15 T Kampar from Austrilla

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2008: 15 T Kampar from Austrilla
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim McDermaid on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 05:20 pm:

I posted about this earlier but thought a picture would be nice.

This car pulled into a Motel in Kayenta Arizona Which is a very small town near the “Four corners area”.

1915 T Kampar

The Kampar body (I know I'm spelling this incorrectly) was an after market T body that allowed over night accommodations by flipping and folding.

The bed would extend out the sides head on one side, foot on the other.

I recall seeing one of these in the original Harrah’s collection on a later car.

He and the missus shipped the car from Austrilla in a container to Los Angeles CA and then proceeded to drive it on side roads to the birthday party. They said they could travel at about 40 MPH and could camp in the car if needed.

Looks like a long trip ahead.

Jim


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Fred Houston, Broken Arrow, OK on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 05:46 pm:

Pete and Sally Kable have been visiting the Fred and Lavina Houstons the last couple of days. As they say in Oklahoma they were up "on the Osage" today visiting Pawhuska and the Woolaroc Museum near Bartlesville, OK, land of Frank Phillips and Chief Bacon Rind of the Osage tribe. When the oil wells were drilled on the Osage lands, every Osage was immediately a millionaire. They and their decendents now live in California. This was primarily in the teens, twenties and thirties. Oil leases were auctioned off under the "million dollar elm" in Pawhuska, OK. We've got Pete and Sally fooled, they think we're Osage Indians! They plan to go thru Claremore to visit the Will Rogers memorial (Rogers was Cherokee) and the Davis Gun Museum. From there they will head east to Eureka Springs, AR then north east back to highway 66. They have generally been on old highway 66. They did take a little jaunt north to visit Bill Barth in Colorado. They will eventually end up in Centerville, In. I don't know why.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Bender on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 06:01 pm:

It was nice to meet Peter and Sally. The attached picture is of their little known, very rare 4 pedal car. Four pedal Model T


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Walker, NW AR. on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 10:04 pm:

What?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dick Lodge - St Louis MO on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 10:11 pm:

What what?

I'm waiting to hear that they have arrived at their friends' place a bit west of St Louis.

I had sort of thought that the Anheuser-Busch marketing people might be interested in their being here (the original Kampkar was an A-B product), but A-B's interest is elsewhere these days. (Can you say "InBev"?) That plus the fact that I don't know when they will be here....


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Evan Mason on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 11:25 pm:

Here are two links for the Lamsteed Kampkar. Both have interesting information about the history of the Kampkar. If you get to Los Angeles in the next few months the Petersen Museum has a new exhibit called "From Autocamps to Airstreams" and it has a 1921 Kampkar.

www.remarkablecars.com/ ppads/showproduct.php/product/3416
www.coachbuilt.com/bui/ a/anheuser_busch/anheuser_busch.htm


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By EDWARD R LEVY on Tuesday, July 01, 2008 - 12:21 am:

Please, so I can get some sleep tonight will some one explain the extra pedal
Edward R. Levy


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Roger Karlsson on Tuesday, July 01, 2008 - 02:51 am:

Something cut Evan's links short - I'll try posting them:
http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/a/anheuser_busch/anheuser_busch.htm
http://www.remarkablecars.com/ppads/showproduct.php/product/3416


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By CHRIS MARTIN on Tuesday, July 01, 2008 - 06:00 am:

Peter Kable worked out his own pedal arrangement so he could have the best of both (T braking) worlds. He has Rockies fitted which are fine, except going backwards, and with a Ruxstell, if you get stuck changing gear while going up hill, you will be going backwards, in which case the brake band in the gearbox is your best bet. By using a clever design splitting the pedal so he can have either or both, he has all his options working. Maybe he will post exact info on here one day....or maybe I have said too much already, giving away secrets!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Russ Furstnow on Tuesday, July 01, 2008 - 11:04 am:

While driving across country to the Centennial, Peter had a few problems with his car in Kingman, AZ. I picked up Sally and Peter and brought them back to my home in Flagstaff so repairs could be completed. I noted the "unique" brake pedal and Peter explained the modifications he made to the braking system. Peter took an original RHD hogshead and made a "Himco" type of pedal arrangement so he could change bands easily.

The brake pedal was split in two, with the inner pedal activating the Rocky Mountain Brakes while the outer pedal activated the brake band on the transmission. He lengthened brake pedal shaft to accomplish this modification. Peter said that he could not get a brake adjustment that could/would activate both brakes with only one pedal, so he used two pedals. By the way, Peter was very proud of his "two pedal" brake (rightly so) and was eager to explain how he developed the system. I don't think there are any secrets he would keep on this system.

The Kable's KampKar will be on display at the MTFCA Museum for the next year, and I would encourage everyone visiting the museum to see this car. It is a beautiful automobile with GREAT attention to detail and is of the highest quality.

Russ Furstnow, Flagstaff, AZ


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Rockford, IL on Tuesday, July 01, 2008 - 08:47 pm:

The Trail of Tears Museum and History Center in Tahlequah, Oklahoma is a great place to visit. We were there in Dec.

rdr


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Bender on Wednesday, July 02, 2008 - 12:59 am:

Ok I was having a bit of fun. You have to admit it is different. Sorry Mike, Dick, just having fun and Edward sleep well, it was a joke, LOL. If you get a chance to meet Peter and Sally do so, very nice people.

Mike Bender
Tulsa OK


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By James A. Golden on Wednesday, July 02, 2008 - 08:40 am:

They were here a few years back, without a Model T, on the MTFCA Great North Woods Tour in New Hampshire, so a lot of people have already met them. We ended up dining at their table for the closing banquet.


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