Story and photos by Mark Wing

Attendance at this work day was lighter than normal, but there were a few projects in progress at Larry’s Garage on this spring day.

Work continued on Larry’s 1917 pickup truck. It was a car acquired and restored by Larry’s father George in the 1940’s and a car Larry has know for almost his entire life. The pickup was used as a “take apart” car at shows, and as a result, was missing many of its fasteners to speed up reassembly. On this day, Steve Krantz and Larry added missing body and running board bolts. They also replaced and shimmed a loose crank pulley.

Frank Lewark continued work on his 1924 Model T by boring out the babbitt on his rods and fitting them to the crankshaft.

Mark Wing brought along the remnants of a chopped 1913 frame with the intent of restoring it and replacing the parts as necessary. This frame is intended for a 1913 Model T touring project. Master welder – Bob Ross, used his skills to begin to remove excess metal and rusty nuts and bolts. Sadly, it was discovered that the frame had been shortened by approximately 3-inches on each side! This was only discovered after measuring this frame’s length relative to Larry’s 1912 touring car. The frame rails may still be salvageable, but only after welding in the missing areas and adding reinforcing patches. Once it was discovered that the frame was shorter than it needed to be, the project was set aside for the time being. Mark has other early frame parts, so using these shortened frame components may not be necessary.