After over four years of hard work, Ron Foss, grandson of George Foote Foss, will bring a replica of the Fossmobile, Canada’s first gas-powered automobile, to Sherbrooke where the vehicle was first invented, to celebrate his grandfather’s invention.
Yes, before there was Ford, there was Foss. Although his ‘horseless carriage’ remained only a prototype and was never marketed, the fact that Foss, a local machinist, blacksmith and bicycle repairman was driving up and down the hills of Sherbrooke years before cars were even a thing is an important part of local and national history.
Ron Foss, coming from Ontario, will spend the weekend at Marché de la Gare in Sherbrooke telling his grandfather’s story and showing off the replica of the Fossmobile, assembled using authentic parts from that time period.
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Fossmobile returns for victory lap in Sherbrooke this weekend
By Matthew McCully
