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Nice digging Terry! Cheers,Pat

The story that I am getting is that the car was a Doble and the owner couldn't afford to do repairs so he pulled the boiler/engine and installed a conventional ICE...I am trying to get more info but it is coming through four different people. Cheers,Pat

I have what I am told are the remains of a Doble Any Doble experts out there? Cheers,Pat

Maybe one of those sturdy Russian women will help you with your switches..

You never know what is hiding in old chicken shacks...

Yes !...looks C body ish

A good way to weld them together is to use a power tool . Cheers,Pat

Give Bruce Thomas a call..he helped move the trucks from Woodland to Reno..775 972 7033

Perhaps she was indicating that you are number one!

A few more photos of Oldfield's creation.. Barney lived in a round house that was mounted in such a way that it could be rotated without disturbing the plumbing and electrical...if he got tired of the view he just rotated the house.

Fernwood ESSO (2320 Fernwood Road) in Victoria was owned by Eric Foster..I stopped in there recently to confirm this with Robb Warren who owns the station now. Mr. Warren said that the station was a racing hub in the thirties and forties...he went to say that a man in his late eighties had dropped in the shop sometime in the early 2000's and handed him some photos that he had taken as a teenager working there. He stated that Eric was always working on race cars of one sort or another...occasionally there would be visitors from the U.S. that would bring their cars up and Eric would set up a race. They would all drive across open fields down to a dirt track oval near willows beach...hard to imagine because there are no open fields between Fernwood and Willows today!

John, They could be using any number of products or brands using that technique..but that is a hell of a lot of work. A more efficient way is to spray the panel in a direct to metal high build primer...and there are many choices using that technique. Do you see a sponsor advertised during the show such as PPG?...chances are it is a product from a sponsor. Cheers,Pat

Thanks for posting the archive link Peter...sorry Mike I should have given credit to the archive for that photo...so nice to have a archive with such big,clear photos..So many archives have tiny photos or are trying to extract money from you. Cheers,Pat

Restorer32, Lets hope the car isn't as bad as the one that was restored in 2011 (restoration project forum) I see that car driving around town quite often. Cheers,Pat

The Hupp-Yeats was extracted from the garage by Lou Holker and his son Brian...I believe Brian still resides in the Victoria area. Cheers,Pat

Hi Peter, The number appears to be 3739 or 5739 Cheers,Pat

Interesting that Phil worked at the Dandridge Garage..that used to be at the end of my street...also interesting that they are the same family that produced music producer David Foster and race car driver Billy Foster.

Begg Motor Company,Vancouver,1921

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2015/05/15/back-in-the-original-family-a-1930-packard-with-royal-ties-visits-the-forest-grove-concours

Here is a 1927 Cadillac (as found) that was sold from Begg Motor Company on View street in Victoria..ordered by the well known Dunsmuir family. The car has been restored and remains in Victoria.

Here is an example of the V-12 with manifolds flipped..

Sorry I don't know the exact year...was part of a huge collection of trucks.

I am thinking that might be a Autocar truck engine

Here is a truck that will get you a lot of laughs when you pull up to a DUI check point...

Not mine... https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/pts/d/centralia-durant-motors/7116865450.html