Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Fifteen antique cars will be in our area this week. They will be checking into the Discovery Inn, in Campbell River, later today. That will be their base for day trips into Cortes Island and Quadra Island and the Comox Valley.
“There'll be quite a number of Ford Model Ts. I'm not just sure how many. There'll be at least two Buicks: mine is a 1912 and a friend of mine is going to be bringing his 1910 Buick. There's going to be a Russell, which is a Canadian built car, and there's going to be - I think it's called a ‘Premier’ and it may be a Canadian built car as well,” explained Bruce Beecham, one of the organizers.
“We're all members of the Vintage Car Club of Canada and the Antique Chapter, which is basically cars that are 1915 and older. But for this tour, we've softened that a little bit so people with 1927 and older could come. There will be a few people from Campbell River. Myself and Darryl Weedman are from the Comox Valley. There might be one or two people from other parts of Vancouver Island and possibly even a few people from Washington, but I would say the majority of the cars are going to be from the Lower Mainland.”
