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Jim Hawes restores grandfather’s wartime ‘blackout’ 1942 Dodge Super Deluxe

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Santa Claus, drives a Christmasred, 8 rp (reindeer-powered) sleigh.

“I never get tired of the wind in my beard as we trek around the globe each December.”

Powered by eight strong reindeer – capable of powering from 0 to 60 km/h in a wink of an eye – Santa is confident his cheery, Christmas-red sleigh will have the speed and power to reach every child’s home this Christmas Eve. Of course, reindeer maintenance Continued on Pg. B3

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Canada was at war when strategic material rationing started to really impact the automobile industry in 1942.

The 1942 model year saw a 44 per cent drop ALYN EDWARDS in civilian automobile Classic production. Shortages RIDES of strategic material including chromium, copper, aluminum and rubber took their toll.

A priority list for 1942 was created by a Federal Government agency known as the Motor Vehicle Controller, which decided who could buy a car from the pool of new cars – only about 4,000 vehicles. The controlled price was kept at 1941 levels. Priority was given to people involved with “essential pursuits,” such as food, clothing, shelter and medical.

Roy S. Hawes, who operated Hawes Auto Service in Edmonton, was determined to get a new car, so he asked his family doctor to order it for him.

The 1942 Plymouth Super Deluxe D23C sedan would turn out to be a highly unusual and rare automobile. It would also be the first and last new car Roy Hawes would ever own.

The last of the cars produced in 1942 were known as “Blackout” models with the reduction or elimination of use of strategic materials, chrome being the most visible difference. Bumpers were still chrome plated because a large number had been stockpiled. Making for a drab appearance, grilles, door

Jim Hawes with his grandfather’s 1942 Dodge ‘blackout’ model that he found after a persistent search and restored to better-than-new condition.

The unrestored 1942 Dodge in wartime blackout dress with only the bumper chrome plated and the rest of the trim painted gray.

handles, trunk handles, headlight rims and various other trim parts were made from less strategic metal than chrome.

To keep a uniform appearance, all trim was painted whether it was chrome or pot metal.

Roy Hawes’ 1942 blackout Dodge Special Deluxe was identical to the Plymouth with the exception of the

grille and name badges. These Dodgebadged cars were sold in Canada along with the larger American built Dodge Custom D-22. The D-23s gave Canadian Dodge dealers a lower-priced model.

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The bombing of U.S. naval ships at Pearl Harbor in December 1941 drew the Americans into the war and civilian automobile production came to a halt south of the border, making way for military vehicle production.

Several months later, the same thing happened to Canadian automobile production, which halted in February 1942.

A myth that the chrome was painted so it would not be reflective is not true of the civilian cars although cars produced for the military may have had this done. Blackout and military vehicles are often confused.

Roy Hawes used his 1942 Dodge mainly on Sundays and holidays as he drove a pickup truck to and from his service garage. The Dodge was stored

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under cover and kept in immaculate condition right up to Roy’s death in 1963. At that time, the Dodge had travelled only 68,000 miles.

In 1973, his two sons and grandson Jim Hawes towed the car to Kelowna where the family had relocated. In 1976, the car was given to a cousin named Roy after the original owner. The car was moved to North Vancouver where it was stored under a tarp for 10 years and then sold.

The old Dodge disappeared from the Hawes family history for the next two decades until Jim Hawes, Roy’s grandson, decided to try to locate it.

Jim traced the car to another owner in North Vancouver. To his dismay, he learned that the owner had passed away. Repeated telephone messages that he wanted to buy his grandfather’s car were ignored. He eventually slipped a business card through the widow’s mail slot and suspected his grandpa’s original

Dodge was still in her garage. He heard nothing back and became convinced the car had disappeared from the family forever.

Then four years ago, he received a call from a man in Chilliwack who said he had purchased the Dodge in North Vancouver and Jim’s business card was inside. Jim went to Chilliwack to take photos of the car and mistakenly left his camera case behind. He telephoned the owner and said he would pick the case during the summer while visiting the family cottage at Cultus Lake.

On July 13, Jim’s birthday, he called the car’s owner to set up a time to retrieve his camera case. He then learned the owner had passed away the previous week. The widow and her sons had been trying to find Jim and would now sell him the car.

“I went out that day and agreed on a selling price,” Jim Hawes recalls.

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The distinctive rear of Jim Hawes’ restored 1942 Dodge.

The 1942 Dodge sedan purchased new by Jim Hawes’ grandfather was is sad shape when he bought it to restore four years ago.

wife. “Then I bought the car since it was my birthday.”

The restoration of the badly rusted but rare “blackout” Dodge began in September, 2009 and was completed this year. It was an enormous job with a lot of help from friends and associates. It took a full year for Langley craftsman Tom Woods to weld new metal back into the car and do the body work. Gary Marshall painted the car in its original Royal Blue colour.

A decision was made to chrome all the parts that had originally been “blacked out” with drab gray paint. Fellow Chrysler club member Keith Whitter, who lives just two blocks away from Jim Hawes’ North Burnaby home, rebuilt the mechanics and re-assembled the car.

The results are over the top for a 1940s sedan. The 1942 Dodge Super Deluxe is in better-than-new condition right down to its beautiful wood grained dashboard and original spotlight.

The restoration of his grandfather’s original car has made Jim Hawes very happy.

“Somehow, I think Grandpa wanted me to have this car,” he says with a smile.

Alyn Edwards is a classic car enthusiast and partner in Peak Communicators, a Vancouver-based public relations company. aedwards@peakco.com

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Offers include a Manufacturer Rebate of $0/$0/$500 and freight and air tax of $1,600/$1,550/$1,600 but exclude variable charges of license, fuel fill charge, insurance, registration, PPSA, administration fees and charges, any environmental charges or fees, and all applicable taxes. Taxes are payable on the full amount of the purchase price. Bi-Weekly payments are only available using a customer initiated PC (Internet Banking) or Phone Pay system through the customer’s own bank (if offered by that financial institution). The customer is required to sign a monthly payment contract with a first payment date one month from the contract date and to ensure that the total monthly payment occurs by the payment due date. Bi-weekly payments can be made by making payments equivalent to the sum of 12 monthly payments divided by 26 bi-weekly periods every two weeks commencing on the contract date. Dealer may sell for less. 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Encore crossover to join growing Buick brand Jan. 10.

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Stock #12E-7711A

13,998 $ 108

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2007 Hyundai Entourage

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Manual, convertible, 33,644 kms.

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2007 Pontiac Torrent

90 DAY !!!

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2.0 Turbo, Leather, Sunroof

ONLY 4 LEFT!

20,888 $ 156

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Stock #11SF-5347A

2009 Hyundai Genesis stk# 11G6061A 4.99% @ 72mths. COB $4745.48, 2010 Hyundai Genesis (4 available) 4.99% @ 84mths. COB $4521.18, 2009 Ford Ranger 4.99% @ 72mths. COB $2496.64, 2010 Mazda B4000 4.99% @ 84mths. COB $4333.16, 2011 Dodge Avenger 4.99% @ 84mths. COB $3681.30, 2008 Pontiac Solstice 4.99% @ 72mths. COB $2657.28, 2008 Hyundai Tiburon 4.99% @ 72mths. COB $2336.01, 2011 Hyundai Genisis Coupe 4.99% @ 84mths. COB $5364.64, 2007 Hyundai Entourage 4.99% @ 72mths. COB $3156.68, 2007 Pontiac Torrent 4.99% @ 72mths. COB $2416.32, 2007 Hyundai Accent 4.99% @ 72mths. COB $1693, 2011 Hyundai Accent 4.99% @ 84mths. COB $2550.54, 2004 Ford Ranger 4.99% @ 48mths. COB $1123.02. ALL PRICES PLUS TAXES AND FEES. ALL PRICES AND PAYMENTS DO NOT INCLUDE TAXES. ALL PAYMENTS INCLUDE DOC FEE OF $498. OAC ON RATE AND TERM. OAC FOR CALCULATED COST OF BORROWING. ALL COST OF BORROWING MUST ADD TAXES. SALE ENDS DEC 30th. BANK FEE OF PPSA $55. BANKS FEE IS ESTIMATE BASED ON SELECTED BANK. PAYMENTS INCLUDE PPSA FEE ESTIMATED AT $55.00.

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