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Speed Sport Show features racing's finest, More than 200 of the world's best street machines, hot rods and custom-built cars will be showcased at the (...)
Speed Sport Show features racing's finest, More than 200 of the world's best street machines, hot rods and custom-built cars will be showcased at the (...)

Speed Sport Show features racing's finest, More than 200 of the world's best street machines, hot rods and custom-built cars will be showcased at the (...)

Date1/3/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Speed Sport Show features racing's finest; More than 200 of the world's best street machines; hot rods and custom-built cars will be showcased at the 30th annual 1991 Speed Sport Show at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre starting today. Car fanciers will have a chance to see some of racing's fastest cars up close; and perhaps drool over such beauties as Roy Bork's 1966 Mustang (above) or Jim Thompson's 1938 Ford De Luxe; (left). Among the other features at the show will be:
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Speed Sport Show features racing's finest, More than 200 of the world's best street machines, hot rods and custom-built cars will be showcased at the (...)
Speed Sport Show features racing's finest, More than 200 of the world's best street machines, hot rods and custom-built cars will be showcased at the (...)
1/3/1991
Classic Lines: David McGirr waited 2 1/2 Years for this beautiful replica of a 1956 D-type Jaguar sports racing car to be built for him in England
Classic Lines: David McGirr waited 2 1/2 Years for this beautiful replica of a 1956 D-type Jaguar sports racing car to be built for him in England
9/17/1989
Hottest Rods
Hottest Rods
8/11/1988
Custom car buffs have an eye for beauty, Trim lines are a must at any hot rod and custom car show, and keeping up the theme at Speed Sport '75 which o(...)
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1/31/1975
The American Dream: The World's longest limo, complete with hot tub, pool and helicopter pad, gets a final swipe with the chamois
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1/22/1987
Multi-talented: Vericom VC-200 claims accurate speed timing, elapsed time, lateral and longitudinal g-force, and measures distance, horsepower, and braking force
Multi-talented: Vericom VC-200 claims accurate speed timing, elapsed time, lateral and longitudinal g-force, and measures distance, horsepower, and braking force
8/25/1987
'75 Features Bricklin 1904, F. The 70 year and time in has million in automobile shown at top, and it can only that Malcolm Brickton's gull-winged opu(...)
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2/5/1975
All the Comforts: The superbus features many of the amenities of home, including television, a snack bar, telephone and library
All the Comforts: The superbus features many of the amenities of home, including television, a snack bar, telephone and library
3/19/1991
Pallas features 'Aerodynamics' Swivel headlights are outlawed in U
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Say ahhh? Mike Pearce peers into the interior of a De Lorean car through the stainless steel sports car's distinctive gull-wing doors. Pearce is leasi(...)
Say ahhh? Mike Pearce peers into the interior of a De Lorean car through the stainless steel sports car's distinctive gull-wing doors. Pearce is leasi(...)
2/11/1983
World's cleanest Fuel: A tank filled with hydrogen instead of gasoline was displayed in 1984 in a car trunk at a former University of Toronto institute for hydrogen studies
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7/13/1984
End of the Private Car before majority of the world's population ever has a chance to own one, was forecast by Toronoto Alderman William Kilbourn. The(...)
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