I jumped at the chance to see George Tackaberry's collection, it was the outing for our 2 day spring meeting in Oshawa. He is a great man, down to earth and is very proud of the collection he has but enthused to have others enjoy it as well. Chris Stapley your a lucky man to have him as a freind. His collection is huge but he nows each and every piece, from trucks to tractors and all the die cast, it is too much to see in one visit. There is too much to describe here but there are a couple of trucks that I just could not understand how he got them into his collection. The first was a short nose 359 Pete day cab with only 206 miles on it, why would a truck like that be put aside for posterity but it was and he has it. It still has the plastic on the full fenders. There was a few others as well, 2 Autocars, one will 67hours and the other with 2929 miles on it. There was a Brockway with 2400 miles on it but the one that had me puzzled was a Diamond Reo with only 140 miles on it. It was built on 06/1971, still had the plastic on the floor and the passenger seat. These are not rare classic cars that some would only driven on special occasions in good weather big trucks with only one purpose, to work, so it is nice to see them put aside. There were a few Cadillacs but mostly trucks, tractors, machinery, lots of toys and oh ya, snowmobiles, Here are a few pictures I took with my phone but if Chris arranges or if you have a chance with another group, do not pass on the chance to see the collection and meet a true gentleman, George Tackaberry.
lots of stuff there a little sensory over load for me. I sold them a truck load of gas stuff 15 years ago. Its was fun going and finding stuff you used to own kind of like a treasure hut. Ask Chris he knows.I sold them some of the signs on the front of the buildings.Its great to see them being used like you said good people.
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George is about 30 minutes away from us. Not sure if many people have seen this part of his collection, up the hills behind the shop he has set up a museum to road paving from the early 30's to current showing how it's been done over the years.
Whatever makes him happy I guess. Seems kinda strange to me to buy and just park something (or many things) that large (meaning taking up so much space) and not bother driving them. I stopped into an estate sale a while ago and they had something like 5 massive and old bulldozers ... I couldn't quite figure out why one person wanted that many bulldozers (and still haven't). It's not like you can drive the dozers to a cruise night or to pick up a pizza. Not making fun at all, just saying I don't understand it. I lean heavily towards vehicles that not only can but do get driven.
For the ordinary person that is not interested in trucks and machinery they would miss the fields of inventory out back. There is more outside than inside either waiting to be restored or used for parts. We went through the shops at his house as well and saw some strange stuff there as well. There was a few cutters up on a mezzanine, one with the seat that went lengthwise. There was a sign that read it was built for the Canadian Government for queen Victoria to ride in on a Royal Visit. I don't remember the year but how did it end up there? He has many odd vehicles and antiques that raise curiosity but it is great to see them put aside for others to enjoy. And I mean enjoy, not behind stations or railings but parked in rows to walk between and open the doors if you want.
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We did a tour with the HWY43 carclub, what a place or should I say places. I think there were 5 building at the company headquarters and his home . As said before you cannot take in all that is there. Great that the son/ grand kids are continuing the hobby. Can you ever have too much, I don't think so.
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Yes he does, or at least he told us he has a few guys that primarily do the restore work in his shop back when I toured his place 4-5 years ago. Someone else may know better but that is my understanding.
