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
2018 Santa Parade
The Santa Parade went off without a hitch and The Museum was the Marshaling area again this year for the parade. Santa had to work his magic to start the firetruck’s Generator!!!
1914 FWD docent 002
914 FWD Model B From the www.fourwheeler.com website. The Wisconsin Model A engines used a “free-breathing” crossflow head with a 1 1/4-inch Stromberg updraft carb. Known as the “T-Head,” the big Wisconsin four had a racing history. It was also mounted in the legendary Stutz Bearcat. With a larger carb, it make about 60 hp […]
1977 Dodge B200 BC Tel Van docent
1977 Dodge B200 BC Tel Van • This was the third generation of Vans for Dodge. • The Ram Van “B” was introduced mid year in 1970 as a1971 model. • It was built until 2003 with only 2 minor facelifts giving it a record as far as Domestic vehicles for longevity of design. • […]
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 sites. • […]
1955 GMC Fire Truck docent 002
1955 GMC FIRE TRUCK Donated by the District of Hope Fire Department The District of Hope received this GM C 450/Thibault fire truck on July 8, 1955. It was purchased from Thibault, a prominent Canadian fire apparatus manufacturer located in Pierreville Quebec, After arriving in Montreal from Hope aboard the CPR’s “Canadian” streamlined passenger train, […]
1955 GMC Fire Truck docent
1955 GMC FIRE TRUCK Donated by the District of Hope Fire Department • The District of Hope received this GM C 450/Thibault fire truck on July 8, 1955. • Mr. & Mrs. John Lane took the “Canadian” streamlined passenger train to Quebec, then drove the Firetruck home to Hope. • The Firetruck served Hope and […]