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Quammen family in the book “Our Times,
Our Lives” A History Of Dawson County.
This interesting book discusses the history
of the country around Glendive Montana
and includes a section describing Lindsay
Montana. I recently found a copy of that
book here on eBay so that copy goes with
this car. I later learned that this car is shown
in a different section of that book that is
devoted to the residents around the town
of Bloomfield Montana. It is shown with
the history of the Milton J. Hill.
I forgot to mention that this car is
nearly 6-1/2 feet tall which makes it difficult to transport in a typical enclosed car
trailer that has a vertical rear door opening of just over 6 feet. When I haul this car
in my enclosed trailer, I remove the front
wheels and install a pair of 1935 Ford 16”
wire wheels and tires. That drops the front
of this car enough so that it can be driven
in and backed out of my trailer with a bit of
room to clear over the convertible top. The
last photo of this listing shows this gem
with the small tires in front. They make it
look very strange - somewhat like a drag
car - low in the front and ready for takeoff
on a drag strip. Thanks a lot, Bob Woodburn
in Bozeman MT
On Jan-30-15 at 00:05:18 PST, seller
added the following information:
Please Note :
I am sorry that I neglected to include a
bit of interesting history regarding Leonard
Quammen and his wife Eva. From the book
“Our Times, Our Lives” A History Of Dawson
County, I copied the following information:
“During their early years of marriage
Leonard and Eva resided in Lindsay where
they were engaged in farming and ranching. He was also a rural mail carrier for 43
years. He would often speak Norwegian to
some of his patrons. When drifts of snow
made roads impassable by car he used a
sleigh and a team of horses. In time he had
a Model A Ford to which he added special
high wheels to ride over the drifts. He enjoyed his mail delivery and was known for
his dedication and promptness. He retired
in 1965 and they bought a home at 1039
North Meade Avenue in Glendive.”
That is a nice short summary of Leon-

ard’s career even if it is not correct and
credits him with adding the tall wheels and
tires to this car. This was probably written
by Leonard’s son and or daughter in the
mid 1980’s and they may not have been
old enough to remember his buying this
modified rural mail delivery car from the
Hill family in 1941.
My quest for history regarding this car
is always ongoing. I received a call just this
afternoon from Leonard’s grandson who
now lives in the Spokane area. He has been

very helpful in helping sort out some of
the details of the Quammen family. He also
mentioned that his aunt has a photo of
his mother and her brother setting on the
hood of an early car. I am hopeful that I can
get a copy of that photo. I am also hopeful
that that photo shows those two children
setting on the hood of this very special vehicle. What a prize that would be !!

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