George Wilson's little Messerschmitt Altered, the most unique Canadian race car from the golden area of drag racing.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122171621114640485&set=a.122101740776640485

geta load of this... the jumping of the St Lawrence River inspired a movie! The Stunt Driver opens in theaters on September 25.

Previously mentioned last year when it was in development https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2025/10/currently-in-production-stunt-driver.html

The Stunt Driver is set in the mid-70s and recounts the true and incredible underdog story of Canada’s Ken Carter, the world champion stunt driver, who battles personal demons and public doubt to attempt what everyone considers impossible — a mile-long jump across the St. Lawrence River in a rocket-powered car.

The Canadian Police recovered 392 stolen vehicles worth an estimated $28 million before overseas export from Canadian ports. The recoveries occurred in Halifax, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.

Project NoCargo began in June 2025 after investigators identified a growing export-fraud threat. The program targets organized crime networks using stolen or manufactured identities. Those credentials can secure vehicle loans and insurance policies. Criminals then attempt to ship the fraudulently obtained vehicles overseas.

INTERPOL Ottawa identified the trend during 2025, according to the RCMP. Criminal networks used compromised or fabricated personal information to purchase vehicles. They also used those credentials to obtain insurance coverage.

The CBSA intercepted 1,590 stolen vehicles in rail yards and ports during 2025.

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/392-stolen-vehicles-worth-28m-stopped-before-overseas-export-rcmp-says

The Gordie Howe International Bridge officially opened to vehicle traffic this week, the event was led by the Governor of Michigan driving a Mustang ( built in Michigan, engine assembled in Canada)

Named after the legendary Canadian-born Detroit Red Wings hockey player Gordie Howe, it's the first new international border crossing between Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, in over 60 years.

The $4.5 billion dollar project is also the longest cable-stayed bridge in North America - spanning 1.5 miles over the Detroit River

https://fordauthority.com/2026/07/michigan-gov-whitmer-drives-ford-mustang-gt-across-gordie-howe-bridge

https://www.dezeen.com/2026/07/28/gordie-howe-international-bridge-opens-traffic/

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters joins Teamsters Canada and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) in calling on Canadian National Railway (CN) to immediately stop operating trains through active wildfire zones and put the safety of Teamsters Canada rail members first.

A recent viral video on social media shows a CN freight train engulfed in flames while traveling through an active wildfire in Northern Ontario. The train was operated by Teamsters Canada Rail Conference members, whose quick thinking and professionalism ensured that no one was injured. But those workers should never have been put in that position. CN should never be sending train crews into such dangerous conditions.

for just the video, without the news anchors facebook.com/reel/1350124187104363/?s=single_unit

a motorcycle somehow ended up suspended high above an intersection in a Vancouver suburb after colliding with a sedan. The rider survived, the BMW it collided with was totaled, and a bucket truck was brought in to help recover the bike Thank you George!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/yes-motorcycle-hanging-traffic-light-194604611.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/nevertellmetheodds/comments/1t8q3ue/motorcycle_hanging_from_lights

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https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2026/05/it-took-some-skill-to-get-bike-up-there.html

amazing story of a farmer stuck under his tractor

The day began as any other for Cecil Harris, a farmer living with his wife, Bessie May near Rosetown, Saskatchewan. Hours later, when he didn’t return for supper, his wife grew worried.

It was nearly 10 p.m. when neighbors organized a search. They found Cecil pinned under his tractor on a remote part of the farm. The machine had slipped on the wet ground and rolled over, cutting his leg from ankle to hip. He was conscious but alone, bleeding, and trapped, with his leg severely fractured. He was rushed to the hospital, but Cecil died the next day.

While pinned, knowing he might not survive, Cecil took out his pocket knife and scratched a few words into the red paint on the tractor fender, "In case I die in this mess I leave all to the wife," he wrote, and signed it as best he could. It was used as his holographic will. It was preserved, used as evidence in court, and within weeks of Harris' death, his estate passed uncontested to his wife, as per his clear wishes

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=930018656526217&set=a.140138958847528

an Automated Licence Plate Recognition system detected a pickup truck license plate was flagged as driving while under prohibition for defective brakes

During the traffic stop, officers discovered:

- The driver used a permanent marker on their license plates in an attempt to evade law enforcement by imitating a class designation that did not match their vehicle type.

- The MTO recently inspected the vehicle and deemed it unsafe for defective braking system and prohibited it from operating on public roads. Despite this, the driver continued to operate the vehicle

- Almost 2,000 unmarked cigarettes were located and seized.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1383319313839714&set=a.263271445844512

a Mar 25th Canadian traffic inspection near Niagara, in response to concerns about increased commercial traffic, focused on trucks that have been intentionally bypassing the station... and found 1/2 were violating safety regs

Officials conducted in-depth inspections on 48 commercial vehicles, of which 26 — 54 per cent — were removed from the road once significant safety concerns were found.

https://www.niagarathisweek.com/news/niagara-region/lincoln-commercial-vehicle-inspection/article_02ec67c3-a0ee-5785-bcb2-9182f32a6f55.html

this MCACN barnfind '73 Citroën SM was extensively modified by prior owner

Bob Diemert was a self-educated engineer known in the aviation world for his meticulous restorations of  a Hawker Hurricane fighter (one of only 5 in existence!) and two Japanese Zero fighters.

He applied his aviation know-how and ingenuity to this SM, in some cases to increase its performance and in others, for reasons unknown.

he overcame the absence of the car’s original triple Weber carburetor setup by designing and fabricating a new intake manifold to adapt a Marvel-Schebler Ha-6 carburetor borrowed from a 1968 Beechcraft 23 Musketeer. To significantly increase power output from the SM’s V6 Maserati engine he added an AiResearch T04 turbocharger and nitrous oxide system.

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/barn-finds-hidden-gems-at-the-2025-mcacn-car-show

Wilby, driving "The All Red Route" a Reo's trip across Canada in 1912 with two men that hated each other, and one wrote a very dull book about it from what I read in the comments on this photo

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10230996342038676&set=gm.10162238577707481&idorvanity=119087132480

Col. Sam McLaughlin drove his McLaughlin buggy around 4 blocks to his office at GM Oshawa during the gas rationing days of WW2. (it may have been followed by his limo out of the camera frame)

McLaughlin Motor Car Company Limited was a Canadian manufacturer of automobiles headquartered in Oshawa, Ontario. 

Founded by Robert McLaughlin, it once was the largest carriage manufacturing factory in the British Empire. 

Robert McLaughlin founded the McLaughlin Carriage Company in Enniskillen, Ontario, in 1869. McLaughlin soon moved the company to Oshawa, a larger city a few miles away.

Around 1905, Robert's son Sam started building cars, and is most commonly associated with the McLaughlin-Buicks, it started out in car manufacturing building 154 of them in 1907.

In 1907,  Sam McLaughlin, son of Robert, created the McLaughlin Motor Car Co. after visiting the United States and discovering that automobiles were becoming a modern luxury. 

It was after this tour that R. S. McLaughlin decided to use Buick engines and chassis with McLaughlin bodies to create the McLaughlin-Buick automobile.

In 1915, the Chevrolet Motor Car Co. of Canada was formed.

In 1918, McLaughlin and Chevrolet merged with General Motors to create General Motors of Canada.

I went far more in depth in https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2018/08/mclaughlin-buicks-1st-ive-heard-of-them.html

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/30/

https://industryinoshawa.wordpress.com/transport/mclaughlin-motor-car-company/
https://www.hagerty.com/media/opinion/the-elsinore-files/mclaughlin-canada-gm-descendant

This is a Barton and Rumble made truck, from London Ontario, demonstrating the structural integrity of McClary's milk cans.

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/57

the insurance company that didn't bother checking the security of Lockwood Leasing in Canada is learning how expensive it was to not verify that the cars couldn't be driven away by thieves. Some just did. Either the alarm wasn't switched on or there was no alarm of any value installed.

thieves broke into the dealership, pried open a lock box full of keys with a crowbar, then drove away a Ferrari 812 GTS, a Porsche 911 GT3, two Mercedes-Benz S580s and two BMW M4 models. 

What the hell was preventing the cars from driving away? Wet noodles? There were no blockers

10 thieves in the crew, simply smashed the glass door to the premises, used a pry bar to open the key safe, moved the furniture, and drove the cars away.

https://carbuzz.com/ferrari-812-gts-porsche-911-gt3-cars-stolen/

1965 Meteor Montcalm, a Canadian car

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1015081483982554&set=a.557985703025470

I wondered where the hell did the word Montcalm come from? He was the general that lost the Battle of Quebec in 1759, sort of setting the course of Canada to British conquest instead of French rule

interesting railcar

So, why does the line end just in front of this, and without a wheel chock? 

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/646/

Netflix has a documentary on car design, (lots of 90s Mopar concept cars!) focused on Ralph Gilles, head of design for Mopar/Dodge/Chrysler/FCA "Abstract: The Art Of Design" (Season 1 ep 4) and it seems you can watch it on You Tube

Of course you can watch it at home on your big screen too, on Netflix

I had no idea he was born in Montreal, whose parents were Haitian immigrants, who must have been incredible parents, he became the youngest, fastest achieving head of design of one of the major dozen car making corporations, and his brother became a doctor, was an emergency room Dr at St Joe's in Elgin Illinois, and now is a board member of Morris Hospital (both are in the Chicago area) 

Dr Gilles is now Medical Director of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Morris, prior to this, he practiced at hospitals throughout the Chicago area for nearly 20 years.

According to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), one man shipped about 2,300 cars from Canada to West Africa over several years, all without the paperwork required by the nation’s Customs Act. but failed to submit any of the mandatory export declarations required by Canadian law. Now, he’s facing a $26.7 million dollar fine for the oversight.

CBSA investigators in Halifax, Nova Scotia, first flagged the operation back in 2021. That concern led to a multi-year probe and involvement from agencies on both sides of the border. In July of 2023, officers executed two search warrants, both in London, Ontario.

During those searches, they gathered business and financial records, vehicle titles, bills of sale, cell phones, SIM cards, and other devices. From there, authorities sifted through some 750,000 records tied to the operation.

Under sections 95 and 124 of the Customs Act, the penalty can match the full value of the exported goods, which is exactly what happened here.

“The multi-million dollar penalty attached to the outcome of this investigation sends a strong reminder to commercial exporters that they will be held accountable for not respecting mandatory reporting requirements and Canadian laws,” Dominic Mallette, regional director general of CBSA’s Atlantic Region said in the news release.

The penalty ranks as one of the largest of its kind in recent years. While the government didn’t mention anything about stolen cars, Canada has long combated issues with such vehicles ending up on boats headed to West Africa.

https://www.carscoops.com/2025/12/canada-fines-man-26m-after-allegedly-sneaking-thousands-of-used-cars-overseas/

the writer at Carscoops didn't ask how this exporter got away with this, that no one noticed, that no one asked to see his paperwork before exporting/shipping these cars. Doesn't the govt have a customs dept on the pier checking the shipping manifests, and seeing if all the proper paperwork has been filed? Was there corruption, Pay offs, or Bribes down at the pier? Was there just overall ineptness, and is that universal, and is this the method stolen cars are sent to (notice the destination) ONLY West Africa?

Manitoba's iconic "Orbit" highway garbage cans were space-age, fiberglass spheres used in the 1960s-70s to combat litter, featuring countdown signs like "Put your trash into Orbit!"

The program began with 10 Orbits set along the TransCanada Highway, but it was an immediate hit and more were soon added to highways around the province.

"The success of the Orbit trash cans … has prompted the province to order 100 more of these unique garbage cans," The Rivers Banner newspaper reported Oct. 14, 1965.

By 1969, there were 120 Orbits, which cost about $150 each, according to the Winnipeg Free Press that year. At its peak in the mid-1970s, the program had about 150.

Instead of being a long term successful program, too many idiots caused too many problems. 

Newspapers reported the cans being stuffed with oversized bags of household garbage, the occasional animal carcass, and even bags of sewage, which were blamed on commuters from cottage country. People began to leave old furniture and mattresses next to them as well.

By the late 1980s, there were only about 50 left, as the cost to replace damaged ones had grown to about $900 per unit. After 30 years, the Orbits fell from grace in June 1997 when the program was ended.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/orbit-trash-can-history-manitoba-highways-1.5725253

in May 1943 pilots went to Burbank, to ferry the new Lockheed-Vega Ventura Mk. V, bombers back to Newfoundland On one of these trips, a member applied for a new Disney insignia with the RCAF motto - "Fury with Balance".

https://rcafno128squadron.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/disney.pdf