I really enjoyed seeing - and hearing this! There were two Pope-Toledos in my family back in the early 20th Century. One belonged to my great grandfather, and the other to his nephew. From the descriptions that were passed down, I believe that my great grandfather's was a 1904 rear-entrance tonneau. Sadly, there are no photos of it, and what was left of the car went to a WW II scrap drive. His nephew's was a 1906 very much like this one, and at least a photo of it survives: www.flickr.com/photos/dberry/521848830/in/album-72157594353439224/
Perhaps it is just me, but I'd rather not have music going while listening to interesting talk. The cars provide enough ambiance. .. Really enjoyed the Pope-Toledo. I hadn't realized the detail and design before now. This museum is definitely worth a visit.
I was metal detecting this past weekend in Cincinnati and I found a Pope Toledo Motor Car Co! Wheel cap that looks to be solid brass??? I had no idea about this car before I found it... Very interesting.
There was a red one in Sarasota, Florida for many years. Horn’s Cars of Yesterday and later Bellm Cars of Yesterday. It was their signature car, even having a likeness of it on their sign.
When I get my 1901 Oldsmobile reproduction back on the Road I plan on doing a west Coast tour of Highway 101 and 1 from San Francisco north to Coos Bay, Oregon and then across and back down to Redding, Ca. I am hopeful to have my car rebuilt after the accident I was in two weeks ago. I hope that will come in about May. Then if all goes well I want to take a trip to Reno, Nevada and then back up and through the Snake river Canyon to Highway 49 and travel it all the way down to Yosemite and then back to Redding, Ca. I hope by that time I will have met some other people who would enjoy an Adventure and we form a group to write a Touring Book of our journey. It is really hard today to meet many adventurous people. But without Pain, There is no gain, and without any Gain, there is no use for a new chain. I like changing my chains about every 2500 miles. I loved traveling through Salt Lake city and even through the waste lands of eastern Colorado and western Kansas to Missouri. The people were so accommodating and wonderful. Traveling the Highways was a Joy to experience. Never once did I feel threatened. Then here within two blocks of my home in Redding, California on a rainy day a person had to drive fast around a curve and force me off the road an into a ditch hooking on a No Parking Sign and almost killing me and wrecking my car. But I will not stop at that, Let's get some people together and start a Book writing campaign Traveling in the early 1900's in 2015-16. I want to make some real books instead of all the friction put out for our children to read. Raymond F. Pittam www.mtshastaophanclassicsgroup.shutterfly.com and Mt. Shasta Orphan Classics on facebook.com
Yep, we would race the old boys down the road every so day. A 1905 Winston and a massive Oldsmobile (what I call the early large 98) sedanette at 50 to 60 miles per hour. Proved the snotty kids wrong that said cars back then went 2 miles per hour at most. And they were rightfully entitled to that opinion, in the 1950's most sedans and coupés went 90 to 120 miles per hour, 3 or so miles a minute. And even my brother knew the advanced time of the early 1900s, he remember my mother and father witnessing the Mercedes go 130! In 1901, and he remembers the 1933 Daytona race that went 200!.
You have many nice toys in your collection. Thank's for the uploads.
I really enjoyed seeing - and hearing this! There were two Pope-Toledos in my family back in the early 20th Century. One belonged to my great grandfather, and the other to his nephew. From the descriptions that were passed down, I believe that my great grandfather's was a 1904 rear-entrance tonneau. Sadly, there are no photos of it, and what was left of the car went to a WW II scrap drive. His nephew's was a 1906 very much like this one, and at least a photo of it survives: www.flickr.com/photos/dberry/521848830/in/album-72157594353439224/
Perhaps it is just me, but I'd rather not have music going while listening to interesting talk. The cars provide enough ambiance. .. Really enjoyed the Pope-Toledo. I hadn't realized the detail and design before now. This museum is definitely worth a visit.
Thanks Sally!
Top notch!!!!
I was metal detecting this past weekend in Cincinnati and I found a Pope Toledo Motor Car Co! Wheel cap that looks to be solid brass??? I had no idea about this car before I found it... Very interesting.
There was a red one in Sarasota, Florida for many years. Horn’s Cars of Yesterday and later Bellm Cars of Yesterday. It was their signature car, even having a likeness of it on their sign.
Was it driven to Fairbanks?
It was initially shipped up to Fairbanks, but it's driven in Fairbanks now! We exercise most of the cars in our collection throughout the summer!
When I get my 1901 Oldsmobile reproduction back on the Road I plan on doing a west Coast tour of Highway 101 and 1 from San Francisco north to Coos Bay, Oregon and then across and back down to Redding, Ca. I am hopeful to have my car rebuilt after the accident I was in two weeks ago. I hope that will come in about May. Then if all goes well I want to take a trip to Reno, Nevada and then back up and through the Snake river Canyon to Highway 49 and travel it all the way down to Yosemite and then back to Redding, Ca. I hope by that time I will have met some other people who would enjoy an Adventure and we form a group to write a Touring Book of our journey. It is really hard today to meet many adventurous people. But without Pain, There is no gain, and without any Gain, there is no use for a new chain. I like changing my chains about every 2500 miles. I loved traveling through Salt Lake city and even through the waste lands of eastern Colorado and western Kansas to Missouri. The people were so accommodating and wonderful. Traveling the Highways was a Joy to experience. Never once did I feel threatened. Then here within two blocks of my home in Redding, California on a rainy day a person had to drive fast around a curve and force me off the road an into a ditch hooking on a No Parking Sign and almost killing me and wrecking my car. But I will not stop at that, Let's get some people together and start a Book writing campaign Traveling in the early 1900's in 2015-16. I want to make some real books instead of all the friction put out for our children to read.
Raymond F. Pittam
www.mtshastaophanclassicsgroup.shutterfly.com and Mt. Shasta Orphan Classics on facebook.com
Yep, we would race the old boys down the road every so day. A 1905 Winston and a massive Oldsmobile (what I call the early large 98) sedanette at 50 to 60 miles per hour. Proved the snotty kids wrong that said cars back then went 2 miles per hour at most. And they were rightfully entitled to that opinion, in the 1950's most sedans and coupés went 90 to 120 miles per hour, 3 or so miles a minute. And even my brother knew the advanced time of the early 1900s, he remember my mother and father witnessing the Mercedes go 130! In 1901, and he remembers the 1933 Daytona race that went 200!.