Harvey's ...Jane & 401

poncho62 · ADMINISTRATOR

Harvey's ...Jane & 401

RAT BOY · TORONTO, ONT

I have a decal on my windshield as well. I also have this Racing Jacket I found at a Flea Market/Swap that I will never use, Size Large, never worn still has tags on it.

I will sell it if anyone is interested PM me. Bargain Price $40 and you pay postage.

-- Edited by RAT BOY on Sunday 19th of February 2012 12:28:20 PM

poncho62 · ADMINISTRATOR

That is cool...If it was XL, I would be having it.....The crest is the same as the stickers I have. Someone was duplicating the original stickers, "T" shirts and I guess jackets a few years ago. I still have a couple of the original stickers, has rounded corners instead of square

slab · BRANT COUNTY, ONT

that is some great stuff. Great story.

dualquadpete · BLACKSTOCK, ONT

Used to go there with a 23 T Bucket back in the late 60's, & a 55 Chevy 2dr. post after the T. Lots of great cars there, & at Harvey's Warden & Danforth + the one on Eglington near Bellamy Rd. Lots of "street racing" back then, should have spent some "jail" time over some of those races!!!!!

2drpost · KETTLEBY, ONT

late '70s we cruised down there with my L79 chevelle, we'd head back to aurora, going up jane st. surprised a few guys off the traffic lights, plain looking red chevelle, black rims.

RAT BOY · TORONTO, ONT

poncho62 wrote:
That is cool...If it was XL, I would be having it.....The crest is the same as the stickers I have. Someone was duplicating the original stickers, "T" shirts and I guess jackets a few years ago. I still have a couple of the original stickers, has rounded corners instead of square

Haha, if it were XL I wouldn't have shown it. I have Rick's business card if anyone wants to conatct him, he does the sticker, T shirts and Jackets plus framed adverts.

427CARL · CLINTON, ONT

I have the sticker too

I am trying to lose weight

Maybe it won't sell right away lol

RAT BOY · TORONTO, ONT

427CARL wrote:
I have the sticker too
I am trying to lose weight
Maybe it won't sell right away lol

It would have matched your Camaro. Get an Orange car and it's yours.

427CARL · CLINTON, ONT

Thank you I'll print off a photo and try to buy a car to match lol

Justus · New Member

Do u still have the jacket? I'd like to buy it. Lemme know. Justus

wildbill · New Member

I just I might able to add to Harveys jane 401 news I was there in 71 72 73 I had green 68road runner in 71 A blue b5 with black hood runner in 72 and yellow challenger in 73 I started a lot of races and also raced alot later got to go for now

BARRIE, ONTARIO

A dude I know who is 72 had a 64 - 65 chev with a 427 4 spd I think hung out an raced at Harvey,s ..77.

hotroddonnie · BARRIE, ONT

Ratboy if Justus doesn't buy it for what ever reason I am interested, he did reply first.

meoracing · SAULT STE MARIE, ONT

I'm too fat to buy it too

Lil John · UDORA, ONT

Hey 77. You brought back some old memories with that 65 Chevy. Late 60's you could cruise down to the Village in TO and check out the hippies and the Muscle Car Center at Yonge & Davenport. You could drool all night over some of those big boats! And the prices!!! If only now huh?

dualquadpete · BLACKSTOCK, ONT

John, wasn't that car lot called "NEW CAR TRADE CENTRE"??? 2 of my old friends bought some "iron' there, 65 Chevy Super Sport Impala 327/300 hp 4 gear, yellow /Blk. top & other was a 62 pontiac G/P 389 / 333HP 8 lugs & a ton of options. Found out just awhile ago how rare that one was with all the odd ball opts. AH the GOOD OL days

workin class · FINCH, ONT

Do any of you guys remember a 67-69 Barracuda painted pearl white with candy ribbon paint. It belonged to my elementary school nurse. I went to G.B.Little in the east end of Scarborough West Hill between 65-71.

comrick317 · MISSISSAUGA, ONT

harvey_s_maverick sticker.jpg Cool thread, some interesting reading.

I like this version of the Harvey's decal.

-- Edited by comrick317 on Monday 11th of March 2013 02:43:40 AM

-- Edited by comrick317 on Monday 11th of March 2013 02:44:47 AM

shag766 · FOXBORO, ONT

i use to hang out there a bit in the early 70's. moved up from peterborough to drive truck for esso on the gas trains out of finch ave. you are right about the pecking order there. i had a 66 s/s nova 327-350 4 spd. rolled it one night running a 390 g-t mustang on a side street off jane. needless to say i was in no condition to of been driving let alone dragging on a little side street. had him by a lot of lengths till i screwed up. high priced lawyer and beat it.
thanks for the memories, good and bad. lol

Hotrodron · BELLE EWART, ONT

I hung out and did a little racing there is the mid 70's.
I had a 69 396/375 Nova, we did a lot of racing at Jane and Major Mackenzie,
right where Wonderland is located.

I had a uncle that hung out at Haveys in the mid to late 60's,
he had a 66 Impala 327 4spd.

olderdude · Member

I'm surprised at the people that remember Harvey's...To us it was 'the burger joint'. My uncle and his friends started meeting there in the early 60's. He drew the logo and phrase 'home of the hot ones'. He, Tom Gordon, always loved 57's and bought his as a used car and built it in 66. He ran a 283 injected. It was painted white with the 'Harvey's' logo he designed in 1970. The car was stolen while in storage the winter of 72/73. It was stripped and later recovered. It now resides with me, his nephew. We were only 8 years apart so I was called his little brother. There are only 2 people alive that know the inspriration for the logo/car on the platter....so I'm keeping the secret. Back then we never knew the place would become legendary. The original guys pretty much faded from the scene in the mid 70's as the police started placing undercover cops and paying for informants and the regulars started getting charged......times change. Tom went on to campaign many cars on the NHRA circuit. I have many family pics that are shared on my facebook page. I met a guy recently at a car show that reproduces my uncles original logo on t-shirts and stickers.....flattery I suppose as Tom never made a cent off the originals. I'm still in touch with some of the originals from Harvey's when it started.....Here's to our youth...may the legend grow...cheers. Tom Gordon's 57 (2).jpg

sasquatch · NORTH BAY, ONT

Nice posting interesting read.

hemi43 · ONTARIO

Great story !! I find it interesting that 40 years later the Cops are still at Jane & 401 area for totally different reasons.

olderdude · Member

hemi43 wrote:
Great story !! I find it interesting that 40 years later the Cops are still at Jane & 401 area for totally different reasons.

Ya...the entire complexion of the neighborhood has changed....My mom's parents used to farm Maple Leaf drive area and her brothers hunted where Crang Plaza was built...amazing changes.

Rich · New Member

That is cool, if anyone has any the stickers for sale?

comrick317 · MISSISSAUGA, ONT

Harveys Restaurant DRAWING with old cars.jpg

I was to young to be there with my car when it was so big to hang there. With the magic of Photoshop i have proof that my Comet was once there. Can you see me waving at the camera? biggrin

-- Edited by comrick317 on Monday 16th of September 2013 05:14:58 PM

Devilish · BURLINGTON, ONT

LOL Wait till Grumps reads this!!
He was telling me all about this at a swap meet we were at last year.
He saw a guy selling all kinds of old shirts, mugs, posters, stickers etc...I think he bought a bunch of stuff.

I'm sure he will tell you guys some stories!

comrick317 · MISSISSAUGA, ONT

olderdude wrote:
I'm surprised at the people that remember Harvey's...To us it was 'the burger joint'. My uncle and his friends started meeting there in the early 60's. He drew the logo and phrase 'home of the hot ones'. He, Tom Gordon, always loved 57's and bought his as a used car and built it in 66. He ran a 283 injected. It was painted white with the 'Harvey's' logo he designed in 1970. The car was stolen while in storage the winter of 72/73. It was stripped and later recovered. It now resides with me, his nephew. We were only 8 years apart so I was called his little brother. There are only 2 people alive that know the inspriration for the logo/car on the platter....so I'm keeping the secret. Back then we never knew the place would become legendary. The original guys pretty much faded from the scene in the mid 70's as the police started placing undercover cops and paying for informants and the regulars started getting charged......times change. Tom went on to campaign many cars on the NHRA circuit. I have many family pics that are shared on my facebook page. I met a guy recently at a car show that reproduces my uncles original logo on t-shirts and stickers.....flattery I suppose as Tom never made a cent off the originals. I'm still in touch with some of the originals from Harvey's when it started.....Here's to our youth...may the legend grow...cheers.

Fantastic story, you are part of Southern Ontario car legend and Harvey's legend too!!!

-- Edited by comrick317 on Tuesday 17th of September 2013 02:00:23 AM

comrick317 · MISSISSAUGA, ONT

Devilish wrote:
LOL Wait till Grumps reads this!!
He was telling me all about this at a swap meet we were at last year.
He saw a guy selling all kinds of old shirts, mugs, posters, stickers etc...I think he bought a bunch of stuff.

I'm sure he will tell you guys some stories!

I know the guy your talking about, he's a major Mopar fan. He's a good guy too. I know he makes some money off the whole Harvey's decal / restaurant thing but i think it's a bit of love for the memory of it too. I just really like that someone is keeping it alive. He does sell one cool thing (as well as other cool stuff), the sign that was posted at the restaurant about not squealing your tires when you are there. Very cool!

Gazoo · BADEN, ONT

Anyone have any other pictures from Harvey's?

will · WALKERTON, ONT

WOW - Great memories for the GTA guys and great reading for the rest of us. Very interesting post. Thanks for sharing.

John

Larry · MINDEN, ONT

I was there the last 3 years of it and saw some amazing (and illegal) cars there, I had a primered then blue 47 Ford coupe sitting high with Zoomies out the sides, was THE place to be back then. Also if you came in with your headlights on they would throw chips and burgers at you!

olderdude · Member

Someone asked for other pictures....I have some, but the picture of my Uncles car was reproduced from here or my facebook page and the guy that sells repro stickers, etc is now mass producing the pics of my car and selling them. So I think I'll keep the other pictures private,lol. Its weird to be walking through a car meet and see a vendor selling pics of my car and stickers my uncle designed.

Schnitz · MILTON, ONT

Man I wish I was around to experience places like that. Its truly an era I wish I would have grown up in.
We had a place similar called the 'Texas Pit' at 7&427 in the late nineties until the 'Civics' started showing up. It was a great place to hang out and see some real nice cars until then.
Now if you want to see something similar you need to check out Ertefa.
Hundreds and on some nights thousands of cars show up. Got shut down a couple of time due to idiots trying to make up for their small wankers though.
Otherwise its a cool place to see some really nice cars.

teejay99 · BELLE RIVER, ONT

Never got to Toronto for the Harvey's deal but there was a good bit of similar action in Windsor ...coupla A&W's , Hi-Ho Drive ins , a Big Boy , and even more action over in Detroit back when Motown was actually a safe place to visit . They were fun days and I miss them .

T

51 Styline · NIAGARA FALLS, ONT

We had the same here in Niagara Falls at the A&W and the Totem Pole restaurant. Friday and Saturday night at A&W and Sunday night at Totem Pole where we gathered to hash over the days races at Niagara Dragstrip and eventually ended up at the" Quarries" where we had a marked out 1/4 mile. Those were the days.

teejay99 · BELLE RIVER, ONT

The Hi-Ho drive ins that I mentioned were a local thing .....name based on the Snow White and 7 Dwarfs theme .............I still maintain ( and most locals agree ) Hi-Ho had THE best tasting burgers and when Harvey's came along ( late 60's ? ) , they had the best fries ...Harvey's burgers were darn good too now that I think of it .

Gazoo · BADEN, ONT

olderdude wrote:
Someone asked for other pictures....I have some, but the picture of my Uncles car was reproduced from here or my facebook page and the guy that sells repro stickers, etc is now mass producing the pics of my car and selling them. So I think I'll keep the other pictures private,lol. Its weird to be walking through a car meet and see a vendor selling pics of my car and stickers my uncle designed.

It was I, who asked for more pics. I'm after one in particular, a '69 yellow Dart Swinger. The owner of the car's son is looking.

studeshaker · BUCKHORN, ONT

wow, cool memories. my buddies and i hung around the bellamy and eglinton harvey's with our beasts, usually after some "quality" time at the knob hill. things were a little more lax in those days. a&w in peterborough was another favourite.

Ranch71460 · CALGARY, AB

From '76 to '78 I hung around Harveys on Ontario St. in St. Catharines in my '68 Mustang.

Every Friday and Saturday night there were mag wheels and hoods up. The odd challenge would come up and we'd go to Coon Rd. on the East side of St. Catharines where the strip was marked out and line up to prove ourselves.

The hot thing to do was date a girl that worked behind the counter.

wuga · PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, ONT

In the 60's we hung out at the Log Cabin on HWY. 24 in Galt. It had an in and out so cars were cruising around all night. Later in the evening we would go out on Hwy. 97, which at that time was pretty well abandoned at night, and run our cars just like that scene from American Graffiti. Anybody else remember the logs?

Warren

Rochie · LONDON, ONT

Hey Teejay. Maybe you saw me at the Hi-HO in the west ends mostly but friday nights were both Tecumseh and Sandwich St. This was '63

SKIDEWRR · Member

Hello:
Harvey's was the place to be, if you wanted to learn about going faster as well as "sandbagging" a clever ploy to have your car appear slower that it was. Serge (Maddog) with his 70 blue dart, taught many young people how to part with their money street racing. Doing the same thing but in a higher level was Diego with his white/black vinyl 68 Acadian with a LS6 that sounded like a popcorn machine when it was idling. The humble fast cars were Pete's (the Greek) 70 LS6 blue chevelle, Fat Tony's (rip) rally green nova with the 427 4 speed, Dieters beautiful 70 Cougar with its crazy small block, Ricks Blue hemi charger, Zappers 70 Camaro in orange/white Motion stripes, Johnny vega (rip) was always fun to watch as well...so many memories....Jim Baldwin racing his sweet 327, 67 vette roadster, Mario had a fun 70 amc "Machine" , Donny Sargeant had the silver67 Beaumont that looked like a 6 banger but had a 427, Ralph (Rapid) had a 70 orange challenger 340 on the bottle, Carmen (da wop) 68 butternut yellow 68 SD Beaumont.....tons of memories, lots of cruising and battling other areas outside of Jane and 401....
The smell of sunoco 260 and burning rubber is intoxicating for sure..
Bill Dicks

meester_jamie · GALT, ONT

wuga wrote:
In the 60's we hung out at the Log Cabin on HWY. 24 in Galt. It had an in and out so cars were cruising around all night. Later in the evening we would go out on Hwy. 97, which at that time was pretty well abandoned at night, and run our cars just like that scene from American Graffiti. Anybody else remember the logs?

Warren

How about Frost Top.. and Tu-Lanes? ,,, Roseville Rd to lay rubber...

Bones · CALLANDER, ONT

I can't stop reading this
Fantastic👍
Glad this thread was started
Some have these great ol memories to share but never do thinking no ones listening.. but we are!
This stuff is truly important
Thanks

Iwannagofast · ONTARIO

Ranch71460 wrote:
From '76 to '78 I hung around Harveys on Ontario St. in St. Catharines in my '68 Mustang.
Every Friday and Saturday night there were mag wheels and hoods up. The odd challenge would come up and we'd go to Coon Rd. on the East side of St. Catharines where the strip was marked out and line up to prove ourselves.
The hot thing to do was date a girl that worked behind the counter.

Hi Ken, no one has brought up Coon road yet......

40Rat · MINTO, ONT

From Fonthill we also hung out the A & W on the lane (Lundy's Lane) in the 80's. Cops got wind to the pink slippin at the quarrie so most of the guys would all head out from the A & W at the same time heading in all directions - cops didn't know who to follow. One day a dude w/ a camera & writing pad was checkin out our wheels. Next thing I knew my shoebox Chevy was in a movie staring John Travolta being shot in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Got paid $1300 for roughly 2 weeks lettin them cruze our wheels around NOTL. This (B) movie was Travolta's first come back titled 'The Experts". My 56 was only in the movie for 6 sec's in the background. Like Milner said ' took hours to cruze the whole lane & a whole tank of gas' back in the day.

Iwannagofast · ONTARIO

That's cool 40Rat.
Not to knock north of Lake Ontario by any means, when I look back we had it really around the lakes. From Crystal Beach to Ancaster and further west to London/Sarnia......if you couldn't find a place to hang out and have some fun, well you weren't leaving your basement apparently.

Hotrodron · BELLE EWART, ONT

A pic found on the web

-- Edited by Hotrodron on Sunday 28th of May 2017 09:10:40 AM