Canadian Automotive Museum
The Canadian Automotive Museum is an automobile museum located in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The museum notably features many Canadian-made cars. The automobile industry, specifically the Canadian division of the General Motors, known as General Motors Canada, has been based in Oshawa since the early 20th century.
History
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 building in downtown Oshawa that was originally the location of Ontario Motor Sales, a local car dealership, in the 1920s. The building maintains its original period architecture right down to the original elevator used to move cars to the second floor.
Vehicles on display
The museum has two floors: the ground floors features foreign cars, while the upstairs features a "Made in Canada" exhibit.| Decade | Year | Make and model | Notes |
| 1897 | Fossmobile | replica | |
| 1898 | Woods Electric | the oldest surviving electric vehicle in Canada | |
| 1903 | Orient | ||
| 1903 | Redpath Messenger | ||
| 1904 | Ford Model C Replica | ||
| 1905 | McLaughlin Carriage | ||
| 1908 | Tudhope-McIntyre | ||
| 1908 | McLaughlin Model F | ||
| 1909 | Kennedy | ||
| 1909 | Model T | Canadian-built | |
| 1910s | 1910 | McKay Roadster | |
| 1910s | 1910 | Hupmobile | |
| 1910s | 1911 | De Dion-Bouton Roadster | |
| 1910s | 1911 | International Harvester Auto Wagon | |
| 1910s | 1911 | Cartercar Touring | |
| 1910s | 1912 | Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost | original owner: Lady Eaton |
| 1910s | 1912 | McLaughlin 5 Passenger Touring | |
| 1910s | 1913 | Wolseley | |
| 1910s | 1914 | Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost | distinguished by its use by the Prince of Wales on his 1919 Royal Tour |
| 1910s | 1914 | McLaughlin Model 14 Truck | |
| 1910s | 1914 | Galt Gas-Electric | |
| 1910s | 1914 | Brockville-Atlas | |
| 1910s | 1916 | Ford T Touring | |
| 1910s | 1917 | Chevrolet 490 Touring | |
| 1910s | 1918 | Chevrolet 490 Snowmobile | |
| 1910s | 1918 | Packard Twin Six 3-25 Touring | |
| 1910s | 1919 | Rauch & Lang Electric Brougham | |
| 1920s | 1922 | Kissel Gold Bug 6-45 Speedster | |
| 1920s | 1922 | McLaughlin-Buick 22-49 Special | |
| 1920s | 1923 | Gray-Dort | |
| 1920s | 1923 | Vauxhall OE 30-98 | |
| 1920s | 1924 | Gray-Dort 23B Special Touring | |
| 1920s | 1924 | Chevrolet Touring | |
| 1920s | 1925 | Brooks Steamer | |
| 1920s | 1926 | Ford TT Tanker Truck | |
| 1920s | 1926 | Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Dual Cowl | |
| 1920s | 1926 | Willys Whippet Coupe | |
| 1920s | 1926 | Bentley 3 litre Speed Model | |
| 1920s | 1926 | Chevrolet Superior | |
| 1920s | 1927 | Dodge Brothers | |
| 1920s | 1928 | Durant Sedan | |
| 1920s | 1928 | Hispano Suiza H6B | |
| 1920s | 1928 | Hudson Sedan | |
| 1920s | 1928 | Bugatti Type 37 | |
| 1920s | 1929 | Ford Model A Cabriolet | |
| 1920s | 1929 | Chevrolet Roadster | with wire wheels |
| 1920s | 1929 | Oakland Olympic | |
| 1920s | 1929 | Henderson 4-cylinder motorcycle | |
| 1920s | 1929 | Sunbeam Model 9 | |
| 1930s | 1930 | Marquette Sedan | |
| 1930s | 1931 | Ford Model A Coupe | |
| 1930s | 1931 | Alfa Romeo 1750 Gran Sport—Zagato Body | |
| 1930s | 1931 | McLaughlin-Buick Model 67 | |
| 1930s | 1931 | Francis-Barnett motorcycle | |
| 1930s | 1931 | Gardner Phaeton | |
| 1930s | 1932 | Frontenac 6-85 | |
| 1930s | 1933 | Francis-Barnett motorcycle | |
| 1930s | 1934 | McLaughlin-Buick 66S Sport Coupe | |
| 1930s | 1934 | Rolls Royce 20/25 Convertible Sedan | |
| 1930s | 1937 | Buick Roadmaster | |
| 1930s | 1937 | Rolls-Royce Phantom III | |
| 1930s | 1937 | REO Speed delivery pickup | |
| 1930s | 1939 | Rolls-Royce Wraith | |
| 1940s | 1949 | Meteor | |
| 1950s | 1950 | Oldsmobile Futuramic | |
| 1950s | 1952 | Vauxhall Wyvern Station Wagon | |
| 1950s | 1952 | Velocette 2 Cyl Water Cooled motorcycle | |
| 1950s | 1955 | Pontiac Laurentian | |
| 1950s | 1955 | Buick Special | |
| 1950s | 1957 | Dodge Regent | |
| 1960s | 1960 | Frontenac | |
| 1960s | 1960 | Rolls-Royce Phantom V Limousine | |
| 1960s | 1962 | Lotus Formula Junior | |
| 1960s | 1963 | Buick Custom Limousine | original owner: Prime Minister Lester Pearson |
| 1960s | 1963 | Phelon & Moore Panther with Garrard Sidecar | |
| 1960s | 1965 | Suzuki Sportsman | |
| 1960s | 1966 | Buick Special | |
| 1960s | 1966 | Corvair | |
| 1960s | 1966 | Honda 50 | |
| 1960s | 1966 | Raleigh Ultramatic | |
| 1960s | 1969 | Daimler Limousine | for official use in royal visits to the Isle of Man |
| 1970s | 1971 | Manic GT | |
| 1970s | 1972 | Buick Electra | |
| 1970s | 1972 | Yamaha U7E | |
| 1970s | 1974 | Rupp Dart go-kart “Herbie” | |
| 1970s | 1975 | Bricklin SV-1 | |
| 1970s | 1975 | Can-Am T’NT | |
| 1980s | 1981 | Plymouth Reliant | |
| 1980s | 1983 | DMC DeLorean | Canadian specification |
| 1980s | 1987 | Magna Torrero Concept Car | |
| 1990s | 1999 | Chevrolet Lumina | |
| 2000s | 2001 | 1964 Renault Dauphine Electric | made by Feel Good Motors |
| 2000s | 2008 | ZENN |
Special events
Every September, the museum participates in a classic car rally known as the . It is held at the Cobble Beach Golf Links course overlooking Georgian Bay in Kemble, Ontario. Kemble is located on the Bruce Peninsula in Grey County, north of Owen Sound.Museum affiliations
The museum collaborates regularly with the Oshawa Museum and the city's Parkwood Estate, the home of Samuel McLaughlin.The CAM maintains ties with another Oshawa museum having a similar emphasis on vehicles, the tank museum of the Ontario Regiment of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps.
The museum is affiliated with the Canadian Museums Association, Digital Museums Canada, and the Virtual Museum of Canada.