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One of the advertisements published in Québec newspapers to promote the new Glas Goggomobil T700 automobile. Anon., “Advertisement – Eugène Roy Limitée.” La Presse, 1 April 1960, 39.

Road Transportation

In search of… the Glas Isar / Isard T700, an automobile previously known as the Goggomobil T700

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Guten morgen, my reading friend. May I welcome you to the first full week of the new fiscal year? And yes, my reading friend, the title of this issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee was inspired by that of an American television series, In Search of, mentioned in a July 2019 issue of our fascinating, yes, yes, fascinating blog / bulletin / thingee, but I digress. Have you ever heard of the Glas Goggomobil T700, an automobile later known as the Isar / Isard T700? No? That’s what I thought. I

The aerosled designed and built by Kenneth J. Richards. Anon., “Traîneau moderne.” L’Auto, 9 February 1940, 1.

Road Transportation

The magical mystery week is waiting to take you away, or, Does anyone in the blogosphere know anything about the Richards aerosled or the Lawrence aerosled?

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Yours truly hails you, my reading friend. May I welcome you to a new fiscal year? I dare to hope that you are well on this hysterical day. Being both lazy and curious by nature, I thought of killing 2 birds with 1 stone, metaphorically of course, by presenting not 1 but 2 mysterious and magical subjects this week – 2 subjects on which I know very little. Who knows, you may hold the key to either of these vehicular enigmas. And no, the subjects in question are not Aprilian subjects. They are

A few aspects of the fourth Montréal Motor Show. Anon., “Ouverture de l’exposition d’automobiles et de yachts.” La Presse, 28 March 1910, 1.

A week at the Coliseum: The 1910 Montréal Motor Show and the first aeroplanes displayed in Québec / Canada

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

My reading friend, let me welcome you to the wonderful world of science, technology and innovation. I would like to titillate your little gray cells with a short, yes, yes, short examination of a motor show which was held in the metropolis of Canada, Montréal, Québec, from 26 March to 3 April 1910, at the Coliseum, the largest ice rink in said metropolis, and… What is it, my reading friend? A veil of perplexity is blanketing you. You want to know more about the content of the above drawing

A typical New-Map / Rolux Baby microcar. Anon., “La voiturette ‘Baby VB-60’ à Québec au milieu de février.” L’Action catholique, 14 January 1950, 12.

Road Transportation

The car that was more economical than the streetcar: The New-Map / Rolux Baby microcar

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

How are you, my dear reading friend? Fear not, this kindness does not hide dark designs. Yours truly plans to be brief in his account of the microcar he discovered in the 14 January 1950 issue of the daily L’Action catholique of Québec, Québec, which is now gone. Where to start, where to start, where? Come, children of the personland, let us begin at the beginning. Once upon a time, there was a small French firm which produced New-Map motorcycles, and… Yes, yes, French and not American, British

Charles Aznavour with the Beehoo / Magna Amphicat all-terrain vehicle he was examining, Montréal, Québec. His daughter Seda is near him. Suzanne Piuze, “Aznavour m’a dit…” La Patrie, 25 January 1970, 20.

I would love to own one; on my boat, that would be dandy: The off road journey of the Beehoo / Magna Amphicat

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

As a greeting, my reading friend, I make you the solemn promise to be brief, at least for this week. Let us begin our peroration, dare I say (type?) pontification, with a visit to the second edition of the Salon (international?) de l’Auto, held at Place Bonaventure, in Montréal, Québec, from 15 to 25 January 1970. One of the many, many visitors at this event was none other than Charles Aznavour, born Shahnourh Varinag Aznavourian. This world famous French author composer interpreter, actor and

The aluminium bridge of Arvida, Arvida / Saguenay, Québec. Anon., “Premier pont tout en aluminium.” Le Petit Journal, 4 December 1949, 51.

Road Transportation

On the bridge of Arvida, a national historic civil engineering site, they are dancing, they are dancing

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Hi and hello, my reading… Uh, why such a puzzled look, my reading friend? In a world like ours, flush with science, technology and innovation, there is nothing wrong with crossing the chasm that separates us from enlightenment by walking decisively on the deck of an aluminum bridge, an aeronautical / aerospace material if there was / is one. Let’s start our review of the premises with a reading of the text of the caption which accompanied the photograph above, discovered during our reading of

One of the very few Airways Airway microcars made, San Diego, California. Anon., “Voiture légère.” Photo-Journal, 29 December 1949, 48.

An Airway for the freeway: Theodore Parsons Hall and his microcar – and his flying car too

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Good morning, my slightly masochistic reading friend. It is with pleasure that I welcome you to the world of aviation and space and, perhaps even more so, of the automobile. Our topic of the week appeared at the turn of a page of Photo-Journal. More exactly, a page from the 29 December 1949 edition of this Montréal, Québec, weekly, which we all know and love. The caption of the photograph containing only a minimum of information, yours truly had to invent the rest. Sorry. I’m joking. I did / do

Two men wearing artifact gloves move a vintage black car off an oversized elevator.

Engineering & Technology

Massive elevator lifts Canada’s vintage cars to their new home

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

A colossal freight elevator at the Ingenium Centre is taking Canada’s science and technology collection to new heights — quite literally.

Proudly at the wheel of his Austin Pathfinder pedal car, Ian Cooks is asking a bus driver for street information, Taunton, England. Anon., “La puce de la route.” Photo-Journal, 17 November 1949, 9.

Austin is today’s best long term investment because you get so much more in an Austin: The saga of the Pathfinder and J40 pedal cars

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Good morning to you, my reading friend, and no, the name of the bipedal creatures native to the icy planet Hoth that were used by the rebel alliance in the 1983 movie Return of the Jedi was not taunton. It was tauntaun. To lead you back to the path that leads to enlightenment and joy, yours truly would like to quote the caption which accompanied the photograph found in the 17 November 1949 issue of the Montréal, Québec, weekly Photo-Journal:

A black-and-white photo of a man standing outside with his left hand on the seat of a wooden bicycle.

Hand-built bicycle tells a historical story of a colourful, Ontario teen

Camas Clowater-Eriksson

The Billings Estate National Historic Site is currently displaying a curious wooden bicycle. It was hand built in the late 1890s by a teenager named James Henry Blair, using materials scavenged off his father’s Gloucester farm. Artifacts at the Canada Science and Technology Museum give us a rare chance to explore the mindset of this young inventor as he puzzled through the process of how to build a bicycle with limited resources.

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