The Canadian Automotive Museum in Oshawa is home to Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson's 1963 Buick. Pearson is known in the automotive world for signing the 1
Pearson is known in the automotive world for signing the 1965 Canada-US Auto Pact.Pearson’s car was donated to the museum last year.
Pearson’s Buick is an unusual hybrid, combining the frame of a Buick LeSabre sedan with the engine of a Buick Wildcat, exterior components from the Buick Electra and interior elements from that years’ Cadillacs.The estimated cost of the restoration is about $5,750. The restoration will include rust removal and restoration of wheel rims, new period correct whitewall tires and the replacement of a cracked windscreen.
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