The Observation Deck

Dave Bueller of Lakewood in one of many Templar cars.

Many Lakewoodites don't know about the rich history of the Lake Erie Screw Company building behind Madison Park. The building was used to make artillery for World War II, it was also a car factory for Templar cars, and is now a building used by artists, metal companies and all sorts of businesses.

Dave's concept of bringing the Templar cars "home" is really cool. These cars were used in Chicago as cabs, and he even had a rally car shipped over from Australia. The cars made it all the way around the world before resting in the spot where they were originally built.
Dave received a call this morning from Jay Leno's friend, and one of the biggest car restorers and collectors in the country, Randy Ema. Randy wanted to take a look at Dave's car collection, because it really is a one-of-a-kind collection.


Dave and Randy in front of the Templar cars.

View the rest of the gallery here!
Ivor

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"Hey Kiddo....this topic is much more important than your football photos, so deal with it." - Mike Deneen

For more historical information please take a look at this site: http://www.lkwdpl.org/schools/elempath/ ... /index.htm.

Be sure to watch the video made by Grant Elementary School Discovery Class. Look for the video in the body of the information. It is wonderful to watch.

Rhonda

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"Dont it always seem to go
That you dont know what youve got
Till its gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot"
Joni Mitchell

Here is the video:

http://www.lkwdpl.org/schools/elempath/ ... emplar.wmv

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"Dont it always seem to go
That you dont know what youve got
Till its gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot"
Joni Mitchell

Today I got a call from fellow car enthusiast and car collector Dave Buhler. Dave was
reminding me about the Art Show May 1, at the Templar Building. And that he will have all
of his cars on display, and that the Templar museum is coming along slowly but smoothly.

As he was getting ready to hang up he mentioned that Randy Ema was in the Midwest and
came in to see his collection of cars and wondered iff I had the time to stop by and meet
Mr. Ema. Well I dropped everything I was doing and ran over. Randy Ema is one of the
largest collectors of Dusenbergs in the world, and is a personal friend and adviser to Jay
Leno on his massive car collection, often thought to be one of the best in the world.

Randy had heard of Dave's collection all the way out in LA, and made sure he saw it.

While many non-car aficionados might not understand is that Dave's collection, and events
like the Lakewood Kar Kulture Show are quickly becoming reasons to stop by and spend time
in Lakewood Ohio. It will be great when Dave's museum is finished.

The Templar Building is where all of these cars were assembled. Matter of fact, right where
they are sitting now!

Thanks for the fun afternoon Dave, and really nice meeting "Another car nut" as Barry
McGuire would say.

Take a look at some of Ivor's photos from the afternoon.

here - [url]http://lakewoodobserver.com/photoblogs/ivor-karabatkovic/templar-car-collection
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This is one of mine.





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Jim O'Bryan
Lakewood Resident

"The very act of observing disturbs the system."
Werner Heisenberg

"If anything I've said seems useful to you, I'm glad.
If not, don't worry. Just forget about it."
His Holiness The Dalai Lama

Rhonda I am so glad you posted the link to Ms. Bluemel's class project, whenever I hear about templar cars I always think of their documentary.

Jim,
How do you post the video right to the deck....I would like to do that for the Grant/Templar video....

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"Dont it always seem to go
That you dont know what youve got
Till its gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot"
Joni Mitchell

Rhonda,

You can use the "Youtube" tag. [youtube][/youtube] Put the short code for the video in between the tags. Like this... [youtube]8pO1oJPps1I[/youtube] That code should be posted on the youtube video page. Below the video. Let me know if you have trouble.

Thanks!!

Jim,
It is not a Utube video...it is from the LPL website...anyway I can get it posted?

Thanks,
rhonda

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"Dont it always seem to go
That you dont know what youve got
Till its gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot"
Joni Mitchell