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Some very rare unseen cars in Canada , field cars and barn finds, pics are three years ago

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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. 

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This is the first antique car I ever saw at age 10……I used to cut the grass for the 80 year old lady …..and one day I ran the mower out of gas and she said there’s a can  in the old barn …..I slid the door open and there was the 28 chev ……she wouldn’t sell it to me ……she passed away …..and so did the next owners 20 years later ……..and again the next owners another 24 years later …….then the son called me over 40 years later and said the barn is collapsing from snow load …….come get er !  I went back later and dug around and found all the missing parts except the trunk lid which I need now …..so if anyone on here has a non rumble seat trunk lid ??? And coupe trunk lid is too tall I found out ,………So I just got the car 2 years ago ………I was going to sell it …..but my old friend said  “ it took 40 sum years to finally get your first car  ! ……and you want to sell it ? !!!

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Oh sorry I’m not very good at computer , some of the pics I had to take a pic of photos I had printed off , sadly my old cell phone from 3 years ago to recent has a 100 or so pics of even better and more inside building cars , but it’s not turning on 

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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.

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Lol,  looks like we shop at some of the same type of stores.   

 

I will never do another car.  I saved one,  or am in the process of trying.

 

Just afew comments.....  cars stored outside with broken windows will have floorboard issues,  cars without wheels that are sunk into the ground will have floorboard issues.   Even cars stored indoors in alot of cases will be so bad that they need complete restoration.   Cars that went into storage in very good shape will need the building they're in properly maintained to PRESERVE them in the condition they went into storage in.  Then there is the mouse issue,  even cars in nice condition can turn into an ugly mess if mice get in them.

 

Another issue on the Prairies of Western Canada is many cars have met their end because of crushers and scrap iron dealers,  maybe not so much at collector's yards but the ones scattered around farm yards,  abandoned and lived at farms,  and just randomly scattered around the countryside.

 

Many many decade old cars are wore out or time alone has deteriorated them,  like me....  some stuff doesn't age well....  cloth and vinyl interiors, convertable tops,  old glass, paint, weatherstripping....

 

But there are indeed some hidden treasures.   Just have to find them!

 

The earth has a way of reclaiming everything that came from it....  so an effort is required to keep it from deteriorating.

 

Thanks for the pics.

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Back in the early 1980's I was busily restoring my 1912 Oakland 40 touring. One day I got a letter in the mail from Stan Reynolds. It was a form letter that had the blanks filled in with my Oakland and it stated Stan wanted to buy my car!! What I'll always remember about that letter is it asked me to state how far it was from the nearest grain silo. I lived in the middle of Vancouver and I remember thinking this guy is nuts! I still have my Oakland. We had a chance to visit the Reynolds museum a few years ago when we were on an HCCA tour in Edmonton. Got a chance to go through the storage building. What did I see? Up on the top rack is a very complete but totally unrestored 12 Oakland 40 touring. I guess Stan found one after all.

Ken

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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.

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On 1/29/2022 at 12:51 PM, arcticbuicks said:

I am trying to go see an old friend of mine ( if he is still alive ) in his 90s , he was an oil field guy and endless money , he bought all the best cars at every auction mostly in the 1980s , I havnt been in his buildings for many years and he even has a Aston Martin DB4 ……I want to photograph them all for posting .

 

I hope your friend wasn't Ron Carey of Calgary. He fits the description well. Regrettably, he died at the London to Brighton Run two years ago. He once sent me two free admission tickets to the Heritage Park facility in Calgary, to which he donated many vehicles.

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Hi All

 

A bit more information on the two Reynolds museums in Alberta.

The first and original one was Stan Reynolds personal museum where he housed collection of early and vintage cars, tractors, traction engines, stationary engines, pioneer farming equipment, buildings, early aircraft, and more. He actively collected just about anything and everything of historical interest.

 

Stan was Canada's version of Barney Pollard.

 

He was a well known and respected business man that started up after the end of WWII when he left the service. He chased and collected vintage machinery and preserved a lot of what would have otherwise been lost. Since he was also a pilot, he was known to fly around western Canada and search out what was hiding out in the back 40 on the farms.

 

He also had a reputation of essentially never parting with anything, unless you had something to trade that he wanted even more. 😉

 

Eventually he negotiated with the Alberta government to reach an agreement whereby he would donate much of the prize parts of his collection, along with the land to build a museum on. There were a few conditions attached (of coarse). The new museum had to be built in his home town and be named after him and the items that he donated could not be sold off.

 

After that deal was done, he did open up the remaining portion of the collection for sale and listed dozens of items in Hemmings and through other international publications. And the prices were whatever he set, with no negotiation on price. And a lot of interesting stuff ended up traveling all over the world afterward.

 

The sale was to raise funds for continuing is private museum and also to continue with his second hobby of collecting and restoring vintage WWII era military aircraft and pre-WWII civilian aircraft.

 

I was luck enough to visit twice, once in 1984 when nothing was for sale, and again in 1987 after the deal was done with the government and he opened the remaining items for sale. By the time I was there, many choice pieces were already gone. And that day, 4 large steam and gas traction engines were being loaded for shipment along with a Mighty Michigan 40 touring car.

 

I did ask about parts for my 1905 Cadillac project and was told that since the one they had went to the Government collection, the few parts in the yard that were left might be available. In those days you were escorted by one of the staff to where the car (or parts) of interest were to inspect them. And no side trips or sightseeing in the storage areas was allowed. I did eventually purchase some parts, at Stan's price (which was steep) and the manager told me I was the first one to purchase parts only. 🙂

 

I found an scanned a few old pictures from the 1987 trip and will post them separately to follow.

 

I have yet to get back to see the new Reynolds Alberta that was built to house his collection, but one of these days I will get to see it.

 

Stay well.

 

Jeff

Nova Scotia

Canada

 

Stay well

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And last of all. A picture of some of the un-restored prizes that eventually moved to the new Reynolds Alberta museum. The Cord L29 convertable sedan had an original 18,000 miles of use before going into storage.

 

I hope you enjoyed a walk in the past. Lets hope that there are a few more still out there to find.

 

Stay well.

Jeff

Nova Scotia, Canada

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