Browsing Archive: June, 2012

Triple club visit

Posted by Mark on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, In : Special events 


 

In one day, in the same group we welcomed 3 car clubs to the Museum on Saturday June 16th during our regular open house. From Wyoming, Brighton and Fort Collins, we were pleased to provide a stop, restroom facility, and tour of the Museum for about 50-60 guests (and their beautiful automobiles from the teens to the 70's).

Director Klink led the tour, and related some of his better stories about how he fell into this adventure- of fire trucks and restoration.

We wrapped up their 90 minute visit...
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The timbers have arrived

Posted by Mark on Saturday, June 9, 2012, In : Sacramento tiller 


Butch is carefully guiding the balanced beam as Doug shuffles it into the building with the forks. Careful to watch your toes Butch!
 
 
The other day Doug called and asked if Trevor and I could stop by and help move some ladders with he and Butch. We stopped by and found a pile of goodies that Doug had collected during a whirlwind trading tour that resulted with a new pile of wood for an upcoming project.

The pile consisted of ground ladders and 2 timbers that will be used to re-construct the ma...
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The Reliance Fire Museum is a 501c3 non-profit corporation governed by a Board of Directors including President Douglas Klink, Director Gary Judd, and Director Mark Igel. KVR is the restoration and repair company that works under the Reliance Museum roof and keeps the fleet in tip-top shape. In addition to the contributions of the Reliance Board, Lead Mechanic Butch Lundstedt turns most of the wrenches that keep the engines purring.