Photo Gallery: 100 Years of Classic Iron

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The 7th annual Athens Antique and Classic Truck Show took place the weekend of August 19-20, in Athens, Ontario, located about 40 miles west northwest of the border town of Ogdensburg in upstate New York. Attendees came from as far away as Maine, Virginia, New York City, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, as well as all over Ontario. It’s a non-profit, non-competition affair. All trucks are welcome, old, new, borrowed or blue. Amazingly, the scope of trucks displayed this year spanned more than a century. There were several 2022 models on the ground, but the oldest was a 1919 Ford Model TT in showroom condition. The Athens Truck Show is sanctioned by the Upper Canada Chapter of the Antique Truck Club of America.

1930 Ford Model A, Mike Fox, Foxboro, Ontario.
Photo: Jim Park

1951 White Model 22, Mike Fox, Foxboro, Ontario.
Photo: Jim Park

1975 Dodge 950 Bighorn, Dan Prouse, Salford, Ontario.
Photo: Jim Park

1964 Diamond T P-4300, Frank Di Paolo, Rosemere, Quebec.
Photo: Jim Park

1986 Ford LTL 9000, Kevin Smeltzer, Fergus Ontario.
Photo: Jim Park

Brockway, The Tackaberry Collection, Athens, Ontario.
Photo: Jim Park

1984 Marmon COE, The Tackaberry Collection Athens, Ontario.
Photo: Jim Park

6-cyl., 330 cu-in gas engine, dual spark plugs, Paul Lafferty, Quinte West, Ontario.
Photo: Jim Park

1980 Peterbilt heavy hauler, The Tackaberry Collection, Athens, Ontario.
Photo: Jim Park

1963 Mack C607T, Keith Jones, Colonial Heights, Virginia.
Photo: Jim Park

1958 Mack M63T, Keith Jones, Colonial Heights, Virginia.
Photo: Jim Park

1919 Ford Model TT, Mike Fox, Foxboro, Ontario.
Photo: Jim Park

1965 Hayes Clipper COE, Cam Hiltz, Queensville, Ontario.
Photo: Jim Park

1945 Mack Type 45S, Paul Lafferty, Quinte West, Ontario.
Photo: Jim Park

1986 Kenworth K100 Aerodyne Pierre Aubin, Ste. Catharine, Quebec.
Photo: Jim Park

1999 International 4370 COE ProSleeper, The Tackaberry Collection, Athens, Ontario.
Photo: Jim Park

Brockway conventional, The Tackaberry Collection, Athens, Ontario.
Photo: Jim Park

1985 Marmon 57P, The Tackaberry Collection, Athens, Ontario.
Photo: Jim Park

Organizer Dave Muir says there were 208 trucks registered this year, complimented by about 50 trucks from the Tackaberry Collection, owned by George and sons Kevin and Charlie Tackaberry. Their family business, G. Tackaberry & Sons Construction, is based in Athens.
Photo: Jim Park

1979 Western Star DS, Peter and Carl Caporal, Irvington, New York.
Photo: Jim Park

1948 Peterbilt 344DT, Harry & Diane Kloosterman, Campbellford, Ontario.
Photo: Jim Park

Dash of the 1984 Marmon COE.
Photo: Jim Park