1937 International 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 […]
1937 Mack 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 […]
1957 Diamond T Model 921BN Docent
1957 Diamond T Model 921BN • The 1957 Diamond T Model 921BN was the first truck in the museum to be powered by a diesel engine. • Ordered new from Diamond T trucks, this truck was used by Ledingham construction in Vancouver. • Used to haul excavators , cats and loaders to job […]
1953 International R-160 Docent
1953 International R-160 • The International R series was introduced in 1953 and replaced the L series and considered just a facelift of the L series. • For the heavier series, R-185 and higher there was even less of a change to the looks. • There were a few mechanical changes. Cummins and […]
1947 Fargo Truck & 1947 Columbia Trailer 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 […]
1947 Diamond T 201S Docent
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 […]
1946 CHEVROLET MAPLE LEAF Docent
1946 CHEVROLET MAPLE LEAF Model 1760 3 Ton: Purchased new from Vancouver’s Collier Motors over seventy years ago, this 1946 CHEVROLET MAPLE LEAF is still virtually brand new and 25 years ago showed only 77 miles on the odometer! The unused tractor was one of two units King purchased at the time. In 1947 Columbia […]
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 by […]
2018 BC Vintage Truck Museum Show & Shine
2018 BC Vintage Truck Museum Truck Show & Shine