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The cars of BC, or the Island anyway.
Go to Page 3 then page 8 and Page 32 of this thread to see photos of the original
Pineapple Princess roadster. This car has now apparently been copied and
is featured in a new thread under Alberta Events.
The "Mad Camino" that was owned by Gary Tucker is supposedly still in Victoria tucked away.
Same car, Gary was at Fernwood Autobody, Billy worked at then ran his dad,s gas station-Fernwood Esso which was just around the corner-the gas station still stands by the way. The car was also owned by the son of Victoria's fire chief (the name Simmonds rings a bell) they lived on Hillside right before Doncaster. I think Rick G could give everyone more details.When I was terrorizing the neighborhood in my younger years, I had a friend who lived on the other side of Wilkinson from you. His dad has a '55 or '56 (I cant remember the exact year) wagon converted into an El Camino. He says the car was owned by Billy Foster at one time. Can they be the same car or was there two wagons converted in El Caminos in town?
The Late Don Smith ( Smith Customs) had his 57 Ford in a mag.. Top Katt was the name for the car.. he had numerus trophies he had piled up over the years.. the 4 , 5 foot tall ones. his car was in a early small pocket style mag..
2007 photo of the car. Kinda a shame.......................
Great story...nice car....and absolutely appropriate to post on this particular thread. Hopefully someone will remember the details and post up here.
We have a new member on here who is also an old BCHRA guy and he may remember something.
BCHRA was mostly lower mainland, Okanagan and a few in the north.
There were no clubs on the island, so it may have a mainland connection.
Yup, your Dad and I drove by the house about 2 blocks from my place where it's supposed to be, but saw nothing. Another owner at one time was Brian Ready here in Victoria - I saw it at his place on Carey Road in about the late 70,s.When I was terrorizing the neighborhood in my younger years, I had a friend who lived on the other side of Wilkinson from you. His dad has a '55 or '56 (I cant remember the exact year) wagon converted into an El Camino. He says the car was owned by Billy Foster at one time. Can they be the same car or was there two wagons converted in El Caminos in town?
Hey Keith! No clubs on the island??? Sure there were! L