Canadian Automotive Museum

The Canadian Automotive Museum is an automobile museum located in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.^[1] The museum features many Canadian-made cars as the automobile industry, specifically the Canadian division of the General Motors, known as General Motors Canada, which has always been at the forefront of Oshawa's economy.

Canadian Automotive Museum

Entrance on Simcoe Street
Established	1962; 63 years ago (1962)
Location	99 Simcoe Street South Oshawa, Ontario L1H 4G7
Coordinates	43°53′41.5″N 78°51′43.8″W
Type	Automobile museum
Collection size	65+ cars
Website	Canadian Automotive Museum

The museum was founded in 1962 by a group of Oshawa businessmen through the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce. The venture was initiated mainly to preserve the automotive history of Canada and to present this history in an educational and entertaining manner. Canadian Automotive Museum Inc is a charitable corporation and has been in operation since 1963.

The museum is housed in a 25,000 sq ft (2,300 m²) building in downtown Oshawa that was originally the location of Ontario Motor Sales, a local car dealership, in the 1920s.^[2] The building maintains its original period architecture right down to the original elevator used to move cars to the second floor.

The Museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, and the Virtual Museum of Canada.

Vehicles on display

The museum has two floors: the ground floors features foreign cars, while the upstairs features a "Made in Canada" exhibit.

Cars On Display
Before 1910	1902 Orient 1903 Redpath Messenger 1905 McLaughlin Carriage 1908 De Dion-Bouton Roadster 1908 Tudhope-McIntyre 1909 Hupmobile 1909 Model T -- Canadian Built
1910	1910 McKay Roadster 1911 International Harvester Commercial Car 1911 Cartercar Touring 1912 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost (originally Lady Eaton's car) 1912 McLaughlin 5 Passenger Touring 1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost 1914 McLaughlin Model 14 Truck 1914 Galt Gas-Electric 1915 Ford T Touring 1915 Chevrolet 490 Touring 1918 Chevrolet 490 Snowmobile 1918 Packard Twin Six 3-25 Touring
1920	1921 Kissel Gold Bug 6-45 Speedster 1922 McLaughlin-Buick 22-49 Special 1923 Rauch & Lang Electric Brougham 1924 Vauxhall OE 30-98 1924 Gray-Dort23B Special Touring 1924 Chevrolet Touring 1925 Brooks Steamer 1925 Ford TT Tanker Truck 1926 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Dual Cowl 1926 Willys Whippet Coupe 1926 Ahrens Fox Pumper (fire truck) 1926 Bentley 3 litre Speed Model 1926 Chevrolet Depot Hack 1928 Durant Sedan 1928 Hispano Suiza H6B 1928 Hudson Sedan 1929 Ford Model A Cabriolet 1929 Chevrolet Roadster (with wire wheels)
1930	1930 Marquette Sedan 1930 Ford Model A Coupe 1930 Henderson 4 Cyl motorcycle 1931 Alfa Romeo 1750 Gran Sport—Zagato Body 1931 McLaughlin-Buick Model 67 1931 Francis-Barnett motorcycle 1931 Gardner Phaeton 1932 Francis-Barnett motorcycle 1934 McLaughlin-Buick 66S Sport Coupe 1935 Rolls Royce 20/25 Convertible Sedan 1936 Talbot Model 110 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III 1937 REO Speed delivery pickup 1939 Rolls-Royce Wraith
1940	1949 Allard Roadster 1949 Meteor
1950	1950 Oldsmobile Futuramic 1952 Vauxhall Wyvern Station Wagon 1952 Velocette 2 Cyl Water Cooled motorcycle 1957 Dodge Regent
1960	1960 Rolls-Royce Phantom V Limousine 1962 Lotus Formula Junior 1966 Buick Wildcat 1966 Corvair 1969 Daimler Limousine
1970	1971 Manic GT
1980	1981 Plymouth Reliant 1983 DMC DeLorean (Canadian Spec)

See also

• Manitoba Antique Automobile Museum
• McLaughlin Carriage Company