What the football team did to Tony White's car

You have to remember that the 1970's were dominated by big cars -- "Detroit Iron" as it was called. A man was judged by the size of his car. That all started to change. Datsun was the first Japanese car that we would see, and none of us realized that it was the thin edge of the wedge as far as car markets went. This would have grave implications for Oshawa -- being General Motors town.

Small cars were regarded with ridicule. I myself had a Chevy Vega, much to the glee of some of my friends. It was called a puddle-jumper or worse.

Tony White, the gym teacher and coach drove a little Austin Mini. After a football victory the team was a little boisterous. They physically picked up Tony's Austin Mini and put it on the high side walk athe entrance to the gym. There was no way that he could have drove it off. You can see how high the curb it. The car sat there all day, until Tony made the team take it down at the end of the day. The joke was hilarious to us.

Pictured below is my Chevy Vega: