May 15 2022 Video from PaulK
May 15 2022 Another cool video put together by PaulK from the Museum It shows a Pacific P-16 hauling a 70 ton yarder Next, another made in BC truck, a Kenworth 850 with 100 ton (BC made trailer) has slipped off the road with a 70 ton grapple yarder super snorkel. It is brought back […]
New Arrival at the Museum 1971 International
February 23 New Arrival at the Museum today 1971 International – Surrey FiretruckCome on down and check it out#bcvtm #bcvintagetruckmuseum #internationaltrucks
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. • […]