E.T. CONCENTRATORS CAR CLUB CIRCA 1964
This crest is Velle Bugden's he managed to keep it all these years, maybe there is still a jacket out there.
Doug MacDonald wearing his new jacket. We bought them at H&C for $23.50.
If we helped a motorist in distress or any such act we left behind our card.
Super heroes never thought of this.
This is a rare photo of the CARCLUB. That looks like Wayne Carver. Sure was alot of stuff around.
This is Pex and the hearse probably July 1966 some where on the 401 in Ontario. A man named L. Meredith took the picture and sent me the negative. Notice the short hair, I had to get it cut to get a summer job at Kelvinator in London.
This is what it looked like before conversion.
The Original engine. It hand an electric starter but if it was cool I had to use the crank.
This is Pex at Parkdale Pharmacy, the original store in the old house. I was on my way back to work at Maritime Motors, stopped into the drug store for a pop, and Betty snapped my picture. Can't believe that was me, now the scary look is me. but!
Donnie Mackay , Getzgears & Roger Newman on our entry in the Goldcup parade.
This is 1949 Olds that belonged to John Martin. He and his family moved to California in 1963 and John left the car at our house. The picture is taken in our backyard at 2 St. Peters Road.
This is taken at Stanford Conn. 1964, that is Ruggedknees standing to the left.
This is Knees I think it was taken at their home on Mt Edward Road.
A newspaper ad we ran.
This is Stanford Conn. Paul Carragher is the guy in the sun glasses.
Dave Thompson , John Paul Kenny, & Ruggedknees We had travelled down to Stanford for drag races, we set up our tents by the side of the road and a State Trooper made us move. We had travelled from PEI and it was around midnight, when we woke up in the morning we were camped in the local dump.
John Paul's 38
In front of Parkdale Fina
In 1966 Knees went back to highschool, grade 11. The principal, Frank Costello (Chief) said I could go back to school also if i arrived before a certain date.
Knees sent this telegram to me. I was working at Kelvinator, where it arrived.
They said if I wanted to go they would have my pay ready by the end of the day.
This was very thoughtfull of Knees.
It took 5 days to drive home at 40 miles per hour.I used 4 gallons of 50 WT Nugold oil as well as STP.
The oil was so thick I could hardly get the hearse started. I had to use the crank the starter would not turn fast enough. The morning I left London, the brakes went. The Hearse was one of the first to have hydralic brakes. The technology was not fool proof so they had a back up system. When the hydralic brakes failed and the brake pedal was heading for the floor, it would pull on a cable similar to todays parking brakes. The cable would pull the rear brakes shoes out,causing an almost sensation of slowing down. The fact that I rarely exceeded 40 mph helped and a standard tranny came in handy.
Tks Knees
This is the "owners manual" that came with the Hearse. I bought in 1965 from Orville Phillips in Tyne Valley for $125.00. Two carloads of guys went up there that night and we pooled our money to purchase it. We drove it back to Charlottetown and met at Dairy Queen. we drove around the city for a while. I then went to Barry's Snack bar to pass time so i could sneak home without Dad seeing the Hearse. Barry and Myron Ling were there that night and got quite a kick out of the Hearse.
I parked it on the front lawn and quietly went to bed. Dad got up the next morning and as he was backing out he saw the Hearse parked under the front window. People going by were looking in thinking he had died. .
This is an inspection sticker for the Hearse dated 1968, compulsary inspection came about 1966 I think.
This is the back of a letter that Knees sent me September 22, 1966 . The mailman got quite a suprise when he walked into the yard and saw the hearse.
Ged Burke & Rugged Knees
Knees & Russell McKearney
Knees
Knees under a car at Sanford.
This is Knees with Amy in Oregon probably 1984.
He left P.E.I. to escape the snow!
This is Pex & Gus in the living room at 2 St Peters Road, We got Gus, who was female from Ted Beer
The name E.T. Concentrators was suggested by Wayne Carver. E.T. for "elapsed time".
John Martin was killed in 1964 while on a motorcycle trip to Mexico.
Getzgears died in 1970 while in training for the military.
Rugged Knees was killed in 1985 while riding his motorcycle in Oregon.
COMING SOON!
IN 1970 RUGGED KNEES'S FATHER REG DIED.
KNEES CAME HOME TO PEI FOR THE FUNERAL.
I OFFERED TO DRIVE HIM BACK TO OREGON IN THE HEARSE.
WHAT AN ADVENTURE WE HAD.
I'LL SOON BEGIN POSTING THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT TRIP.
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