1912Staver

The yellow does not do it any favors. Complicated wood structure in the body. Slightly Awkward looking in person. A mild performer . But quite a bit of British charm. Not high on my list of cars to buy, but I do enjoy seeing them at Field Meets.

It's a very nicely done speedster. Said to have history in this configuration back to the late teens. Is it worth $89,500.00 ? Hard to say, todays market is hard to predict. But it is the small HP White from this time period.

Now that's a decent sized cabinet ! I bought a well used commercial cabinet about 1/2 this size years ago and have been very happy with it. Remarkably cheap at an auction sale, sometimes you get lucky . But many times I have wished it could hold larger parts.

Lots of these were used on 2 cylinder boats as well.

The Mustangs used a one piece crank ; similar to many Schwinn, cheaper BMX's and the cheaper CCM's . The better quality CCM's used what was called the Triplex crank. As far as I know this style is a purely CCM design. But the Road Racer and some Flyers used a conventional British bottom bracket and crankset. The sprocket is a CCM part with the logo part of the sprocket punching , but it mounts to the crank arm with 5 small machine screws. This was a standard pattern for track racing bikes and was used by British , French, Italian and probably other manufacturers of racing bicycle parts. The sprockets were available with numerous tooth counts and in both regular tooth pattern and " skip tooth " form for track racing " block chain ". No not that block chain. I have a bunch of different tooth count sprockets I got from a former Flyer owner. He sold the bike years ago, but still had several sprockets hanging on a nail in his basement.

I never had a CCM " muscle bike " when I was young, but a number of friends did. I do have one of these . A 1939 CCM Road Racer. One step down from a Flyer which was a true track racing bicycle. The road racer was intended as a road going lightweight in the English style. It's a nice bike but a bit too small for me to ride much.

Almost every pre - war , Canadian old car person dreams of owning a Russel. Unfortunately survivors are few and far between and rarely appear on the market. Peter is doing a great job of gathering Russel photos and documentation. Not to mention his two terrific cars! McLaughlin's in general are not as special , or as truly Canadian as Russel's. Most McLaughlin's are squarely based on U.S. Buick's. There are a small number of McLaughlin cars that are not based on Buick mechanicals but they exist today in very small numbers. Early on and up until about 1915 most McLaughlin's had Canadian built; and different from U.S. Buick, bodies. But from 1916 onward they became much closer to a U.S. model Buick.

The $13,000.00 average price stated seems quite high. Spitfires are very entry level Sports Cars. Relatively low performance and pretty so - so engineering. But this one at the advertised price seems like a good opportunity. Hard to go wrong at the price, esp. with two expensive and desirable options. Overdrive and a factory hard top. Note, I tried to click on the link and the listing has been deleted. I expect it sold quickly.

In British Columbia a car without paperwork can sometimes be reasonably simple and sometimes , but less frequently ,nearly impossible. Manitoba sounds quite a bit easier.

I have only done the cross border transaction from the U.S. to Canada and all to aware of the hoops that need to be jumped through to satisfy the U.S. Customs export approval requirement. But I have never heard of a similar process being involved with Canada Customs on vehicles leaving Canada. Can you elaborate ?

Going way too fast in my " Road Lizard " , Rat Bag, MGA. It looked like death warmed over on the outside , but was in very good nick under all the " patina ". Very sticky [ for the day } tires on 1 inch wider wheels. MGB front sway bar, warmed up MGB engine , slightly lowered suspension. I worked very odd shift work so sometimes my commute home took place at 3 AM. My door to door time could be remarkably reduced depending on the time of day { or night }. Quite a few miles of hilly , winding, semi rural roads. Just watch out for the Deer and the ditches.

I am wondering if the logo stems from a much older source and is more recently adopted by " The Complete Automobilist " ? One of the British motoring periodicals of days gone by perhaps ? I have seen similar logo's on things from the 1920's.

Not my first, that was a Nash Metropolitan my father bought me for my 14th birthday so I could learn about engines. He paid $10.00. I sold it a few years later for $50.00 ,pretty good profit !. I still have the 1968 Triumph sports car I bought in High School. 1974. It's still in pretty decent condition but I have not driven it in years.

For someone like me out here in the Greater Vancouver area places like Sask. and Manitoba are just too far away. Pre covid I did most of my shopping at Washington State swap meets. And of course the big one in Portland Ore. every April. Until I solve my covered workshop / expanded storage building problem, very expensive in this part of the world. I am not really looking for anything unless it is so attractive an overall package [ a car I am really drawn to and at a very good value for money price } that I can justify paying storage. A few have come and gone on the local market that I normally would have at least made an offer on. But these days I am more likely to be selling than buying. The only thing I have bought for a couple of years now is another MGA. Needs work , but a solid base. And a very decent price in todays market. It's small enough I was able to crowd it in with my other one. But no working space.

Other than the Vette you have found a lot of the sort of cars I have seen over the years. The first two photo's could have been taken on any of my Great Uncles or other family members farms. Almost no one on my fathers generation stayed farming, but most of the farms were still owned by older family members when I was young. Thanks for the memories ! A good friend recently bought a 1958 Edsel convert from the Edmonton area. Been in a shed for decades. A very decent starting point for a in the big picture reasonable price. They are still out there.

The roadsters have survived in tiny numbers compared to the touring's { cage valve 6's in general }. But I expect they were built in far fewer numbers as well.

You also have to remember I am a hobbyist, not a flipper. I still own 80 % of the hobby cars I have ever owned. A car has to make sense in terms of my overall situation, not if it is cheap enough to make money off of. My number one limitation is space. That looks like a very nice Merc ! Terry , I have a 57 Chev H.T asphalt, circle track car. Built in 1969, raced in the Pacific North West for many years. Mostly Washington State. Rough and almost at the point of no return. It really needs a new owner. But it makes good yard art.

The reason the special one are still in remote locations is as often as not are that the owners have very unrealistic ideas of what they are worth. Or really just want to hold on to them regardless of what they are offered. We all like to fantasize there are undiscovered , desirable , reasonably priced cars out there. And I suppose if one devotes enough time and resources to searching for needles in haystacks , sooner or later some people do luck out. But for someone like me; of very average means now that I have retired, I prefer to just look at what shows up at swap meets. Just a basic level of participation in the old car hobby gets increasingly difficult as the years go by. Income never keeps up with cost of living in Canada for the majority of Canadian households. Expensive hobbies like old cars are significantly impacted.

I agree , to a point. The vast majority of rural Prairie cars are very run of the mill cars. Sheet metal may be good but other than rod material not too much to get excited about. Quite a few trucks as well, but once again the majority will end up as rods. Anything that is early and has wood body framing will be in the usual shambles unless it has been stored indoors for decades. And 98 % of the time the usual Chevy, Ford, Plymouth etc. Plus huge distances . Are you really going to make a say 4000 mile round trip to retrieve a 1952 Buick Special sedan ? Even if it has been sitting in a shed for decades. It is still going to need a serious amount of work to even be a drivable car again. A good number of the more interesting vehicles in the Reynold's collection came from Barney Pollard. Some are Canadian , but most of those were what was in the boneyard. The Alberta Gov built the Museum building back when things were good in the oil patch. My early years in Winnipeg , and many visits to farms that were owned by older family members. As a kid it was a wonderful playground. But looking back there was nothing I saw that would have been worth a trip from my current location { last 50 years } of British Columbia. I made a couple trips to Reynolds back about 15 years ago and retrieved a parts car for my 1918 McLaughlin. But even then once I totaled up my expenses I really had to wonder if it had been worth the cost. There were still some decent , early relics in the yard at that time. And the prices were within reason. But the total cost just didn't work out to something that made sense to me.

That's an amazing collection of A40's and A90's. Doesn't seem to be any prices. I doubt any will be realistically priced. They probably paid about what any sensible person would pay and are now trying to double their money. A90 converts can achieve quite high prices but these ones all look fairly rough. For years I had a notion that a A40 Sports would be interesting. But the right deal never presented itself. These days they cost more than I feel they are worth. And only a small handful remain local to me. By the time you factor in transportation there are better cars for the money.

Seems like a reasonable price for a very nice Morgan. Beyond me , but someone is really going to enjoy this car. I have been looking for a rough but still driving one at about 1/2 this price for years. Still looking.

Most likely a Wolseley Hornet. They were available with a factory body or as a chassis for outside bodybuilders. The radiator grill definitely looks Wolseley.

The spare tire mount is the McLaughlin style . { As is the top hardware } A cast malleable iron support rather than the pressed steel type used on the U.S. version Buick. I think the same basic 2 piece casting was used on both roadster and touring cars , just the mounting pieces are different. The McLaughlin rack can mount either 1 or 2 spares. I think the Buick version only holds 1. With the photo being taken in Canada it is not surprising the car is a McLaughlin rather than a Buick.

Reynolds collection is a great visit. But a lot of the collection is in storage and not available for viewing. Stan Reynolds sales used to have a lot of parts and project cars for sale on a separate property just East of the museum but I am not sure if that is still the case.

I used to have a BSA in my living room. A 49 rigid competition with an early Gold Star engine. But a fresh assembly that had not been run so no oil leaks or smell. I , and all my friends thought it was great. My wife tried to move it a bit when I was not home. It fell over and bumped against her leg on the way down. I now have a BSA out in the shed.