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Long-time hobby: Harold Middleton, who has wielded wrench and torch to build many street rods, leans on his latest - a '47 Ford coupe, nicknamed Rock 'n' Roll Flathead
Long-time hobby: Harold Middleton, who has wielded wrench and torch to build many street rods, leans on his latest - a '47 Ford coupe, nicknamed Rock 'n' Roll Flathead

Long-time hobby: Harold Middleton, who has wielded wrench and torch to build many street rods, leans on his latest - a '47 Ford coupe, nicknamed Rock 'n' Roll Flathead

Date3/14/1988
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0130857F
Hot rods: Harold Middleton, 41, a trucker-turned-car-appraiser, peers through the chrome wheel of a '47 Ford called Rock 'n' Roll Flathead
Hot rods: Harold Middleton, 41, a trucker-turned-car-appraiser, peers through the chrome wheel of a '47 Ford called Rock 'n' Roll Flathead
3/3/1988
Coupe de thrill: Larry Srigley, who runs Dynamic Street Rods in Oakville, shows off one of his Model A replicas
Coupe de thrill: Larry Srigley, who runs Dynamic Street Rods in Oakville, shows off one of his Model A replicas
1/24/1992
Surveying his new territory, Pearce Bunting, 47, who takes over July 1 as president of Toronto Stock Exchange, leans on parapet of visitors' gallery, (...)
Surveying his new territory, Pearce Bunting, 47, who takes over July 1 as president of Toronto Stock Exchange, leans on parapet of visitors' gallery, (...)
6/15/1977
Clinging to box cars, many Toronto folk rode the rods for the first time yesterday as they sought every possible vantage point along the right-of-way (...)
Clinging to box cars, many Toronto folk rode the rods for the first time yesterday as they sought every possible vantage point along the right-of-way (...)
6/7/1939
Head-Turning Heap: Long-time hot-rodder Duke Brown invited Wheels writer Bill Taylor to take a road test in this '37 Ford coupe belonging to Brown's brother, Tony
Head-Turning Heap: Long-time hot-rodder Duke Brown invited Wheels writer Bill Taylor to take a road test in this '37 Ford coupe belonging to Brown's brother, Tony
10/2/1990
Smoke pours from window of the Ford Hotel yesterday as fireman on hydraulic ladder leans forward to rescue guest perched on seventh-floor window ledge(...)
Smoke pours from window of the Ford Hotel yesterday as fireman on hydraulic ladder leans forward to rescue guest perched on seventh-floor window ledge(...)
5/11/1969
One of Many Women who shared the excitement of many of the 2,000 convention delegates leans forward eagerly to listen to Justice Minister Pierre Ellio(...)
One of Many Women who shared the excitement of many of the 2,000 convention delegates leans forward eagerly to listen to Justice Minister Pierre Ellio(...)
2/9/1968
Self-confessed Big-Eater Alderman Joseph Piccininni leans back and surveys the situation in his City Hall office - and admits he has lost the battle o(...)
Self-confessed Big-Eater Alderman Joseph Piccininni leans back and surveys the situation in his City Hall office - and admits he has lost the battle o(...)
12/21/1971
Hot rods: Technicians work on the reactor tubes, which contain 6,240 bundles of uranium fuel rods
Hot rods: Technicians work on the reactor tubes, which contain 6,240 bundles of uranium fuel rods
8/29/1989
In the wildest rock 'n' roll concert Toronto has heard in years, police were busy hauling dozens of screaming girls off Massey Hall stage last night a(...)
In the wildest rock 'n' roll concert Toronto has heard in years, police were busy hauling dozens of screaming girls off Massey Hall stage last night a(...)
6/1/1978
Rockin' with Robbie: Robbie Lane is co-host of a new '50s and '60s rock 'n' roll room called The Pink Cadillac, which has just opened at the Ascot Inn in Etobicoke
Rockin' with Robbie: Robbie Lane is co-host of a new '50s and '60s rock 'n' roll room called The Pink Cadillac, which has just opened at the Ascot Inn in Etobicoke
7/1/1982
Alice Cooper at the Grandstand last night was a long way from the singer who brought the theatre of horror into rock 'n' roll, reviewer says
Alice Cooper at the Grandstand last night was a long way from the singer who brought the theatre of horror into rock 'n' roll, reviewer says
8/19/1991