VINTAGE CAR CLUB of CANADA
KELOWNA CLASSICS CHAPTER 2025 EVENTS ONE
Photos by Bill Fleming, Tim Caron.
SHOP TALK ONE |
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Dallas and Ken, check out Dallas's Hit 'N' Miss Oiler collection. |
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A hit-and-miss engine or Hit 'N' Miss is a type of stationary internal combustion engine that is controlled by a governor to only fire at a set speed. They are usually 4-stroke, but 2-stroke versions were also made. It was conceived in the late 19th century and produced by various companies from the 1890s through approximately the 1940s. The name comes from the speed control on these engines: they fire ("hit") only when operating at or below a set speed, and cycle without firing ("miss") when they exceed their set speed. |
The piston is lubricated by a drip oiler that continuously feeds drips of oil onto the piston. The excess oil from the piston runs out of the cylinder onto the engine and eventually onto the ground. The drip oiler can be adjusted to drip faster or slower depending on the need for lubrication, dictated by how hard the engine is working. |
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Always a great time to chat with each other. |
Dallas brought along his collection of 'Threaded Center Grease Hub Caps'. Information gleaned from Dallas's notes and Wikipedia. |
WINTON 1898 TO 1924, CLEVELAND 1924-1925, JEFFERY 1914-1917. You may want to check out the Internet for further details on these items. |
1922-1927 The first RICKENBACKER were displayed at the January 1922 New York Automobile Show. One of the display cars featured experimental four-wheel brakes. |
The E-M-F Company was an early American automobile manufacturer that produced automobiles from 1909 to 1912. The name E-M-F was gleaned from the initials of the three company founders: Barney Everitt (a custom auto-body builder from Detroit), William Metzger (formerly of Cadillac), and Walter Flanders (who had served as Henry Ford's production manager). Eventually E-M-F was bought out by Studebaker. |
The Lexington was an automobile manufactured in Connersville, Indiana, from 1910 to 1927. From the beginning, Lexingtons, like most other Indiana-built automobiles, were assembled cars, built with components from many different suppliers. |
1902-1929. The major advancement, mechanically, came in 1911 when Stearns acquired the first American license to produce Charles Yale Knight's innovative sleeve-valve motor. The company would produce over 33,000 cars before succumbing to the economy of the Great Depression. |
The Detroit Automobile Company (DAC) was an early American automobile manufacturer founded on August 5, 1899, in Detroit, Michigan. It was the first venture of its kind in Detroit. Automotive mechanic Henry Ford attracted the financial backing of twelve investors. As with many early car ventures, the company floundered, and it was dissolved in January 1901. Twenty vehicles were built and $86,000 ($2.61 million in 2019) of investment was lost. |
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Time for a cat about Dallas's OILERS Display. |
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Ok fellows, can anyone enlighten me . . . |
. . . as to what or when this might have been used? |
Looks similar to ones that came with George's '36 Buick Limousine. |
Consensus of opinions that this 16 holed yard stick would be used for valves. |
Time to ask for advice . . . |
. . . as usual, there is always someone that has had a similar problem to deal with. |
Just checking to see if everyone has signed in! |
BIG THANK to 2 BOB for another fun Shop Talk! Coffee was also excellent! |
These 2 photos were from Tim's 2023 Trip to Ford Museum. |
Looks like the 1918 Electric Automobile Dream has come full circle. |
SHOP TALK TWO Photos by Ed Wilson, Bob Gallant, Larry Buckmaster. |
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Ivan's 'Can You IDENTIFY IT COLLECTION?' |
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Today was "Canada Flag Day" |
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Dallas chatted about EARLY BRITISH COLUMBIA LICENSE PLATES. He brought along some samples he created of what they MIGHT have looked like. |
You can find the whole story by checking out the following Government of BC web site https://www.bcpl8s.ca/Passenger-1904-1912.html ( You may have to highlight, copy it and paste this into your search site.) |
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Hi
Bill The tail wheel ski is a ‘one of a kind’ ski that was constructed to replace the tail wheel tire assy with a ski for winter operations. My Dad was a RCAF flight instructor and later a Lancaster bomber pilot during WW 2. |
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purchased the Fairchild Cornell primary trainer at the war’s end for
$900. He installed skis (including the home made tail ski) but hit a
southern Saskatchewan snowdrift and wrote the aircraft off. Everyone (
including baby me) walked away. The tail wheel assy is the only part
I kept. Cheers Larry |
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Another SUPER SHOP TALK SESSION! Lots of chatter, EXCELLENT COFFEE along with TIM HORTENS TREATS! THANK YOU, BOB, for hosting the event, A special THANK YOU to Ivan, Dallas, Larry, for sharing their stories, and Ed and Bob for their photos.
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