Attended the Moose Jaw Threshing Bee This weekend- took a few T pics to share. Evan
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Thanks Evan, these are pretty cool.
If that is what 'Premium Pictures' can afford, I would hate to drive in thier budget model!
Cheers
Adrian
Nice pictures!
The brass T is a 1911. The fellow that owns it was nice enough to help repair my transmission a few years ago.
Garnet
Here's the little Ford. Don't know why someone would advertise Chrysler using a T speedster.
right around WW2, there was a big fad of Model T racing in southern Saskatchewan. There were organized events all summer and tons of participants. It was fashionable for businesses to have a Model T racer, this one was the car owned by the Chrysler/Plymouth/Fargo dealer from regina. That car sat in a back yard in Moose Jaw since the Late 50s. Last year the fellow who owns it passed away, and as per his requests, it was donated to the museum. They have given it a quick restoration/repaint and got it running and it was on display there this weekend. Wish I would have known you were there this weekend Garnet, i would have found ya and said hi!
Interesting remains of a fairly early Fairmont Railways motor car behind it. The Model T of powered railcars!
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David D.
Excellent pictures. Thank you for posting them. Makes we wonder if you can still use those acetylene lamps and generators.
When I was a kid, my grandfather told me the story of two American women who were crossing Canada by train. At one point, the train was stopped in a station and they decided to get out and get some fresh air. One of them asked a local, "Excuse me, could you please tell us where we are?" The man answered, "Saskatoon, Saskatchewan." The woman turned to her friend and said, "How quaint! They don't speak English."
many, many years ago i played hockey in red deer and mouse jaw - there is always a lot of talk about Saskatchewan and Regina, but never and mention of the tv show "corner gas". i happen to find it here in ohio on a station out of Chicago, but they don't show it any more. i became such a fan of the show that i bought all six seasons on dvd and regularly the wife and i watch two or three episodes every Wednesday evening. sorry for the thread hi-jack.
jb
Jim, the T.V. Corner Gas is a huge hit in our Province of Saskatchewan and was produced in a village named Rouleau, which is a short drive out of Regina, our Province's capital. In the show, it was referred to as "Dog River". The show ended on a high note with top ratings and they decided to end it while they were still on the top of their game.
Now back to the main theme of the thread, the 1911 Touring is a fabled and well known T that was called Old Glory. I know the owner personally as an old friend and fellow club member of the now defunct Dustyspokes Model T Club of Saskatchewan. To get the story correct, I just got off the phone with him tonight so here goes: The original owner of the '11 was a man named Mr. Brindle (not sure of exact name spelling)who was an interior decorator in Regina, Saskatchewan. He used to haul around his paint, decorating supplies and ladders in this '11 and drove it for many years right up into the 1960's. (yes- the 60's) He drove year round, winter and summer, while smoking his pipe and usually wore a camel pile fur coat in the winter. Health and age caused him to cease business and especially driving his T.
The car then got sold at some point and the engine overhaul cost was significant. The owner then traded Old Glory to Dick Meacher of Moose Jaw, Sask. for Dick's excellent 1915 which ran like a top because Dick is a top flight T mechanic who has restored many of the Model T's around these parts. When Dick got it, there was about 100 feet of clothes line that held the body together because the joints had all worked loosed from the many years of work. The radiator with its special topper which said "Old Glory", the windshield, the basic body was there but it had incorrect fenders, all the lights had been changed to newer electric lights with the headlights being Magneto style, the top was missing as was the correct coil box and other little things.
The understanding passed on from Mr. Brindle himself was that whenever this car was to be driven in Regina, that the Old Glory radiator cap is to be run for display. Dick to this day has always honored that so out comes that special radiator cap when he comes in from Moose Jaw to visit Regina.
The rear tires were bought new in 1948 and are Good Year Oversize and the fronts were replaced. (Old Glory's old fronts are on my own 1914 T Touring which I bought from Dick's son
Charlie, aka Joey Meacher, some years ago). These Good Year's are still running strong with some cracks just now recently appearing, a true testament to the quality of rubber made back then.
The special friction shocks shown on the front and rear have always been on the car. The rear end is of course not correct but was installed for safety and the outer brakes are from a circa 1928 Chevy, which just nicely fit over a 26/27 brake drum setup. (Whoops, did I just let out a secret? ) Dick can stop on a dime, assuming he has enough rubber contact on that day.
Overall, it is a car with a great history and a lot of character. A little story from someone else about this car is that old man Brindle's wife hated sitting up front due to it having no front doors, so she always sat in the back if she rode in the car.
So that is my little story about a car in our little humble Prairie province.
Ed Niedzielski
Please send me a private email so I can ask you some questions on the 1911 Touring.Thanks for the brief history-Don modelttowncarclub@yahoo.com