Author: rkrochen

Jim’s Vintage Garage Museum

I have been meaning to stop by at this museum and finally did so yesterday. This collection started out as a personal collection and once it got too big he donated it to the town of Headingly Manitoba, just on the west side of Winnipeg. At the time it …

4 way flasher info

I need help with this one. My 66 sport fury is equipped with 4 way flashers which appears to be OEM. During disassembly it wasn’t properly documented and as a result I never reinstalled it. It does not show on any schematics in the FSM so I was wonde…

Gimli Car Show

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This weekend was the weekend of one of my favourite shows to attend. Starts with a pancake breakfast at Matlock and then a 25km poker run to Gimli (beautiful resort town on Lake Winnipeg). Usually there are over 400 cars in at…

Interesting good ornaments

came across this today. It’s the best hood ornament I have seen in some time.

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Teulon Manitoba 100th Anniversary

Our little town of 1200 celebrates its 100th anniversary this weekend. Included was a parade and car show today. Unfortunately the weather was not good and we had the possibility of a bad storm hitting us which severely affected the car show. Here are …

Wanted list

At a local event today. It’s our town’s 100th anniversary and they are making it a big deal. Will post more in that later.
Just found something I really want (but will never have) and am sure most of us would like it.
It’s a 59 GMC fitted with …

Time flies

Wow how time flies. I am officially old today as I applied for my old age pension. Strangely enough it doesn’t bother me at all as I am looking forward to the government giving back for once.
Also I just came back from a weekend fishing trip and so…