John Kutzmin and his wife from Kentucky had an unexpected layover in Prince George when their motorhome (that was trailering a 1901 Duryea horseless carriage) had a differential failure while enroute to Alaska and the Arctic Circle. He said it was a dream of his to drive the car on the other side of the Arctic Circle. John has retired from the GM Corvette assembly plant in Kentucky where he worked for 35 years. He found this 1901 Duryea in a ladies front yard that had flowers going in it. He purchased the car for $100 and had to build any parts needed for the restoration. We met up with the Kutzmins at the CN Center parking lot where he took us all for rides and then they came on an ice cream run with us afterwards.
So what is this doing on a rodder site……..well the original engine didn’t use a carburetor, but used an intake port with a wick that dripped fuel on to a screen which atomized the fuel as the air passed through it. He said the engine was unreliable so now runs a small Honda motorcycle engine and can cruise at 40MPH/70 KPH which was a requirement to get it licensed for the road.
Probably the oldest car to ever cruise the streets of Prince George!
So what is this doing on a rodder site……..well the original engine didn’t use a carburetor, but used an intake port with a wick that dripped fuel on to a screen which atomized the fuel as the air passed through it. He said the engine was unreliable so now runs a small Honda motorcycle engine and can cruise at 40MPH/70 KPH which was a requirement to get it licensed for the road.
Probably the oldest car to ever cruise the streets of Prince George!
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