Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 14, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba It wifi Flieg of Fate repair wizard to rebuild 1936 Bentley luxury Sedan to be restored fro Frame by Andy Blicq the aluminium body is twisted and torn and the massive Chrome Diatom dented att but body repair wizard John Valentim is confident he can restore the 1936 Bentley to its former regal i gotta build the com plete from the Frame vain Tim said As he surveyed the Skeleton of what was once a classic european luxury but Harvey the body shop owner who paid to aut Opac Sev eral weeks ago for what was left of the said Money is no he wants the car Only one person Gorin said Valentim is probably the Only person in Winnipeg capable of re manufacturing the body parts Des troyed in the this is something that Hast been done in the province he a native of Valentim said scarce Auto body supplies in his native country forced him to learn How to make his own what the carpenters did before in ill do in said 34yearold who started repairing cars at age although the Bentley has been in the Salter collision repairs shop for Only a few he has already begun the Job of replacing the old Wood body Frame with stronger and safer hand made steel once the new Frame is compleat Valentim will begin manufacturing aluminium body panels to replace the damaged original Wood holds used employees of the original coach Joseph Cockshoot of Manches pounded out the alumni num body parts using Wood will build his parts by a Job he estimated will take at least a the aluminium body to be attached to the steel will be constructed As much to the original As Gorin he estimated Complete restoration will take two he said he has been told the restored vehicle will be Worth Between and Gorin has already been asked to sell Harvey Gorin left Hopes that repair wizard John Valentim can rebuild the 1936 Bentley which he purchased from aut Opac for the car for More than he but its not for its a he the Bentley which shows Only 000 Miles on the odometer is in excellent running he the coachwork on the luxury limousine was originally held together by brass hinges and some moving parts Are oiled by an automatic lubricating system and an automatic levelling control currently being offered on new Cadillac smooths out the when Gorin received the car it was equipped with original Indian rubber the former owner of the Blakeman Welch a body shop Man Ager and antique automobile dealer said the Bentley would do 90 Mph in third gear and 100 Mph top Speed in fourth it was Mecha scially he Welch said he was vacationing in the United kingdom several years ago when he stopped at a car Dealership and saw the but it want until another British dealer told him the Bentley was Gold that he decided to buy he said he went Back to the first purchased the car and shipped it to although Between and of the Bentley were Only five of them were equipped with bodies made by Cockshoot and there Are Only three of them left i he late one night last Welch was transporting the Bentley to a Prospect Ive buyer in san when a semitrailer passed him on a right hand turn at speeds he estimated to be 80 the trailer Jackknife and the truck Welch was driving rolled Over Welch refused to say How much he had planned to sell the car for or How much he received from aut Opac for the u of m trails in Library funds Twenty one Canadian colleges and universities spent higher percentages of their budgets on libraries than the University of Manitoba last the schools director of libraries said the University of Manitoba held 22nd said Marilyn Only four of 26 major schools spent a smaller percentage of their budgets on Library including the acquisition of new Sharrow said last year the University of Manitoba weather h High l Low cold from worm front stood sixth among the 26 schools in printed materials in listing with microfilmed volumes total holdings of the u of m libraries came to putting the University in 10th place among the 26 universities and colleges across the As far As acquisitions of new print material in volumes was the University held 14th place last with volumes said the in the University bought microfilmed bringing total new acquisitions for the year to volumes and giving the University of Manitoba 15th place out of the 26 schools Sharrow prepared the statistics for reply to a question during a recent meeting of the University of Manitoba Senate City Calendar the Indian Metis Friendship Centre will hold its childrens Christmas party beginning at 10 tomorrow in the Santa Claus will be in attendance to Greet the a series of breakfast and dialogue programs at the 90th anniversary Celebration of congregation Shearey Zedek will begin with services at 16 in Shearey Wellington Crescent and Academy Petrovan can Canada disband will be a panel discussion topic followed by a the gentle people of Stephens anglican Church will present a singalong Carol service from 19 in holy Trinity Donald Street and Graham Polloc podiatrist Abboy foot 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