The International EXPO 67 exhibition, celebrating 'Man and his World', was held on islands in the St Lawrence. After exploring this fantasy world, it was time to press on to Toronto for the FIM International Grand Prix, but being Sunday in Canada, no shops or petrol stations were open. Feeling stranded, she managed to drain drops a of petrol from the many forecourt nozzles she passed on the way until she found one garage open - where, incredibly, she found her three gallon tank already almost full!
Practice day at the FIM meeting was on 29th September; she recorded, the sight and sound of the Honda team mechanics tuning adjusting, jetting and gearing their two 6-cylinder machines was alone worth the trip. She later ran a Honda 500/4. In complete contrast, the Italian team was dressed in business suits! It was a wonderful two days, just like the old times at Brooklands - although it did not rain in Toronto! Mike Hailwood proudly mounted the podium to receive his awards as God Save the Queen! majestically filled the air.
The journey home was in blissful, sunny, 80°F weather with the BSA Lightning behaving impeccably as she left Canada behind at Windsor, reentering America on Sunday, October 1st. She arrived back in Chicago on Monday night, just at as the sun was setting on another wonderful trip.
On October 11th, burglars broke into her shop and stole the Lightning.
The Rugged Road Theresa Wallach p167