Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Southpoint Sun - 23A
1957 Ford Skyliner retractable hardtop In a recent column, I invited readers to send me their year of birth and I would find a car built the same year they were born. Robert Smyth of Harrow, Ontario, Bill Sherk was born in 1957. brake to stop the old girl and Robert, this story is very little compression. We for you! Wayne Palmateer of Port pushed her up the hill to drive Elgin, Ontario, is the proud it into Harry Warner’s big junk owner of a 1957 Ford Skyliner yard in the sky. He paid $15 if retractable hardtop. His first car the car was driven in.” Today Wayne owns a beauwas not so nice. “We headed to Kincardine tiful 1957 Ford Skyliner with and bought a 1940 Plymouth a retractable roof. The trunk Special Deluxe 2-door sedan opens from the back, allowing with six cylinder engine which the roof to go up and then into turned out to be a rust bucket the trunk, which then closes its lid to conceal the roof. Six hunfor $75. “That Plymouth lasted only dred feet of extra wiring with one summer with rusted out several relays and motors made floors, only the emergency it happen.
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You’ll notice in the photo that the filler door for gas is located on the driver’s side of the body ahead of where you would expect it to be. Because the Skyliner roof had to fit inside the trunk, the trunk floor had to be extra low, thus necessitating the
They had taken part in the 1st International event held in Michigan the previous year and had placed second to the American team. However, 1982 was a different year, as the Canadian Men’s and Ladies’ teams took the top honours in both divisions. The Canadian Ladies amassed 91 points while the US was next with 77 and Japan at 24. The Men’s team had 83
itself to a retractable model and the Skyliner came to an end. Many of them have now been restored to showroom condition. Wayne’s Skyliner looks brand new!
Wayne Palmateer in his 1957 Ford Skyliner.
Local couple competed at international event By C. Scott Holland Bringing honours to Canada was a thrill back in 1982 for Nick and Vicky Klym in the sport of shuffleboard. They had been part of a lengthy journey which started six years prior. Both were members of the Canadian Men’s and Women’s teams, which competed at the 2nd International Shuffleboard Tournament held in Laguna, California.
relocation of the gas tank to behind the rear seat, a good place for it to be if you ever had a rear end collision. The Skyliner was made by Ford for three model years: ’57, ’58, and ’59. When the Ford was restyled for 1960, it did not lend
points with the US behind at 79 and Japan 31. For the Concession C couple, playing at the top level was nothing new for them. Their shuffleboard career had began in 1976 while living five months of the year at Lakeland, Florida. It did not take long for other Canadians to note the Klyms’ skills and they were invited to join the Canadian team at the 1st International competition in Michigan.
Each of the two Canadian teams consisted of 12 members. Eight of the couples were husband and wife teams. At the time, the sport was growing and under the jurisdiction of the Canadian National Shufffleboard Association. As Vicky noted, “It was a marvelous experience and we were treated very well by our hosts.”.
The teams wore Canadian emblem crests which were designed by Vicky. The main objective for all the entries was to
gain enough world-wide countries as entrants so the sport could become a part of future Olympic games. Vicky and Nick Klym show off their plaques after participating in the 2nd Annual International Shuffleboard tourney in Laguna, Cal. The Canadian Ladies and Men’s teams won the championships in 1982. Scott Holland photo
Atom hockey wraps up Southpoint Red started out the scoring and continued to put pressure on Grey during the first 10 minutes. Red’s scoring came from Sean Amaral and Shawn Renwick. Jack Williams was on fire, speeding down the ice on several breakaways. Hudson Renwick made a couple of good defensive plays and Kody Gontarde was often found in the middle of the action. Southpoint Grey had to work hard to stifle the attacks sent their way and goalie Ty Gould had to handle a lot of shots. Scoring for Red came from Landon Carli-
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ni, London Hildebrand, Ethan Snoek and Connor Rumble-Anastacio. Everyone on the team had a least one assist. This was their last game for a while, at least until this current lock down phase has ended. It’s unfortunate because the kids are having fun. There aren’t any standings so the focus on winning and the pressure to win isn’t as intense as it would be in league play.
Thanks to the Southpoint Board Members who have put a lot of work into setting up a season that involved a lot of organization that didn’t involve hockey. At times they had to put up with some flack, but without them, we wouldn’t have had a season at all. Everyone felt safe heading into the Complex. Everyone is looking forward to starting back up in January. Fingers crossed.
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