1947 Diamond T 201S docent 002

1947 Diamond T 201S Donated by Allen Vandekerkhove Victoria BC Known affectionately as the “The Cadillac of Trucks”, Diamond T was founded in Chicago in 1905 as the Diamond T Motor Car Company and built high quality touring cars and later became known for it’s Trucks. C.A. Tilt was the son of a cobbler and […]

1947 Diamond T 201S

1947 Diamond T 201S Donated by Allen Vandekerkhove Victoria BC • Diamond T were known affectionately as the “The Cadillac of Trucks” • Founded in Chicago in 1905 as the Diamond T Motor Car Company and built high quality touring cars and later became known for it’s Trucks. • The cars were extremely high quality […]

1947 Fargo Truck docent 002

1947 Fargo Truck  & 1947 COLUMBIA TRAILER: Description “FARGO” was the trade name given to DODGE Trucks sold in Canada and other foreign markets.  Purchased new by Bob King for Sea-Van Motor Freight in 1946,  this FARGO hauled freight between Vancouver and Seattle until 1953 when it was put into storage at the West Pender […]

1947 Fargo Truck docent

1947 Fargo Truck  & 1947 COLUMBIA TRAILER: • This truck was Purchased new by Bob King for Sea-Van Motor Freight in 1946, hauled freight between Vancouver and Seattle until 1953. • From 1953 to 1974 it sat n storage at Bob King’s West Pender warehouse. • Restoration work was carried out between 1974 and 1976 […]

1943 Maple Leaf docent

1943 Maple Leaf • A non  military truck built during WWII without a chrome grille, it is referred to as a “Blackout  style” truck. • The gross allowable weight of any model of this “3 Ton” Series 1760-1770-1780  could not exceed 15,000 pounds • Wheelbases: 135 1/4″ – 159 1/4″ – 177 1/4″ • The […]

1941 International docent

1941 International • This 1941 International K7S Cab-Over-Engine (COE) was put into service in October 1942 • It operated as a Royal Canadian Army Service Corps cargo vehicle in Military District 11 British Columbia. • As a general service vehicle the truck may have transported military equipment, or perhaps army, recruits training in the Lower […]

1937 MACK EQ docent

1937 MACK EQ • The Mack truck company started at the infancy of the automotive world and the Mack Brothers started working for a carriage company before ending up buying the company. • Founded in 1900 by Jack and Gus Mack, Mack Brothers Company produced it’s first motorized vehicle in Brooklyn, NY. • In 1905 […]

1937 International Harvester D-40 Truck docent

1937 International Harvester D-40 Truck. • International Harvester was formed in 1902 under J.P. Morgan’s personal guidance as a merger between the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and the Deering Harvester Company along with three smaller agricultural equipment firms.   • Interestingly Cyrus McCormick invented a reaper when he was 22 and his patent was challenged […]

1936 INDIANA docent 002

1936 INDIANA: Description ​ 1936 INDIANA 2 Ton The Museum’s 1936 Indiana has probably done more to promote the trucking industry than any other vehicle in the collection. Harry Rudolfs wrote that trucking was the number one employer of Canadian males up until recently according to the 2006 Census. He states that according to all […]

1936 INDIANA docent

1936 INDIANA: • This truck has had a bigger part of promoting the history of Trucking in BC than any truck in the museum. •  This truck and it’s owner Andy Craig were the first truck to drive over the new Coquihalla highway. • Upon retiring from the trucking industry Andy restored this truck, a […]