Its an original owner car from Durham Region, 350 4bbl Chevy, surprised he wasn't at Autofest this year. If I recall it was purchased at Gus Brown's.

Here is the same car from our files... 

Adventure Traveler Garry Sowerby in his own words:

Thursday, September 2, 2004
Oshawa , Ontario

General Motors of Canada Limited and Friends of the Second Marsh, Oshawa, Ontario

Over the last 14 years, I have certainly been here at the Canadian corporate headquarters of General Motors Corporation many times. I had always admired the view from the grand windows that look out over the Second Marsh Wildlife Area and the McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Reserve behind the building. I have known that it is a protected area but I had never walked or experienced it.

McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Reserve (MBWR) and the Second Marsh Wildlife Area together form 372 hectares of tremendous ecological importance. The area has everything -- swamp, cattail marsh, barrier beaches, open meadows, ponds and mixed woodlands and wildlife galore.

In 1990, General Motors of Canada Limited celebrated the construction of their new "green" Canadian Corporate Headquarters as well as the creation of the McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Reserve. Named after the automakers' founder, Col. Sam McLaughlin, the Reserve has become a popular attraction for lovers of nature and peaceful surroundings.

Home to almost 400 different varieties of plants, trees, shrubs and wildflowers, as well as a great number of native birds, mammals and fish, the McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Reserve features a number of walking trails, viewing platforms for photographers and birdwatchers as well as the Dogwood Trail, for use by partially-sighted or visually-impaired visitors. It is open to the public seven days a week, year-round, free of charge, and is wheel-chair accessible.

One of the goals of the McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Reserve Master Plan was to create an area where people and wildlife could co-exist in harmony, and, as I witnessed today, this has been achieved.

Our Mission Green tour was making a stop at General Motors to salute their stewardship of the MBWR. A group of government officials and executives had gathered on the back patio. We had a grandiose view beyond the marsh into the sunshine that glistened on the waters of Lake Ontario.

I realized what a special place this was, a great place to go to work. Every lunch break could be an opportunity to go for a power walk, run or leisurely stroll. What an escape this place offered from the constant decision-making rigours and hectic pace of corporate life. The therapeutic benefits of having this peaceful haven literally at the back door of ones workplace were immeasurable.

The City of Oshawa saved the neighboring Second Marsh from its near fate of becoming a harbour. The City took over ownership of the land in 1993 and since then, the Friends of the Second Marsh have planted 40,000 trees there. Thats the equivalent of removing 200 metric tonnes of CO 2. from the atmosphere.

Another exclamation point comes to mind when you realize that open, unspoiled space along the water of this magnitude is found nowhere else in the Toronto area and, in fact, in no other major urban centre in Canada.

The Mission Green team planted a tree and, before laying it into the ground, I thought, I can come back and watch this tree grow. I dont have to have an appointment with anyone at GM, I dont need to be here for a meeting. I can take 15 minutes to come off the 401 and find respite any time I want, and simply gaze at the Mission Green tree. Absolutely anyone can do the same for that matter.

After the hubbub of our presentation died down, I meandered along the paths, contemplating the contrast between this sanctuary of peace for both humans and animals and, not 200 metres, the constant commotion in the building behind me, the national headquarters of the largest automanufacturer in the world.

Out here, this is the real thing. Step out the back door into this completely unspoiled, unmanicured world, this is the great escape that so quickly puts everything in perspective and gives you the energy and determination to go back in there and make General Motors run.

Mission Green salutes General Motors of Canada for their excellence in the urban stewardship of the McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Reserve and commends the Friends of the Second Marsh for their proud protection of the Second Marsh Wildlife Area.

Also saluting Friends of the Second Marsh was the Mayor of Oshawa, John Gray, Jerry Ouellette,
MPP for Oshawa, and Judi Longfield, MP for Whitby-Oshawa and Colin Carrie, MP for Oshawa

cupedition wrote:

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Ray are you sure thats the same car ?  I just noticed they have different tires and neither look shiney new .

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