Work Party at the Azevedo's Garage

The work party for June 30th was very busy with Skip Dunn bringing his rare nickel-plated 1914 touring car down from Los Alamos for adjustments.  Joining the work party regulars that day was Doug, a neighbor of Mark and Susan, who has an interest in antique cars.  In fact, Doug's grandfather worked for the Boyce Motometer factory in New York!  Marilyn and Paul Duncan brought Cindy, an architect, to take measurements and notes for their upcoming garage addition/expansion.  Visiting the Azevedo's garage was a great way to see how a Model T garage could be efficiently designed.

Skip Dunn with his unique 1914 nickel-plated touring car.

1914 touring in Larry's garage for adjustments

Skip working on his touring.

Skip and Larry looking over period-correct accessory rear brake springs.

Bruce and Skip

Marilyn and her architect Cindy who was taking measurements of Larry's garage to aid in the design of the Duncan's garage expansion project.

Larry explaining the history of his 1921 Faultless speedster to Marilyn and first-time work party guest Doug.

John and Dean with Dean's grandson Dante in the background.

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Other visitors included Stan and Janice's grandson Hunter, who enjoyed a refreshing swim on that very hot and dry Saturday.  Dean's grandson Dante also joined the work party.  At his last work party visit, Dante gained a lot of experience working on the engine donated to the Model T Museum in Richmond, Indiana.  Visiting Larry and Lorna from out-of-state was their grandson Cole.  Cole busily repainted his Jeep in preparation for the 4th of July Parade.  Larry's father George originally built the little Jeep for Larry in 1958!

Mike had a leaking head gasket on "Pete", the Householder family's 1923 Model T pickup.  Mike removed the head, cleaned all the parts and surfaces, and reinstall the head with a new gasket.

Janice and grandson Hunter staying cool at the pool,

Cole repainting his Jeep in preparation for the 4th of July parade.

Cole and Larry looking over the new paint job.

Cole adjusting his spare tire.

John and Doug

Paul showing a rim destined for his touring car to Don.

Paul and Don removing a petrified tire from a removable rim.

Doug looking over "Pete" the family pickup that Mike had brought to repair a leaking head gasket.

Mike cleaning up the head before re-installation.

Blowing out the engine block coolant passages before the head installation.

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Mark had recently bought a Ruckstell axle on Ebay for his 1925 touring car restoration project. Club members Bob, Mike, and Larry helped to modify the driver's side stock differential to accept the Ruckstell housing.  Bob removed the rivets holding the stock casting in place, only to find later that that section was going to be cut off later (sorry about that Bob!).  Measurements were taken to ensure that the newly assembled Ruckstell housing and tube assembly would be the same length as the stock differential once the parts were pressed together.  Once the parts were in the hydraulic press, Larry found that a lot of heat and pressure had to be applied to force the Ruckstell housing in place.  This was probably due to the axle tube being a bit out of round.  Everything worked out well when both differential halves, the torque tube, and radius rods were temporarily assembled to check for alignment and fit.  It's another example of the fantastic equipment, expertise, and generous environment to be found at the Tin Lizzies work party events at the Azevedo's garage!

Bob removing the rivets on Mark's differential housing.

Larry positioning the differential housing in his cut-off saw.

The cut-off saw in action

Mike dressing the edges of the differential tube to receive the Ruckstell housing.

Larry using heat and a powerful hydraulic press to force the Ruckstell housing onto the tube and backing plate assembly.

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