Showing posts with label old. Show all posts
Showing posts with label old. Show all posts
Monday, 3 April 2017
A new Hillman Imp made from an old one has a new owner
The car was first licenced on the 1st of January 1973, so we assumed it was a 1971 built car but we had a records search done on the car and found it dated to 1971.
The car is always rebuilt from the floor pan and upwards, seems to be a logical way to start.
The car is always rebuilt from the floor pan and upwards, seems to be a logical way to start.
The original paint shade has been returned to the engine bay which in this case is in the back of the car.
The front suspension has been dry fitted to test all the correct Rootes Car Co bolts are correct.
The original metal fluid pipes were acid cleaned and electroplated again.
The steering rack was cleaned, all metal parts re plated and with a new output shaft seal set will be good to go again once Shells gear oil has been added.
Roy
Saturday, 1 April 2017
Mike Elliot This Old Canoe Book tour in Ontario
Mike Elliot, author of This Old Canoe, will shortly begin his book tour here in Southern Ontario.
This Old Canoe book specifications:
8.5″ x 11″ paperback
192 pages
http://thisoldcanoe.com/
http://thisoldcanoe.com/
On Thursday, June 16th, Mike will be at the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough, ON at 6:00 pm. Entry to the museum and the presentation are free to the public at that hour - see facebook link here.
The next day on June 17th, Mike will be at the White Squall Paddling Centre in Parry Sound presenting at 7:00 pm. This event is will also be attended by the Canadian Chapter Head of the the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association, the very talented builder Pam Wedd of Bearwood Canoes. A BBQ with proceeds going to the Outer Islands Stewardship Project. Registration and map details for the free event can be found at this link here
Addition Ontario dates for Mike's book signing and presentations include:
• June 18 in Midland, ON at the Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre – 7:30 pm
• June 26 in Sydenham, ON at Frontenac Outfitters Canoe and Kayak Centre – 1:00 pm
• June 30 in Ottawa, ON at Trailhead Paddle Shack – 2:00 pm
For American friends interested in checking out his book, Mike will also be presenting this year on July 14th - 2:30 pm at the annual Wooden Canoe Heritage Assembly being held again at Paul Smith's College, New York.
Monday, 27 March 2017
Where do old boats go
Where do old boats go is a weighty question. I'm not a religious guy, which I suspect has saved me from a lot of extra guilt in my life. The answer is I really don't know, but I have a theory.
I think they stay with you in your heart and memories. The child will smile as he remembers that wooden ketch surging through blue seas under a crystalline sky. Farewell old boat, you always kept your crew safe, and taught us all how to steer a true course.
Sunday, 19 February 2017
1941 Old Town Guide Never Used
Maine Maritime Museum, in the shipbuilding city of Bath, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. In an exhibit of "favorite" items from its 50 years of collecting is this fine old 20-foot Old Town Guide model canoe. Here's what the exhibit card says:
This canoe comes with an unusual story. It was purchased at the Old Town factory by Charles H. Cahill, Jr., in August, 1941. He brought it home to Bath, and never used it. Always intending to use it "soon," he kept it first in a cellar, and then for 42 years in a storage bay of the gas station he owned, under blankets. Still attached are the leather straps which held it to a rack on Cahill's pickup truck, and the red flag for the overhanging end on that trip from Old Town to Bath. This is a 1941 canoe in factory-finish condition (with a few dings).
Old Town designed this model for stability and steadiness, for carrying inexperienced sportsmen and sportswomen. It was popular with guides and with directors of summer camps. Dark green was the stock color; this one has the mahogany gunwale upgrade.
His children inherited the canoe about 2004, and decided it belonged here at the Museum.Wow. The notion of a valuable old canoe stored (usually in a barn) and forgotten is a popular collector's dream. But that the canoe might be pristine and unused goes beyond the common fantasy.
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| Foredeck with original decal in fine condition. (Click any image to enlarge.) |
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| Serial number on stem: 127036-20. Also shown is the forward end of the removable floorboards, held in place with a turnbutton made from a section of the same brass half-round that's used for the stembands. |
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| Red flag used during transport. |
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| Leather straps used during transport. |
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| Mahogany gunwales, original seat caning, Old Town's trademark diamond-head seat hanger bolts -- nice all around. |
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