refusegetter Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 The haul of fame truck museum located on packer rd. in Canterbury ct is a really cool place. Every once in a while I will drive through the yard full of old iron lots of cranes and dozers and then a trip down "memory lane" an old bone yard that's really starting to thin out. I just wanted to make sure you guys knew about this place. The actual museum is open on Wednesdays and Thursdays. If your close enough take a ride through and check it out. Also I talked with Dennis Yaworski(owner) tonight and he reminded me that there is another museum located close by and is open daily. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GreenGiant2 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 ouch Quote We the unwilling, Lead by the unqualified, are doing the impossible, for the ungrateful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Oh my, that B model bus is sweet!!! Like the little B73 or 5 too. Any more Macks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
refusegetter Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 There was a good handful but i was short on time and only snapped a couple pics on my phone. I plan on going back tomorrow, hopefully I won't be in such a rush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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paul roncetti Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Hello refusegetter, If I remember right, there was a Discovery Channel show done on this and I remember some 1927 Ahren Fox fire trucks and some very rare west coast Mack tractors but someone was saying part of the collection was sold off, but have never been there myself.....Paul Quote RONCETTI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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refusegetter Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 I wasn't aware of the tv program, but I know that part of the original collection ended up going to a new owner because of a legal issue. However there are a lot of really cool trucks still there. Also the men(who I believe volunteer) are full of knowledge. I could spend hours there! Also there is 2 locations only a couple miles away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul roncetti Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I am pretty sure it was on Discovery, but it was on a number years back, it could have been a Boston station also, but dont think so Quote RONCETTI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I went to the museum in "06,what a place!I was told a large number of what was there at that point is long gone,too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackman55 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Yes A lot of truck have been takeen out of there I think they went to gary meahans place but not 100% sure on that. from what I have been told it was a business deal and when it went bad they took a lot of the truck in return. This s the story I have been told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Sweet!!! Any U models? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Neat pictures! thanks for posting them,gotta love the B-Model bus,and i sure like the Model A Phaeton!...............................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
refusegetter Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 I wish I could have seen the whole collection before it was broken up. But from what I understand it was a business deal and the trucks were collateral. Bummer. Vision that A model is pretty rare, I guess it's an early '28, it's got a red steering wheel and the e brake is to the left of the driver just like the model t Umodelnut. I think I may have spotted a u, ill look into it tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
refusegetter Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 Just remembered that he's got a Wellington truck from WWII I believe and the "end of the line" the very last superliner to roll off the production line. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKrois Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Another collection being broken up is Irv Bickford's from Maine, hundreds of trucks. 1 Quote BryanMy Photo Albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Just remembered that he's got a Wellington truck from WWII I believe and the "end of the line" the very last superliner to roll off the production line.image.jpgPretty sure someone else has the Superliner now as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
refusegetter Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 It was there the first time I went and actually walked through the building on packer rd. but it's only open on wed and thurs so I haven't been in there in a couple years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKrois Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Pretty sure someone else has the Superliner now as well.The tri-axle Superliner tractor they had was acquired by Gary Mahan and turned into this;http://www.flickr.com/photos/36474602@N06/7330174292/in/set-72157630034930570and the facts on that truckhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/36474602@N06/7330318038/in/set-72157630034930570/ Quote BryanMy Photo Albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I wish I could have seen the whole collection before it was broken up. But from what I understand it was a business deal and the trucks were collateral. Bummer. Vision that A model is pretty rare, I guess it's an early '28, it's got a red steering wheel and the e brake is to the left of the driver just like the model t Umodelnut. I think I may have spotted a u, ill look into it tomorrow.Was the U model orange? Cut off behind the cab? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 The tri-axle Superliner tractor they had was acquired by Gary Mahan and turned into this;http://www.flickr.com/photos/36474602@N06/7330174292/in/set-72157630034930570and the facts on that truckhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/36474602@N06/7330318038/in/set-72157630034930570/So it's not the "last" one produced.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKrois Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 So it's not the "last" one produced....That one is not..the one with the sleeper that they still own is. 1 Quote BryanMy Photo Albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 That one is not..the one with the sleeper that they still own is.Ah ok... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
refusegetter Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 I'm not sure about the u. I also understand that the yaworskis had a few super liners. All I can say is check this place out and you'll know first hand. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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