Larry held work parties on the last two Saturdays of the month – January 24th and 31st.  Excellent progress was made on many of the projects that had been started previously.  These included Bill Hansen showing everyone the New Mexico 1924 license plate that he purchased on Ebay that he had freshly painted.  The plate is destined for his and Donna’s 1924 Model T touring car “Irene”.

New club members Zack and his father Phil were working on the 1941 Mercury sedan engine that Zack had recently purchased from Larry.  The engine was on the engine stand, had been  stripped down, and now the goal was to remove broken head bolts and stubborn valves.

Art Gebeau continued working on his 1926 speedster project.  The engine is nearly complete and he’s now focusing on the transmission.  Larry had been researching techniques to balance the transmission and had studied the work and documentation done by the Tulsa, OK chapter of the MTFCA. Mike Bender’s recommendations for balancing studied and tried Art’s transmission project.  Larry was carefully noting the areas that were too heavy and calculated the amount of material needed to be removed from the heavy side of the flywheel and drums.  The locations were chosen carefully so as not to weaken the casings.  After a lot of work and patience, the result was much better balanced transmission components!

Bill Hansen with his newly painted license plate Zack and his father Phil working on Zack’s 1941 Mercury V8 engine Phil, Don, Vernon, and Zack Dave Ferro working on Mark’s 1924 coupe engine pan The passenger’s side engine pan in place Mark’s 1924 coupe Larry and Nick working on Nick’s generator Nick’s generator during disassembly Nick’s vaporizer carburetor Art checking the straightness of his transmission shaft Don and Art watching Larry checking the balance of Art’s flywheel Art’s flywheel with oil slingers Ready to lighten one side of the flywheel Larry drilling a hole to lighten an area on the flywheel Drilling holes in a brake drum Art checking the balance on his brake drum Marilyn showing her cowl parking lights The cowl light parts undergoing restoration Placing the gear on Mark’s SCAT crankshaft Ready to press the gear onto the SCAT crankshaft Larry checking the babbitted bearing before crankshaft installation Bill examining Mark’s 1925 touring car engine 1925 rods and caps waiting for aluminum pistons A stock diameter piston during wrist pin bolt installation Mark’s 1925 Model T touring engine ready for piston and valve installation Don Mitchell and Art Gebeau

Nick Serna was making progress on disassembling his generator for his 1926 Tudor.  He had also been cleaning and restoring the parts to his vaporizer carburetor.

Mark Wing and Dave Ferro had Mark’s 1924 coupe on the lift to more easily reinstall the engine pans and to paint the bolts and nuts.  The passenger’s side pan is specific to this car because if a notch needed to clear an after-market bumper bracket.  The bumpers are thought to have been installed by a dealership when the car was new.

For Mark’s 1925 touring car project, a new gear was pressed onto a balanced SCAT crankshaft and the main bearing caps installed.  All of the boring and lapping had been done previously and the crank turned freely once torqued down.  The newly babbitted rods and piston sub-assemblies were also prepared.  They’ll be installed last when all the transmission work is complete.

Marilyn Duncan brought along some cowl lights to be media blasted.  She needs two complete sets for both her and Paul’s 1920 touring car (now restored), as well as for their 1918 pickup truck now under restoration.

These were two great work parties and a lot was accomplished.  Thank you Larry!