| While meeting before the B.C. Hot Rod Association
"Gold Rush" cruise, I noticed an ad/picture of
a 1951 pickup for sale on the coffee shop bulletin board
- a M1 Mercury pickup (with a whole slug of trucks in the
background). I took down the number and a couple of weeks
later I made the call. The truck is not his, but he gave
me the owner’s number - with a Saskatchewan area code.
I gave the guy a call and asked him about his trucks. He
told me he has "lots" and I ask if he can send
me pictures of the Mercurys he has for sale. "No way,
got too many" was the answer, but he baited me with
a couple (see immediately below). A couple of emails and
a few more phone calls later, my flight is booked.
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| Jim, a fellow Critiques member
was looking for a 1951 Mercury convertible and found there
were two in Saskatoon, so Jim decided to go along and we
would take a look at both the trucks and the rags. Leaving
the Saskatoon airport and heading north, Jim & I quickly
realized we were in for an adventure. In the middle of nowhere
we see the Blacktop Diner and Antique Store, with two trucks
that looked like they were dropped by a UFO. |
We pulled in and took a look around. Prices reflect that
it's the first antique store north of Saskatoon, so we motor
on. We then hit downtown Blaine Lake (population 600ish)
and decided we had better have lunch (small town / 3 choices
/ we take #2 and find out that if you want Mustard or Relish
on your burger, you'd better bring it with you).
After heading north another 15 km, we arrive at the unbelievable
farmyard of Donn Pool. We pulled in to see trucks - rows
and rows of trucks - then more rows...
Donn gave us the big Saskatchewan welcome, tells us to
look around and come see him when we need some answers,
then adds that, if we go out behind the barn and about a
half mile up through the golden stubble, we will find another
couple fields with guess what, more trucks. My goal was
to buy a Mercury so we wander down the first line of trucks.
“Hey Jim, here’s a Mercury, and another and
another”. Soon it was just “look at this”.
We had many a laugh over some of trucks we came across. |
