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. • […]
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 […]
1947 Ford 1 ton Pickup 002
1947 Ford 1 ton Pickup Model 79Y 122″ wheelbase Body style 81 Donated by Bob Rorison Surrey, BC Called the “Tonner” because of it’s one ton carrying capacity. Note the tear drop rear fenders, longer truck bed and the 17 inch split rim wheels It also had the rear sliding window and the 100 Horsepower […]
1947 Ford 1 ton Pickup docent
1947 Ford 1 ton Pickup Model 79Y 122″ wheelbase Body style 81 Donated by Bob Rorison Surrey, BC • Called the “Tonner” because of it’s one ton carrying capacity. • Larger 17 inch split rim wheels and the 100 Horsepower V-8 engine.\Spending most of it’s working life in Hope BC helping build the Fraser Canyon […]
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 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 […]