Story and photos by Mark Wing

Larry held a Work Day at his garage in Corrales on Saturday, March 23 and there were several projects in progress simultaneously.

Dave Merewether brought his green 1926 Model T coupe to replace the stock headlight bulbs with LEDs. After replacement, Dave remounted the headlight rims.

Marilyn and Paul Duncan brought some headlight components for their 1927 pickup truck. Marilyn has been restoring the lights and found that one of the headlight buckets that came with the car had worn slots where the pins from the rims register and slide. She found a replacement bucket on Ebay that had minimal rust and its original silvered reflector. Marilyn showed us the differences between worn rim mounting slots and ones in good condition, as well as the differences in shape and plating on reproduction vs. original reflectors.

Frank Lewark and Leonard Scarborough, both from the Socorro, NM area, were kept busy working on rods and caps for Frank’s 1924 engine. Leonard also owns a Model T. It’s a 1926 Tudor that he acquired from former Tin Lizzie member Ted Harris.

Joining us for the first time were friends of Zack Lance – Paige and Leighton who are students enrolled in the Auto Restoration program at McPherson College (McPherson, Kansas). Larry was helping Paige and Leighton machine a rear support arm to a 1975 Dodge Dart Sport.

Los Alamos resident, Skip Dunn, brought some wheels to show us that he had recently received from Stutzman’s Wheel Shop, Ltd. of Baltic, Ohio. Stutzman’s is a well-respected resource for respoking Model T wheels. The wheels on Skip’s 1914 Model T touring car were original, but very loose. They made a “Clickety clack” sound when he drove it, so new spokes were in order. Everyone was very impressed by the quality of the new spokes!

Bob Ross had given away a couple of Model T horns and now found that he needed one. Mark Wing had a extra magneto horn so he spent the morning cleaning off the rust, removing dents, and lubricating the motor. After some TLC, the horn worked for perhaps the first time in 70 years. It’s now ready for Bob to finish with painting and detailing.

Thanks Larry for a great work day!