Watching the Terry Fox Marathon of Hope van drive along the streets of Barrie Tuesday was a trip down memory lane for Adrian Wood.

Wood remembers standing along Lakeshore Drive in 1980 waiting for Terry Fox to make his way though Barrie.

He even has a newspaper photo of him and his sister wearing their Marathon of Hope T-shirts waiting for the Canadian legend.

“I saw it the first time through, and now it’s come back,” he said. “They’ve done a good job restoring it. It looks the same.”

Wood was among the hundreds of people who came out to see fully restored van as it made a number of stops in Barrie on Tuesday as part of the Tour of Hope.

The 1980 Ford Econoline van is making its way across Canada to raise awareness and funds for cancer research, following the route Fox took all those years ago.

Following the end of the marathon in September 1980, the van disappeared.

It finally reappeared in British Columbia earlier this year.

The van was completely restored by Ford Canada and in May the keys were handed over to Fox’s brother, Darrell.

The van is currently on a cross-Canada tour, which started n St. John’s, Newfoundland on May 25.

The tour is being sponsored by ScotiaMcLeod.

Many of the people who came out to see the van Tuesday were not even alive when Fox ran his epic journey.

Thirteen-year-old James White, who takes part in the Terry Fox run at his school every year, said he likes hearing the old stories about Fox.

“It was very amazing what he did, and with only one leg,” he said. “He ran a marathon a day.”

His 10-year-old sister Laura agrees.

“He’s like my hero. My hero of running,” she said.

The Marathon of Hope tour’s next stop will be July 25 in Whitby.

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