Chatham-Kent Travel Guide 2008

experience Classic Cars tique transportation show featuring more than 500 displays of antique cars, fire trucks, boats, motorcycles and airplanes. Old Autos Bothwell Car Show also in August is Ontario’s largest car show featuring 1,500 vehicles and more than 400 vendors selling automotive-related items. In late May, downtown Chatham hosts a display of 700 antiques and classic vehicles for RetroFest. Most of the other community festivals throughout Chatham-Kent all feature an antique and classic car show. Classic car enthusiasts will find some of North America’s most rare and expensive transportation collections on display at summer festivals and permanent exhibits right here in Chatham-Kent, Canada’s Classic Car Capital. RM Classic Cars and Auto Restoration, the world’s largest vintage and auction restoration company is located here. The RM Classic Car Exhibit, one of Chatham-Kent’s premier tourist attractions, showcases one of the world’s finest collections of classic and antique vehicles and rarities.Visitors can see an ever-changing display of more than 60 rare and valuable vehicles and observe the restoration process with RM’s expert craftsmen at work. Other award-winning independent restoration specialists also call Chatham-Kent home. One of the few remaining Chatham-manufactured Gray Dorts is on display at Chatham-Kent Museum. This 1919 Gray Dort Touring Model is considered an upgrade to Ford’s Model T. Produced from 1915 to 1924 the Gray Dort was particularly popular in the west for its response to cold Canadian winters. Some of the largest automotive displays occur at summer festivals in Chatham-Kent. WAMBO, in August, is Canada’s largest and foremost an- Rick Walker from Old Auto’s Television Old Autos Newspaper, Canada’s largest antique vehicle publication with North American distribution is produced in Chatham-Kent. From that success has stemmed the popular locally produced Old Autos Television Show that is televised across Canada. With its interesting focus on car culture, Old Autos Television Show is the leading classic car TV program in Canada. For classic car festival dates and other related information, contact Chatham-Kent Tourism at 1-800-561-6125. 10 explore Top Photo - RM Classic Car Exhibit Wallaceburg Antique Motor and Boat Outing (WAMBO) www.c ktour ism.com http://www.cktourism.com

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Chatham-Kent Travel Guide 2008 Contents Travel Tips Birding Camping Classic Cars Fishing Genealogy Golf Hunting Kite & Wake Boarding Scuba Diving Skateboarding Underground Railroad Tour Blenheim Blenheim Bothwell Chatham Chatham Map of Chatham-Kent Dresden Erieau Erieau Lighthouse Cove Mitchell’s Bay Morpeth North Buxton Ridgetown Ridgetown Rondeau Rondeau Thamesville Tilbury Wallaceburg Wallaceburg Walpole Island Wheatley Accommodations & B&Bs Accommodations & B&Bs Camping Farm Markets Golf Marinas Restaurants Shopping Transportation

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