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Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks  Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
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| | | | Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 125 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 125 | Thought perhaps some of you might enjoy a look at what BC roads looked like in the past. I find at looking at the colour photos that cars and trucks had much more variation in design and colour schemes than they do today. I hope you enjoy. Travel Old BC
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 | The good old days! Great link, thanks very much. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 305 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 305 | Pretty cool slide show. Thanks. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,997 Big Bolt Forum Co-moderator | | Big Bolt Forum Co-moderator Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,997 | Wish I had a time machine. I like the hanging cigarette and it's message! Is the big wooden head still around I wonder?
A day without laughter is a day wasted- Charlie Chaplin
When wrestling a grizzly bear, you have to keep at it until the bear gets tired, not when you get tired. 1948 Chevy 2-Ton | | | | | Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 305 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 305 | Went on a drive up to Boston Bar with a group yesterday. I thought of these pictures all the way. Driving through the tunnels and along the Canyon Hwy, passed the Alexandria Bridge and the old hotel, going through Yale. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 843 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 843 | Paul,if the Big wooden head is the thing with the eyes and teeth. It was a trash can named "The Garbage Gobbler" 1950's-60's | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,997 Big Bolt Forum Co-moderator | | Big Bolt Forum Co-moderator Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,997 | It was some sort of safety reminder. I think I read that it was made by a security guard or night watchmen who saw a stump that looked like a head so he just embellished it and put a hat on it. I also think it was moved because of a dam that would have submerged it.
A day without laughter is a day wasted- Charlie Chaplin
When wrestling a grizzly bear, you have to keep at it until the bear gets tired, not when you get tired. 1948 Chevy 2-Ton | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 843 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 843 | how is this connected to B.C.?
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 293 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 293 | I'll make it easy for you 1 of hundreds of links with old BC pictures, check out Kevin Duddy! Isn't the Subject named "travel and old BC"? how is this connected to B.C.? | | | | | Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 131 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 131 | Thanks for the great memories.
Traveled the Big Bend Highway in Dads almost new 54 Cadillac, Rained all the way,muddy ruts ripped off both exhaust pipes!As a 8 year old gear head remember watching the repair. Did you notice the bear on the can behind one of the Garbage Gobblers? My uncle's green 54 Merc wagon in lot of Bel-Isle hotel in Victoria.
Good truck spotting photos. Who saw the 46? Mercury, 1960 GMC.
Howie
1 1955 Chev one ton. 261 engine
3 1962 Chev c-10 261 engine
4 1966 Plymouth VIP 5.7 GenIII Hemi
5 1966 Imperial Crown Coupe 440 engine
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 707 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 707 | The old Alexandra Bridge is still there. You can walk on it, but the barricades are a bit much to get a truck over. Or, a big motorcycle,for that matter. I've tried: Wanted a pic of my scooter in the middle of that span.
Boyd, Hank Suderman was about as British Columbian as they come. Any old BC trucker could tell you that. He sure liked them big trucks, and he used that camera real good. Eh?
1951 3800 Be the change you want to see. -hotshoe
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