23/07: The Car Tour
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
Five local businessmen who collect automobiles, motorbikes and tractors got together and decided to open their collections to the public to raise money. This is the 2nd year for the event. Each year a different service group will co-ordinate the event and receive the funds raised by the event. Our friends John and Carol who live in Michigan like cars so we invited them to come for a visit and attend the show with us.
The collections were in five different locations and people who own antique vehicles were encourage to drive them to the different locations where they were given priority parking --- adding sidebar viewing.
At our first stop there were two collections owned by two different people: corvettes (Al Reich's) and motorcycles (John Hudson's).
Just a few of John's motorbikes. Too many corvettes and people to get any great shots.
Outside in the VIP parking where some Model As.
Next stop was Tony Lang's car farm. Tony is a very serious collector. He has three huge storage buildings with cars and a forth building which is the shop.
His most famous car is a 1928 McLaughlin-Buick used by the Royal Family during their tour of Canada in 1927. Only two of these cars were built and the other is in a museum in Ottawa.
The largest of the four buildings. My favourite at this end of the building was a 1954 Corvette convertible.
At the other end of the building I couldn't decide between these three. Oh it's nice to dream but I guess I'll just stick to my little Miata.
Our third stop was at Andy Schmidt's house. Several years ago he built this house around his race car.
The center piece in the lower floor rec room is his race car. The door is wide enough to drive the car thru and the exhaust is attached to a pipe that runs outside so he can start the car --- he did.
Andy also collects tractors and modifies some of them. This use to be the fastest tractor in the world till a fellow in the US saw it and modified a tractor as well.
Carol and I showing how big this tractor tire is --- I know it's actually a small tire and a small tractor by today's standards but this tractor is from 1969.
As an added bonus Dave Hawkins took his cars to the Chepstow Lions Club (a nearby town). The lions club also offered steak dinners to four hundred people. When we bought our car show tickets the steak dinners were sold out so we had a steak dinner at home.
A 1951 Henry J.
Last stop on the tour was Bester Forest Products Sawmill where a dozen or so of Lorne Bester's vehicles were on display.
Who needs a snowmobile. The front wheels on this car could be replaced with skis.
Another toy I wouldn't mind having --- a Shelby Cobra kit car.
What a great day to share with friends.
The collections were in five different locations and people who own antique vehicles were encourage to drive them to the different locations where they were given priority parking --- adding sidebar viewing.
At our first stop there were two collections owned by two different people: corvettes (Al Reich's) and motorcycles (John Hudson's).
Just a few of John's motorbikes. Too many corvettes and people to get any great shots.
Outside in the VIP parking where some Model As.
Next stop was Tony Lang's car farm. Tony is a very serious collector. He has three huge storage buildings with cars and a forth building which is the shop.
His most famous car is a 1928 McLaughlin-Buick used by the Royal Family during their tour of Canada in 1927. Only two of these cars were built and the other is in a museum in Ottawa.
The largest of the four buildings. My favourite at this end of the building was a 1954 Corvette convertible.
At the other end of the building I couldn't decide between these three. Oh it's nice to dream but I guess I'll just stick to my little Miata.
Our third stop was at Andy Schmidt's house. Several years ago he built this house around his race car.
The center piece in the lower floor rec room is his race car. The door is wide enough to drive the car thru and the exhaust is attached to a pipe that runs outside so he can start the car --- he did.
Andy also collects tractors and modifies some of them. This use to be the fastest tractor in the world till a fellow in the US saw it and modified a tractor as well.
Carol and I showing how big this tractor tire is --- I know it's actually a small tire and a small tractor by today's standards but this tractor is from 1969.
As an added bonus Dave Hawkins took his cars to the Chepstow Lions Club (a nearby town). The lions club also offered steak dinners to four hundred people. When we bought our car show tickets the steak dinners were sold out so we had a steak dinner at home.
A 1951 Henry J.
Last stop on the tour was Bester Forest Products Sawmill where a dozen or so of Lorne Bester's vehicles were on display.
Who needs a snowmobile. The front wheels on this car could be replaced with skis.
Another toy I wouldn't mind having --- a Shelby Cobra kit car.
What a great day to share with friends.