PORT MOTORS and what is it's claim to fame here in Fort...
This is a bit of a follow-up to the last post due to the fact we are using old invoices to find addresses and data, and yes, you did see this first picture in the last post. Â This photograph is of a...
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The Gentlemen Who "Started Their Engines" .....part 2
Here at Hot Rods and Jalopies, most of the vintage racing photos are of cars. Â This time the concentration will be on drivers...some well known and many are unsung hero's of the day.....with a few...
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UNIQUELY FORT WILLIAM, Ontario, Canada......more hot rods and jalopies...
I'm not in any way trying to snub Port Arthur-ites (you know...people from Port Arthur) with this post, however, as I lived in Fort William and rarely ventured over to Port Arthur until I had my own...
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More Clips from The Lakehead Stock Car Club.... 1952-1966 - the era of Hot...
OK race fans.....we've put together a number of misc collages and newspaper clippings which you may have seen in September and October just before Championship season here at the Canadian Lakehead...
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NEW PHOTOS......ALWAYS A GOOD REASON FOR A POST.....from Fort William and...
On Hot Rods and Jalopies, there is always a reason for a good story/post....be it that someone put an idea in my head, someone sent me some new old photos from around Fort William and Port Arthur, the...
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Happy Halloween 2014
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Â Instead of posting a new group of items this year, I'm attaching links to other Halloween years on HR&J....click each one then come back. Â Enjoy.1 -Â Halloween 20092 -Â Halloween...
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WAR AND PEACE - REMEMBRANCE DAY 2014....
LEST WE FORGET!An early REMEMBRANCE DAY POST - This past June 6th 2014 was the 70th anniversary of the Normandy D-Day invasion of Europe, WWII. Â It was the largest amphibious invasion in history which...
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