Group Canuck West Extravaganza
Recently several stalwart members of Group Canuck plus other loyal Corvair owners in the Edmonton, AB area got together for (what else?) Corvairs, fellowship, and great food. Bording Ostergaard and Monica Craig were our delightful hosts. Bording hopes to provide a more complete account of the festivities, which occurred 19-20 May, 1999.
The pictures below are from the barbeque at Bording and Monica's on Saturday evening, followed by a trip to a local cruise-in location.
L to R:
- Bob Gilbert, Cranbrook (now Golden), BC (drove; 7 hours)
- Glen Ford, Warburg, AB (drove; 1 hour)
- Les Honke, Winnipeg, MB (drove; 17 hours with a five year old in a '63 Spyder coupe)
- Michael Honke, Winnipeg, MB (drove; copilot and secondary navigator)
- Far left background: Preparer of the dead cow and amicable host, Bording Ostergaard
L to R:
- Les and Michael Honke
- Bob Slusher, Portland, OR (flew)
L to R:
- Petra Schulz, Edmonton, AB
- Bording Ostergaard, Edmonton, AB
- Rich Schulz, Edmonton, AB
- Monica Craig (Bording's spouse and hostess)
Paul Bruce's (Sherwood Park, AB) '66 455 Buick conversion
This car definitely knew how to get out of its own way!
Trunk? Who needs a trunk?
Les Honke has more photos online of this car—check them out!
The parking lot at Soda Jerks in St. Albert, AB; "showing off the tin"...
L to R:
- Les Honke's '63 Spyder coupe
- Paul Bruce's '66 455 conversion
- Bording Ostergaard's '66 Corsa turbo
[Sun is just going down at about 10:00 p.m. in the evening.]
Many people stopped by the Corvairs and were suitably impressed!
In attendance but missing from the photos:
- Paul and Alana Bruce, '66 455 Buick conversion
- Wade and Cindy Halpin, '68 Monza coupe
- Kent Sullivan, ragtag collection of misfits and projects
On Sunday, we repaired to Bording's ancestral home :-) in Ponoka, AB, to inspect his amazing collection of parts cars, parts, and Corvair project cars. I unfortunately ran out of film early that day so I don't have much of interest to show. Les Honke has some photos online though of a previous pilgrimmage he made to "the farm", as it is more-popularly known.