Comments on: cold weather & penguins http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/02/05/cold-weather-penguins/ a place where nature, photography and writing meet Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:54:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Kevin Percy http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/02/05/cold-weather-penguins/#comment-176193 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:03:59 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/02/05/cold-weather-penguins/#comment-176193 John, After Pengor closed down a company in Keswick started building a vehicle very similar to the Penguin. They called it "The Beaver" and until they had their own Manuals and Parts Lists printed they used Penguin ones. I have a Beaver that was originally purchased in 1967 and it was delivered with Penguin manuals and price lists. I also own a few Penguins and there are only a few parts that are not interchangable between the two. From what I saw at the old Beaver factory it looks like they may have assembled Penguins there until they got the Beaver design sorted out. Pablo, I have a copy of an article from The Ottawa Citizen covering the Royal Visit of 1964 and it mentions that Prince Philip wanted to know if the Penguin could be taken to Montreal and loaded on the Royal Yacht Britannia so he could try it out while they were in the Caribbean. That is the last mention of it I have seen. Kevin John,
After Pengor closed down a company in Keswick started building a vehicle very similar to the Penguin. They called it “The Beaver” and until they had their own Manuals and Parts Lists printed they used Penguin ones. I have a Beaver that was originally purchased in 1967 and it was delivered with Penguin manuals and price lists. I also own a few Penguins and there are only a few parts that are not interchangable between the two. From what I saw at the old Beaver factory it looks like they may have assembled Penguins there until they got the Beaver design sorted out.

Pablo,
I have a copy of an article from The Ottawa Citizen covering the Royal Visit of 1964 and it mentions that Prince Philip wanted to know if the Penguin could be taken to Montreal and loaded on the Royal Yacht Britannia so he could try it out while they were in the Caribbean. That is the last mention of it I have seen.

Kevin

]]> by: burning silo http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/02/05/cold-weather-penguins/#comment-39473 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:21:29 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/02/05/cold-weather-penguins/#comment-39473 Claude - Maybe Doug will be checking back on this thread and can answer to that. The only other thing I can suggest is to watch eBay. One of my younger brothers found and bought a Penguin that way last autumn. Good luck! - John - Thanks for leaving your interesting comments regarding the Penguin. We too had a lot of fun with the Penguins at our cottage back in the sixties. Although young at the time, I have some interesting memories connected with the Penguin. The prototype was designed while we were living in Toronto. I remember visiting the workroom and seeing the body being designed and cast using plaster. At some point, an old schoolhouse was rented outside of Toronto, and more of the prototype work happened there. I've been gradually scanning old family photos and will also scan some slides and get this material up online as I have time. Good luck with your project to restore the Penguin. I hope you get it running soon! -bev Claude - Maybe Doug will be checking back on this thread and can answer to that. The only other thing I can suggest is to watch eBay. One of my younger brothers found and bought a Penguin that way last autumn. Good luck!
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John - Thanks for leaving your interesting comments regarding the Penguin. We too had a lot of fun with the Penguins at our cottage back in the sixties. Although young at the time, I have some interesting memories connected with the Penguin. The prototype was designed while we were living in Toronto. I remember visiting the workroom and seeing the body being designed and cast using plaster. At some point, an old schoolhouse was rented outside of Toronto, and more of the prototype work happened there. I’ve been gradually scanning old family photos and will also scan some slides and get this material up online as I have time. Good luck with your project to restore the Penguin. I hope you get it running soon! -bev

]]> by: john http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/02/05/cold-weather-penguins/#comment-39420 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 03:41:01 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/02/05/cold-weather-penguins/#comment-39420 Ed Kay, Was a man with a great insight towards ideas that could be done. Thats (mho). Just from researching about "Penguin by Pengor". Only for a few short hours today. My girlfriends parents have a penguin, I've seen it stored in the rafters of a barn. I told her then that we need to restore that. Her father passed away a few months back and today she hands me this folder with a models B & D illustrated parts list and a jan 5/66 Penguin Price list from something R R # L Keswick, ONT. Inside the folder. She didn't remember that I'd seen it before, the Penguin, and said I could start thinking about fixing it up. She said that her brothers and her had a lot of fun with it in the 60's. Something about reverse being broken was reason it had been parked years ago and that steering wheel was used by one brother for other project and now missing. Her being youngest leads me to belive that she had little to do with driving it when four older brothers had to be ahead of her. Also that when I told her about it not having a real reverse but just restarting in the other direction she looked a bit shocked and said that she was told thats what needed fixed, "the reverse gears". I'll get a look at it tomorrow maybe, and not up close unless I get a chance to go out to the barn alone, I'm still able to climb around like a man of 40 something years less experience than I have, but other people get a bit worried when I do that stuff so it's best done with few people around. LOL! Idaho USA Ed Kay,
Was a man with a great insight towards ideas that could be done.
Thats (mho). Just from researching about “Penguin by Pengor”.
Only for a few short hours today.
My girlfriends parents have a penguin, I’ve seen it stored in the rafters of a barn. I told her then that we need to restore that. Her father passed away a few months back and today she hands me this folder with a models B & D illustrated parts list and a jan 5/66 Penguin Price list from something R R # L Keswick, ONT.
Inside the folder.
She didn’t remember that I’d seen it before, the Penguin, and said I could start thinking about fixing it up.
She said that her brothers and her had a lot of fun with it in the 60’s.
Something about reverse being broken was reason it had been parked years ago and that steering wheel was used by one brother for other project and now missing.
Her being youngest leads me to belive that she had little to do with driving it when four older brothers had to be ahead of her. Also that when I told her about it not having a real reverse but just restarting in the other direction she looked a bit shocked and said that she was told thats what needed fixed, “the reverse gears”.
I’ll get a look at it tomorrow maybe, and not up close unless I get a chance to go out to the barn alone, I’m still able to climb around like a man of 40 something years less experience than I have, but other people get a bit worried when I do that stuff so it’s best done with few people around. LOL!
Idaho
USA

]]> by: Claude http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/02/05/cold-weather-penguins/#comment-38886 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:40:26 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/02/05/cold-weather-penguins/#comment-38886 Hi, I found the person who had the father-in laws 1964 Penguin.It had been stored for 20 years.Put a new battery in and put gas in the carb and away it went.My 6 year old twin boys love it.It is ablast to drive.Also have the trailer.Would Doug know of another one for sale? Hi,
I found the person who had the father-in laws 1964 Penguin.It had been stored for 20 years.Put a new battery in and put gas in the carb and away it went.My 6 year old twin boys love it.It is ablast to drive.Also have the trailer.Would Doug know of another one for sale?

]]> by: burning silo http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/02/05/cold-weather-penguins/#comment-36609 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 02:35:11 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/02/05/cold-weather-penguins/#comment-36609 Hi Doug - Very interesting to hear that you have 2 penguins. One of my younger brothers just bought one in the U.S. and brought it "home" in the autumn. It's neat to see it again after all of these years! Hi Doug - Very interesting to hear that you have 2 penguins. One of my younger brothers just bought one in the U.S. and brought it “home” in the autumn. It’s neat to see it again after all of these years!

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