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After going through and sorting my car picture albums, thought I'd post a few pictures of this car that I have been around (not my families) since I was a kid and you might enjoy seeing.
This 1905 Ford Model C was owned by a member of our local Car Club and was built in Walkerville, Ontario Canada (now Windsor). While I'm not sure of how he became owner (or actually when), I remember seeing it running on many local meets back in the late 60's and early 70's. The unique aspect of this car, not only the rarity, is that it was produced from the factory with the option of converting it into a touring, a pickup or a roadster as the owner desired with the appropriate purchased accessories.
I will let the pictures speak for themselves here. They were taken in our Museum where it had been on display for many, many years but sadly, the man has passed away, the family removed it and the car's whereabouts is not known at this time.
A real time piece. Enjoy.
Doug
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I have some of this out there on a few other posts but......
My Buick love interest/obsession came when Dad found a 58 Buick Limited 2 door that a young fellow wanted to sell and Dad needed a car to drive back and fourth to work 60 miles each way daily back in 1968. At the age of 15 after helping him wash & wax this chrome beast for about two years (even though it was a well worn car), I was with him on December 24th and about three blocks from home when the rear universal joint broke! He walked home to get his 64 Olds and a rope, told me to steer the Buick behind him and we parked it on the front lawn of our house!
That spring I was 16 and time to get my license and..... tells me I cannot buy that 37 Chev with the 283 that a guy from school is selling! Instead, he & I will change out that U-joint together, fix the exhaust (my cost) and I can have the Limited. I'm now INDEPENDENT, ya hooo!
About a year later, I get a call from a fellow Car Club member of Dad's that asks if I might be interested in a 58 Buick convertible? One look at a red Buick convert and..... done deal! This is while I was in high school but working stead weekends and one night a week so money seemed to be no object then....
Dated my wife in this car before putting it away in storage after buying a house in 1980....
Then....
I see an ad in Old Autos for a 58 Buick Roadmaster convert and Dad & I take a road trip. It wasn't something that would be on the road immediately but the bug had taken a hold!
Then...
There is another ad in Old Autos about a 1958 Buick Limited 2 door not really far away... (the wife is now starting to question my sanity). Drove it up on the trailer but had trany issues (typical). It was however, identical in colour, options and interior to my other Limited which by now had almost 160,000 miles on it and this one only showed 54,000 so.... "You know dear, it just makes sense to get this car and I will have extra parts to make it a really nice one, right?"
I'm still married to that same girl (she is a keeper) after 34 years and....
still have those Buick's too!
YES, I'M A BUICK SUPPORTER! (but there is an agreed hold on any more..... for now?)
Doug
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OH MY! Early dementia moment showing! Obviously the car you list IS the exhaust system you are putting together! DAH!
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Sorry I can't help with supplying exhaust hangers for you but thought I'd post a picture of the rear hanger I found on the net some time ago.
This one goes on the rear tailpipe behind the axle. If I can get to my storage garage I know I have an nos front muffler with the correct hanger on it and will post it too for you.
Just a thought, you show a 57 Buick on your posting, not sure of the differences but..... did you check the hangers on that car to see if they are the same?
Doug
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One of my favorites....
Willys, Overland, Knight Registry National Meet - 1973.
Not only did we get the dash plaque but actually got to drive two laps around the track with all the other antique cars. They even gave out a paper card about 2" x 4" that Dad taped to the windshield for years that said: This car has successfully completed two laps on the Indianapolis 500 Track.
Sadly, the guy he had do the top and windshield frame was not an antique car guy and disposed of the card.
Looking "through the windshield" while coming up to the Finish Line. Great experience for an 18 year old!
Doug BCA# 35039
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Bringing it back to the AACA ......
Dad attended with his 1920 Overland touring.
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Doug
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Another Dash Plaque, is a Meet that was BIG in it's day held in Niagara Falls, Ontario. This was a long weekend and with approx 250 miles each way made for a few experiences with some of the cars being driven.
Doug
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I know this is about Dash Plaques but thought I'd share a picture of what the Island looks like today.
This is what is left of the once great Midway looking from the end of the Boat Dock covered Entrance way.
My Buick was parked at this very corner some 40 years ago......
Yes, back to dash plaques.
Doug.
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Skyking, Thanks for starting this thread. It got me to digging around in some boxes Dad had given me and so far have about 60 dash plaques that i need to mount. I have two spare rad shells that I could mount a board in and tape them on for display out in the garage. A good winter project.
Mine are not so much design art or mounted uniquely but they chronicle our participation with our local Car Club and other organized clubs since Dad seriously got involved in antique cars, which naturally brought me along into the fold.
What I'm posting is interesting in that since we live in Southern Ontario, Canada (right next to Detroit), our Club organized an annual event to invite the Detroit Chapter of the VMCCA over here. What is the interesting part is that for the two years I went with my 1958 Buick Special convertible, it was held on Bob-Lo Island Amusement Park, which has been closed now for some time. It was normally accessed by the Public by boat only and the only vehicles allowed were for supply and service. It was quite a sight to sit on the banks and watch the barge making many trips from the mainland loaded with many Model A's, Overland's, Studebaker's, Durant's to name just a few. Then... there was the Midway! What a great family experience indeed! Not only did we share fellowship with our common car interests but the public that was there that day got to see quite a collection of running antique cars. Nothing was brought over by trailer. The Detroit group drove them from home and back over the Ambassador Bridge.
So, while I have heard some say that the Dash Plaque is not that important to them, there is some history attached to them and the people that organized the events.
Doug
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I'm guessing no response (either email address provided or this forum) means not available on the Roadmaster trunk emblem????
Anyone else have one?
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Email was sent same day as posting.
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shheesh........ correction... meant to say 6 volt POSITIVE ground system.
(not enough coffee this AM)
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Forgot to say 1958 Buick trunk emblem just to be clear.
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Looking for the Roadmaster trunk emblem? Something in driver condition would work for me.
I have what I believe is a 1959 Buick front grill emblem for trade if interested. This I would put on a show car.
Doug
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And.......
Get a few looks hauling my utility trailer around with my 1952 Ford F-1.
Don't let the rims &tires fool you, it is the original three on the tree flathead V8, 6volt negative ground and standard brakes. I just change out the bulbs on the trailer when I need lights.
Doug
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Here is my 2011 Ford F-150 with one of my cars - 1928 Whippet cabriolet.
Only have traveled locally (not more than 30 miles) but handles GREAT!
Doug
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To all those in the East, Wishing the best for you all!
Being in Southern Ontario, Canada I have occasionally experienced a blizzard or two but nothing like 2 to 4 feet and that wind!
We might have received 3-4 inches here (just across the Detroit River) on Thursday night into Friday morning. With a bit of rain mix to start, made things sloppy and heavy. I used to have a 78 Chev 4X4 heavy half ton and plowed for 10 years till we just didn't get enough snow to justify the costs. (sold it in 2005)
However......
There have been times at our cottages (on the North shore of Lake Erie) when.......
Then there was a time when I was too young to remember out on the lake after a storm blew the lake ice close to shore on the sand bars that used to be back then....
Not trying to out-do here just saying....... the weather has sure changed! And then some do get hit hard out of the blue!
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I can't confirm a "1922" Overland 4 but our 1920 Model 4 was recorded doing about 52 mph one time on a Freeway in Detroit, Mich. Mom was NOT happy! With today's drivers not very cautious around antique cars I take all thew back roads I can find and just enjoy the slow pace.
Any pictures of your car?
Doug
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wex65,
That is a great history / experience. Your car looks GREAT!
Any chance you might be able to give him a try behind the wheel again or even a ride? If you do, take some pictures and post some of his (soon to be yours).
I might steal your Blast from the Past caption for my car rather than highjack yours here.
Doug
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Before new top.
The year is 1983 and after 12 years of use (maybe some teenage abuse), car comes out of three year slumber looking like this. Wife says, "that roof looks TERRIBLE". Agreed, 600 bucks will cure that so.....
After new top.
The year is now 1992 and the now nine year old top still looks new. A lot more care and proper storage helped that.
In keeping with two only pictures theme, being a convertible, these are the few I have with the top up. Car is up on stands for a brake job or would post the latest. (still looks good today)
Doug
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OK, so finally found my friends 1960 Monarch Lucerne photos. Now, with that kind of name can it get any more Canadian than that? eh?
They are group shots so not the best for the car but think you get the idea.
I do know when I have gone with him to the States that it sure gets everyone buzzed. You should have seen the crowd around it at the Ford only show in Dearborn two years ago!
Doug
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Hey Richard1,
Just had to say NICE CORVAIR!
When I first looked at your pictures I thought, That's my sister's car!
Her's is an early 1960 that she bought as her 1st car in 1974 (not the typical type 1st car purchase right?). We grew up with Dad having antique cars and he had a nose for finding low mileage used cars so... the car was nice, the price was right and bingo, her independence was secured!
Of interest about her car is: When it came time for her to go to University, she picked Arizona State University in Phoenix and drove the car there. See, we lived in Windsor, Ontario (next to Detroit) so with Mom & Dad following her in their Oldsmobile, drove all 1,920 miles one way together! The Corvair blew one fan belt on the way but otherwise performed flawlessly. While she was there, my now wife and I flew out to visit for a week and decided to drive down to Nogales, Mexico and back from Phoenix. Again, no issues. After graduating, I drove down in dad's 1968 Meteor wagon to load up her things and follow her the 1,920 miles home again.
She still owns the car and wants to see it back on the road again someday.
Doug
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Yes Rob it is a Hobby and looong time love of all things cars!
Being that Windsor was once the Automotive Capital of Canada, close proximity to the Detroit Auto Show (currently going on) and being involved with antique cars helped lead me down this path.
Also, your comment about it being a two-generational involvement..... actually I can say it is a three-generational involvement! My youngest of two sons is in his fourth year of Mechanical Engineering at the U of Windsor. Since he has grown up with not only my "Old Cars" and his Grandfather's (now mine) he has that car thing in his blood too. We have had many interesting and sometimes spirited conversations often comparing (and sometimes enlightening him) about how today's technology evolved because of early pioneering in the automotive industry.
Another note about the 1906 Buick, did you notice the Buick Club badge on the rear license plate? In 1967 I guess we were known as 'The Buick Collectors Club of America'. I will have to check and see if indeed that the owner was a member or the badge was at some point put on the car later.... anyone have a roster from that far back or know of a name change for the BCA?
I know I'm not too old yet to learn something new.
Finally, if you look at the car next to the '06 Buick in picture 2, you will see that 1905 Ford that I mentioned. Because this is the Buick Forum will leave that for the AACA group. However, loved the history of your Edmonton Ford!
Rob, I'm going to send you a PM later about a family trip in 1969 and seeing Edmonton using the Upper Trans-Canada Highway from Vancouver to home.
Doug
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1958 Buick Special
1958 Buick Limited (2)
1958 Buick Roadmaster
1920 Overland
1928 Whippet
1951 Nash Canadian Statesman
1952 Ford F1
1989 Cougar (30,000 miles)
and no more room
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Oops! Missed the 0 in my BCA # (not that old a member)
s/b 35039
Doug.
1905 FORD (CANADIAN BUILT)
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Thanks Guys for the replies.
It indeed is a beauty. What you see in my pictures from 2007 is just how I remember it back in the late 60's and looking close at the body & paint plus the axles, guessing that it was an early restoration say in the 50's?
If I come across more pictures I think I might have some when he brought it to the Willistead Classic Car Show here in Windsor (held at Chandler Walker's home, of Hiram Walker & Sons Distillery) with his closest friend as by then he was almost blind but when I introduced myself, remembered my Dad from the Car Club and his 1920 Overland which I am proud to say I now own. (Lots of pictures, too little time)
Gil, thanks for the link to the Early Ford site. I might try and post an inquiry only to see but.... not to cause any issues with the family. I had heard that there was another 1905 out in California when this one was about to be moved out and with only 107 produced, just how many can still exist? So....
I do know, living so close to the Henry Ford Museum, that it is not on display there (yet?).
Still in all, a wonderful example of our car heritage!
Doug
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