Monarchy

I just found out that an old Canadian make of car, the Ford Monarch, was in fact intended as a tribute to THE monarch, the one in England (who is also monarch in right of Canada). So this is my belated tribute to the coronation.

Our current king and his mother, by the way, are the only two monarchs to be crowned as monarchs of Canada. I saw the 1952 coronation on Canadian television -- after each reel of film was developed in England it was flown to Canada on a fighter jet.

Of course, the car's very regal -- look at the lion on the horn honker! And its slogan was "Ride like a king" (it came out in 1946, so George VI was the monarch then).

This is a model from 1961, the last year they were produced. I know I shouldn't have leaned into the car but there you are.

This was taken, by the way, at a Canadian Tire Sunday cruise, a longstanding Canadian tradition. Patriotic or what?

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I added a shot of the exterior in the PiP at top left. You will see it has Dagmars. It also has a Continental tire kit on the back.