Born at Port Coquitlam in March of 1949 where we had a Family dairy farm. While going to high school I worked at the local A&W restaurant and was offered a job as a relief manager for the chain. I worked all over Vancouver Island and the lower mainland. In 1969 I was sent to work in Haney where I met Dorothy, two years later we were married and now have four children, nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
After managing restaurants, a neighbourhood pub and owning and selling our own restaurant. I took a job with the Pattison Group as a Graffiti inspector on the BC Transit system including the then new Skytrain. I joined the Mission Volunteer Fire Department where I served for a total of 9 years, during this time I was recruited by the BC Ambulance Service and spent 30 years as a licensed Paramedic retiring after the Olympic project in 2010. I have done volunteer medical work for Habitat for Humanity (world) building teams and for other traveling youth groups. This has given me the opportunity to travel in remote areas of South and Central America as well as Vietnam, Japan and China. I did one or two of these trips a year.
I am currently the National President of the Vintage Car Club of Canada, and have served on three different occasions totaling 7 yrs. as President of the Central Fraser Valley Chapter. I’ve enjoyed the membership since 1997. I was the Swap meet chairman for many years as well as other positions in the club. Dorothy and I traveled on the 2000 Coast to Coast tour and were Wagon Masters on the 2010, 2017 and the 2022 tours. These tours were a highlight of our old car career and where we met many very good friends, friendships we still cherish to this day. I sit as the Vice President of the 10-7 Ambulance Paramedics Society and also store and care for two of the Ambulance Paramedic’s vintage ambulances. My own 1952 Chevrolet ambulance is a traveling museum of original ambulance equipment; it does fundraising events and shows throughout the Province. I also own a 1948 Chevrolet Panel ambulance that served the mine and community of Kimberly. I have various other cars in my old car fleet. Both the ambulance vehicles have less than 15,000 original miles on the odometer. Or 1993 Mercedes 500 SL is a hit with the younger performance minded, and is also a low mileage car.
I find it an honor to be part of the National Association of Automobile Club, the fellowship and education my wife and I have enjoyed has expanded our horizons and built a strong bond with the automobile community.