| That night it was dinner at the #1 restaurant, the PetroCan,
then a couple pops at the tavern, back to the Country Girls
Inn to watch the TV show Country Gas, and a great night stay
that included car alarms and hunters leaving at 3 a.m. The
room included breakfast over at the owner’s kitchen,
and we had the mayor of Blaine Lake joining us, then it was
back out to the farm for another look and try to decide what
to buy. It was tough. Donn Pool’s place is fairly
well known to the old truck crowd, and is an experience
that is unbelievable. He has put all this together in less
than 10 years and sells trucks all over Canada, helps in
the transportation arrangements, has fair prices and lots
to choose from. That was the biggest problem, trying to
pick which one would fit best into the plans. Once I figured
it out, the one I wanted was already sold to Quebec, so
it was back out to check them out again. A very nice M3
Express is now in my shop, a spare truck in the driveway,
a 1947 Merc front end put away, and a Diamond T in Jim’s
shop.
From there it was a few back roads back to Saskatoon where
we went to look at the Mercury convertibles. Here we found
some very interesting steel, 32 Ford 5 window, a couple
30’s trucks, probably 6-8 early 50’s Mercurys,
then a few roadsters |
| I will start ripping the M3 apart and keep you
updated on this project, I don’t have a name for it,
but beside my F1 it is big, so for now it is sharing Don “Big
Daddy” Garlits’ nickname – BIG. That could
change once I take 8 inches out of the suspension height.
It will have the “Big Job” chrome on it, but will
more likely be “Long Job”. (Big RF2) The plan
is 2 years, a warmed up flattie with a new 5 speed, for the
rest of the vision – film at eleven. |
