Tony Karsnia - Deceased - 1971-2020
September 12, 1971 - November 2, 2020
OK, before anybody gets all excited, this was from 1994 when Joe Klein and I drove out to Jordan, Montana to take delivery of the 1974 Criterion I'd been awarded bid on. I was told the rig would be waiting in front of the Garfield County Court House, and so it was, as seen in this photo. Not quite the mental image I had, but Jordan is a small town almost literally in the middle of nowhere. The lady getting out of the Suburban was the county clerk, who arrived to do the paperwork with me.
This is the same car we've been discussing in another thread. It also relates to our discussion of whtewall vs. blackwall tires. You can't see the tires too well in this photo, but take my word for it...they were HUGE! The rims were so large they would not take a standard Cadillac wheelcover. Garfield County used this car for long distance transfers (again, ANYWHERE from Jordan was a long distance!) so they wanted large tires for road stability, especially in the winter.
Correct tires and rims were the first items to go on the car once I got it home.
This is the same car we've been discussing in another thread. It also relates to our discussion of whtewall vs. blackwall tires. You can't see the tires too well in this photo, but take my word for it...they were HUGE! The rims were so large they would not take a standard Cadillac wheelcover. Garfield County used this car for long distance transfers (again, ANYWHERE from Jordan was a long distance!) so they wanted large tires for road stability, especially in the winter.
Correct tires and rims were the first items to go on the car once I got it home.