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Motoring Memories: The Labatt Streamliners, 1937-1947
« on: July 30, 2010, 04:02:49 am »



Used as a form of mobile advertising, the specially-built Labatt Streamliners had "a beautifully curvaceous shape" and won the Best Design award at the 1939 New York World's Fair. One still exists, an authentically restored 1947 Streamliner.

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Re: Motoring Memories: The Labatt Streamliners, 1937-1947
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2010, 12:09:43 am »
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Re: Motoring Memories: The Labatt Streamliners, 1937-1947
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2010, 12:15:14 am »
Great read!
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Re: Motoring Memories: The Labatt Streamliners, 1937-1947
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2010, 02:36:24 pm »
That's awesome! Very glad Labatt decided keep it around.
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Re: Motoring Memories: The Labatt Streamliners, 1937-1947
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2010, 05:25:02 pm »
 I recall as a kid in the early/late fifties, my dad driving along the highways of Canada, and when we'd spot a brewery truck , (Labatt's or otherwise), he'd mention that the drivers were supposed to stop and assist motorists in distress...It was a company policy...We had a '49  Chevy torpedo back which we'd all go to the drive-in movie in...myself and my two brothers...As I recall it had a big shelf in the back that you could sleep on...The one radio program I recall is "The Shadow".
           Hehe    the good old days...dragonfly
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Re: Motoring Memories: The Labatt Streamliners, 1937-1947
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2010, 07:08:54 pm »
One of the Smith family tells me that (as of 2009) the restored Labatt's truck is MIA. Anyone know where it is?
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Re: Motoring Memories: The Labatt Streamliners, 1937-1947
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2010, 11:35:20 am »
One of the Smith family tells me that (as of 2009) the restored Labatt's truck is MIA. Anyone know where it is?
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@Wrench, It is at the London Ontario Brewery, it's in tip top shape and still makes it out to events
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