The Royal Canadian Motorcycle Patrol Visits Terry Howson's Old School Body Shop

The Royal Canadian Motorcycle Patrol paid a visit to Terry Howson on this day to discuss and document Terry's body shop business and forthcoming sale.  The property where Terry has had his business for the last 35 years is being sold and Terry must vacate the premises by the end of March.  Terry has a large compliment of old and unique tools.  Most of these tools will be thrown into a dumpster and taken to a metal yard where they will be sold by the pound for scrap.  If there are any items, that members would like to purchase from Terry, please contact Patrolman Taylor via email to get Terry's contact information.  There is a lot of cool canadiana here in Terry's shop.  It would be a shame to see all of it go to the scrap yard.

This is Terry's shop.  From the road you would never think of all the work that goes on inside.

Some old Quaker State oil cans up top.

Angle bending machine.

Angle bending machine.

Some old jacks.

This jack is not for sale.

Metal shear machine.

Old 60's vintage Corvette hub cap.

Terry cutting some sheet with a metal shear.

Terry cutting some sheet with a metal shear.

Cool old anvil.

Cool old anvil mounted on a V8 engine block.  

Angle machine.

This 5HP compressor is for sale.  Fully functional.

The whole shop is heated with wood in this old furnace,

The shop paint booth.

Old tractor seat.

Terry Howson at work.

Old tobacco tins.

This old vice and the table its attached to is for sale.

This is a very big, very heavy vice.

This is a link belt machine.  This hand operated machine can link belts together.  The sort of belts used for steam powered machinery.  Completely esoteric but very cool.

Honda 185XL

The grinder is not for sale but the base is.  The base is pretty cool.

Metal lathe for sale.  Fully functioning.  Approximate weight.  900lbs

These straps came out of the DeLaval plant and were used to lift  huge drums.  Cast aluminum with canvas webbing.

1966 Austin Healey Sprite for sale.  

Royal Canadian Motorcycle Patrol Secret Lodge # 4

On this day members from the Royal Canadian Motorcycle Patrol got together at Royal Canadian Motorcycle Patrol secret lodge # 4 to discuss Honda Gold Wings and snowmobiles.  Patrolman Orcutt rolled out his immaculate Gold Wing for documentation on this day.  The following photographs were created for posterity.

2008 Husqvarna TE250

So the Royal Canadian Motorcycle Patrol picked up a used 2008 Husqvarna TE 250 in late 2014.  The Royal Canadian Motorcycle Patrol does not discriminate when it comes to motorcycles.  In the stable of bikes employed by the Royal Canadian Motorcycle Patrol, there are bikes represented by England, Italy, Spain, Japan the U.S.A and now Sweden.  Although to be entirely truthful, this particular Husqvarna was made in Italy during the period that Husky was owned by Italian manufacturer Cagiva.

Originally created as an arms manufacturer by order of the King of Sweden in 1689, Husqvarna over the years has branched out into sewing machines, kitchen utensils, bicycles and finally motorcycles in 1903.  Interesting factoid; Husqvarna was purchased by vacuum cleaner manufacturer Electrolux in 1978 and later sold in 2006.

Be sure to check in to see upcoming moose dragging exploits by this machine.

1975 Honda CB750

This 1975 CB750 custom rolled into Royal Canadian Motorcycle Patrol secret lodge number six back during the winter of 2013.  This particular bike belongs to Adam Marsden, a famous Canadian director of photography based out of Toronto.   This bike was pulled out of the rhubarb and then it was lowered and cleaned up a bit and we dicked around with the carbs and electrical too.  If there is one thing that the Royal Canadian Motorcycle Patrol is famous for its making moose sausage and building cool moose dragging motorcycles.  The Royal Canadian Motorcycle Patrol just found these photos on an old camera that was lying around and that is why we haven't posted these photos previously.  

1975 CB750

1975 CB750