canadian dealership

[budnate]

cool stuff Rick, is that first coat black with the logos?? I dont think I have ever seen that one..I recall the second ones and thinking how cheesy the salesmen looked in them when I worked at the dealer as a kid..I had piles of old GM stuff and lost it all in storage in the 80's,,bummer

[Mr70]

They were offered in only 3 colours.
Navy Blue,Red,or White,in various Mens,Womens & Childrens sizes.All possible lined,or unlined.
I have examples of all 6.
I believe that is a Blue Yenko Stinger Vega WAGON those kids are leaning against.
One of only 10 made for 1972 production.

[Canuck]

The Carter family had dealerships in Hamilton(Maurice),Winnipeg,Calgary(Jack) and Vancouver(Howard). I am not sure if they were brothers but were all related. Mo was a serious racer. I was part of a team sponsored by Castrol in the early 70's and competed in the same races. We sourced many parts from him for our own 69 Camaro. In 1974 I got a quote from them for a new 1975 Camaro with an over the counter 1970 Version LT1 transplaned at the dealership. The conversion cost was not significant. A career change at the time killed the plan. I may still have the letter.

[Mr70]

Welcome.
I think I can speak for most when I say we would all enjoy seeing a copy of that letter,or anything else you have to share.

[Vettefinderjim]

Joe Freitas, Caifornia Corvette race driver from 1961 thru 1965, now has Mo's 69 Trans Am Race Camaro. It has been certified in the Trans Am Registry under #TA-88 and will debut in it's first vintage Trans Am race at San Diego Speed Week October 8-9, 2005.

We are looking for pictures and additional history on the car. If anyone has any info........leads on crew people.....names, phones on employess etc., it will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jim Gessner
[email protected]

[Vettefinderjim]

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The Carter family had dealerships in Hamilton(Maurice),Winnipeg,Calgary(Jack) and Vancouver(Howard). I am not sure if they were brothers but were all related. Mo was a serious racer. I was part of a team sponsored by Castrol in the early 70's and competed in the same races. We sourced many parts from him for our own 69 Camaro. In 1974 I got a quote from them for a new 1975 Camaro with an over the counter 1970 Version LT1 transplaned at the dealership. The conversion cost was not significant. A career change at the time killed the plan. I may still have the letter.

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Anything you have, especially for the 1970 season will be appreciated. We understand that there may have been two 1969 cars raced that season. One was a vin # car off the dealership lot, the other a 'tub' car from the Penske stable that was acid dipped. Do you know anything about the two car story?

[vintagegz]

none of these Carters were related. Maurice was also Can Am champion one year, I believe he just passed away a while ago

[Mr70]

Courtesy of PeteLeathersac.

[Mr70]

Courtesy of PeteLeathersac.

[PeteLeathersac]

Thanks for posting the pics Rick! . Both are from the Canadian Motor Sports '71 RuleBook. . The Mosport front straight shot is Can-Am '70, the slippery flag is up, no positions on the tower shown and '70 Torino Pace Car parked....practice session? . That's Dan Gurney in McLaren #48 (Bruce had just been killed before this first round of the '70 season), Denny Hulme in McLaren #5 and Jackie Oliver in the #22 AutoCoast Titanium Chevrolet....others harder to identify but a whole buncha' ZL1 power ready to battle! . Somewhere in there is #11, Lothar Motschenbacher probably running the ZL1 motor that was on eBay a couple months ago? . The Mo Carter Ad is from the inside of the RuleBook....sorry it turned out so small but it notes he's a Minilite dealer for one thing. . The Whites Speed decal is from another thread. ~ Pete