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NEWS PoCo is gearing up for the car show Janis Warren
The Tri-CiTy News
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Coquitlam resident Steve Roberts in his 1974 Jensen Healey, a rare British two-seater convertible sports car that took him seven years — and $35,000 — to rebuild. On Sunday, Roberts will display the collector vehicle in the 11th annual Port Coquitlam BIA car show, of which he is the director of car placement.
Steve Roberts inherited the car from his dad as “a bucket of bolts.” The dilapidated Jensen Healey convertible sports car — a rare British import — had been in the family for years before the Coquitlam resident hauled it up from California to give it a second life. He had hoped to spend only $2,500 on the rebuild but, after he started tinkering around, Roberts’ budget was soon out the window. The bodywork by Ritchie Bros. in Port Coquitlam revealed the collector vehicle had been in three accidents. Roberts also had a Lotus 2L twin overhead cam motor, built by B & J Parts in PoCo, installed while Mark Erickson painted it a bright, shiny yellow — much sunnier than its original mustard-yellow colour. “I really wanted it to stand out,” Roberts said. After seven years of sweat and tears, Roberts tallied the cost of the restoration: $35,000. see HUndREdS, page 5
FEDERAL CAMPAIGN
Byelection coming in Burke Horne not allowed to hold MLA seat during federal run Janis Warren
The Tri-CiTy News
Voters in the provincial riding of Coquitlam-Burke Mountain will head to the polls early next year to elect a new MLA. Yesterday, BC Liberal MLA Doug Horne — the deputy
speaker of the Legislative Assembly — was officially announced as the Conservative candidate to HORNE replace MP James Moore in the federal election. Moore said in June he would not seek another term but would stay on as the MP for Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam and as industry
minister until the Oct. 19 decision. Reached Tuesday at his constituency office, which he was cleaning out, Horne told The Tri-City News he had yet to tender his resignation as MLA. Under Elections Canada rules, potential federal candidates must sign a form to confirm they are a Canadian citizen, at least 19 years old and not a member of a provincial legislative assembly or a territorial body. Now, with the acclamation,
Horne said his office will be closed until the provincial byelection race is over. As a result, his constituency work will be handled by fellow BC Liberal MLA Linda Reimer (Port Moody-Coquitlam). Asked if he would run for his provincial seat should he lose his federal bid, Horne responded: “I don’t intend to lose. I’m going to work really hard to win and, obviously, that’s my goal at this point.”
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