4/7/25

Hello everyone. Here this weeks what did Pat get into update. 

As always it’s doesn’t seem like I got a lot done till I start writing up these little reports. This week ended up being quite productive. 

First customer stuff. Not too much to report here but I did manage to finally get the Jeep I’ve been working on running. I needed to tinker with the carburetor a bit but she runs and seems good now. Of course, a new can of worms came about on it. It’s got some electrical gremlins to deal with. Hopfully should be too much hassle. We shall see soon. More on this job next time. This week I also took I ride to a new customer to look over his Model A Sports Coupe. This job I got a feeling is Gona be a lot of work. I have heard it run yet due to a carburetor leaking all the fuel out but it’s got bigger mechanical issues than that. A broken front spring! So instead of addressing some of the other issues first, I’m Gona tackle the front end. Most likely next week or the week after I’m going to pull the front end out for a complete rebuild. I forgot to take pictures but it’s completely worn out. More to come on this project soon. 

The last customer job I started was a little different than my normal mechanical stuff. Upholstery! So for those that don’t know, I have somewhat of an upholstery background as my father did upholstery work as well as a bunch of other stuff. The upholstery job I have to do is to recover 4 seats from a 1920s Studebaker. I took the first steps the other day. Step one was to carefully strip the old crumbling seat cover off saving as much as I can to be able to use it as a visual/template for the new covers. Then i got the seat spring cleaned up and a quick coat of paint. This job was good timing cause I’ve been meaning to clean up my sewing room anyways so that got accomplished too. More on this job next update. 

My stuff! 

I certinly didn’t slack off on my projects either. First as you might remember from my last update, I Aligned bored my engine block already, next step was to final fit the crank. I used my lathe to Lapp in the bearings individually. Then I cut the oil groves using the original KRW oil grove cutter. A very neat tool! 

The block is now ready for a final clean once I get a nice day where I can take it outside and give it a good wash. 

I also started on a 2nd connecting rod pouring rig. Just need to make the upper and lower plates next. 

Lastly since the weather is starting to turn to be come nicer I decided to swap my roadster with my Model A truck. Since the roadster won’t be on the road till late spring/summer, I figured I’d get my truck maintenance done. This also gave me the first look at the roadster out in the day light with the new paint. I’m loving the look so far. 

For my truck, I have my newest ace helper Jess with me. Together we cleaned and polished the body/interior, then moved onto a full service. That included oil change to engine, transmission, and rear axle. Also a full greasing and repacked the front wheel bearings, and a new set of points. She should be good to go for the year! Thanks for the help Jess!

Lastly! 

FYI while reading my emails I’d know of anyone who would enjoy these too, feel free to send them their way. Or pass me their email and I’ll gladly add them to the list. 

Spring dust off/maintenance day! 

If you want to get your car in line reach out ASAP! I currently have 3 on my list.

Joe Oblinsky, Bill O Brian, Ray Murphy. If I forgot one just let me know. 

SAVE THE DATE!!!!! 

It was recently brought up that we should have some sort of “dust off” spring time get together/meet whatever you’d like to call it. So here’s what I’m thinking….MAY 17th!

I’m planning on another workshop/maintenance day. So my Model A truck, Jenns Truck and I’m sure plenty of other club members can use spring time tune ups/maintenance work. 

So here’s my plan….oil change on the engine, transmission, and rear axle. Then grease chassis and front wheel bearings. Probably points if they need it. Of course anything else maintenance wise they’ll need on a as needed basis. 

I figure will some planing we can basically make a day of it, and knock out least maybe 3-4 cars? Maybe more? 

So keep that date in mind and if you’re interested in having your cars maintenance work done let me know and let’s see how many club members are interested in doing so. 

Till next time. 

3/31/25

Hello Friends 

Here this weeks what did Pat get into update. 

This week was a very productive week. Mainly worked on 2 jobs. The Model T engine I’ve been working on and I continued on my engine/pouring jig project. 

First customer engine…

So as you probably have read already, I’be been working on repairs to this Model T engine. I’m happy to report that it is 98% done! Just needs exhaust and intake manifolds installed, then it’s ready to reinstall. 

This weeks task was to final assemble the transmission, set the mag to flywheel clearance, then final assembly. First step was to get the mag to flywheel clearances set. This step can either go easy and smooth or be a battle. Of course this one was a battle but managed to win the battle. Then smooth sailing from this point on. Transmission was finished off next, and then engine was assembled. This one customer said not to worry about paint work. Usually I would have prepainted all the hardware and repainted all the parts. I forgot to take a finished picture but you get the idea. 

This project took up basically my whole week. So I decided to spend sometime over this past weekend on some of my stuff. Saturday was spent doing yard work don’t need to discuss that. Sunday however was a very productive garage day. 

So Sunday I started the day making a new backing plate for my connecting rod pouring jig I made. The first plate I made some of the holes I made too big. The test pour I did was successful but did have some leaks. So I decided to make another. 

This plate should work good as I tightened up the tolerances. My plan is to make maybe 2-3 jigs total. Which should speed up the time it takes to pour since each piece will be poured individually and there’s a total of 8 pieces per engine. 

I was eager to test if the new plate but it was drizzly and cold out so decided to wait for a better day. 

Installed I got started on Align boring my engine for my roadster. I’m happy to report that it came out well and I got more done on it than I figured I would. I’m happy to say the crankshaft now fits and is ready for a final fit. I can spin it by hand but it is snug. So the next step is to move it to my lathe and use the lathe and lapping compound to work the crank in. More on that hopefully later this week. 

More to come soon!

SAVE THE DATE!!!!! 

It was recently brought up that we should have some sort of “dust off” spring time get together/meet whatever you’d like to call it. So here’s what I’m thinking….MAY 17th!

I’m planning on another workshop/maintenance day. So my Model A truck, Jenns Truck and I’m sure plenty of other club members can use spring time tune ups/maintenance work. 

So here’s my plan….oil change on the engine, transmission, and rear axle. Then grease chassis and front wheel bearings. Probably points if they need it. Of course anything else maintenance wise they’ll need on a as needed basis. 

I figure will some planing we can basically make a day of it, and knock out least maybe 3-4 cars? Maybe more? 

So keep that date in mind and if your interested in having your cars maintenance work done let me know and let’s see how many club members are interested in doing so.

3/24/25

Hello All,

So this was a slower than normal work week  but as normal I got some stuff done  

First, customer stuff…so for customer work I started to fine tune a 1946 Willys Jeep I’ve been working on. Basically I’ve done a lot of work to the car recently. It got a complete brake redo, new plugs/points, etc  since it’s starting to warm up the next task was to get it up and running and tuned up. Still need to adjust the carburetor a bit but it’s basically done.

The other job was to continue on the Model T engine job I’ve been working on. The parts I’ve been waiting for finally came in. So task one was to finish assembling the flywheel magneto setup. I got the magnets assembled and leveled to the flywheel. Then I moved on to leveling the magneto ring to the block. I’m in the middle of getting that done. After that’s done, next step will be to adjust the magnet to mag ring clearance. More on that soon.

As for my project, I made a little progress. I managed to get some Babbitt test pours done. So if you remember from my last update, I made a connecting rod pouring jig. This past weekend I got to give it a test. I’m happy to report it was a successful test. I got one rod poured. My plan is to make another jig. This time out of steel, instead of aluminum with a few minor modifications. I’m going to try to get to this project later this week, but I do have a bunch of customer work to get caught up on first. So stay tuned for more! 

 SAVE THE DATE!!!!! 

It was recently brought up that we should have some sort of “dust off” spring time get together/meet whatever you’d like to call it. So here’s what I’m thinking….MAY 17th!

I’m planning on another workshop/maintenance day. So my Model A truck, Jenns Truck and I’m sure plenty of other club members can use spring time tune ups/maintenance work. 

So here’s my plan….oil change on the engine, transmission, and rear axle. Then grease chassis and front wheel bearings. Probably points if they need it. Of course anything else maintenance wise they’ll need on a as needed basis. 

I figure will some planing we can basically make a day of it, and knock out least maybe 3-4 cars? Maybe more? 

So keep that date in mind and if your interested in having your cars maintenance work done let me know and let’s see how many club members are interested in doing so. 

3/17/25

Hello All. 

Here’s this weeks addition of what did Pat get into. 

This week acually turned out quite well. I got a good amount of work done. Customer stuff first….

First up this weekend we finished off Jays brake work. The task went rather well and very smooth. Basically the job was to reinstall the backing plates onto the car and then final fit the brake shoes. With the 3 of us working on the car we knocked it out in good time. The car is now ready for a test run once the weather gets a tad nicer. The other customer job this week was to make the bushings for the Model T hogshead I bored out the previous week. That job also went very well and turned out great. More on this job very soon as the missing parts are finally in stock and should be here later this week. I also got another Model A engine in for restoration. This job will be a short block rebuild. Including all new Babbitt so stay tuned for that!

Onto my project! So first up, I have a customer upholstery job to do next so I needed to make some room in my father old upholstery work room. I’ve been storing all the interior parts for my roadster there. So I figured it would be a good idea to just install the front seats back into my roadster. The back rest gets screwed into the body wood, then the upholstery gets tacked along the top rails. So that’s done for now. It just needs the hidem wetting strip installed. 

So the other job I got done this weekend was some Babbitt work. I have everything needed to rebuild the engine so I figured I’d get going on it. First step is to pour new Babbitt for the mains. 

I’ve also been working on a new pouring jig for the connecting rods. Normally I’d just guy rebabbitted rods from one of the parts suppliers. I decided instead of buying them already done, why not do them myself. For a customer engine I’d  probably buy them already done it more cost effective that way but for myself why not save a little. So I made a jig. Most likely to speed the prices along I will most likely make 2 jigs. Since there’s a total of 8 pieces to make up 4 rods and I will pour each piece individually. One jig is almost done just needs a little cleaning up. 

Also my girlfriend Jenn decided to get a new mailbox. Now you might think that’s not really Model A or even old car related but you’d be wrong. She got a custom mailbox shaped and painted just like her Model A Open cab pickup. Naturally you can just put something like that on any ol mailbox post. So we got started on a custom post for it. Made out of old Model A parts! Using a flywheel as the base, and an old crankshaft as the main post with some other parts added in. More on this project in the comming weeks. 

That’s all for this week. And Remember!

SAVE THE DATE!!!!! 

It was recently brought up that we should have some sort of “dust off” spring time get together/meet whatever you’d like to call it. So here’s what I’m thinking….MAY 17th!

I’m planning on another workshop/maintenance day. So my Model A truck, Jenns Truck and I’m sure plenty of other club members can use spring time tune ups/maintenance work. 

So here’s my plan….oil change on the engine, transmission, and rear axle. Then grease chassis and front wheel bearings. Probably points if they need it. Of course anything else maintenance wise they’ll need on a as needed basis. 

I figure will some planing we can basically make a day of it, and knock out least maybe 3-4 cars? Maybe more? 

So keep that date in mind and if you’re interested in having your cars maintenance work done let me know and let’s see how many club members are interested in doing so. 

3/10/25

Hello All! 

Here’s the next addition to what did Pat get into this week. 

Welcome to what is hopfully an early spring! Also. Which seems to be the usual norm for me….once we get a few nice days anyone guess what happens? If you guessed my phone starts ringing you’d be correct. It seem I’m going to have a busy end of the month/spring. I’ve picked up some more work. I got a Model A engine coming in for some bearing work, I got some model T wheel/brake work to do, and possibly another Model T engine install. Also some upholstery work. I got seats to redo for a 1920s Studebacker. Yay for more work! So more to come on these projects soon. 

I also got the starter and carburetor I rebuilt last week shipped out today. 

As for my current customer Model T project, I made good progress on that too. I’ve taken the crank out for Inspection. Luckily for this customer, everything looks great.

I also got the the pedal shafts of the hogshead(transmission cover) bored out. These tend to take alot of wear and tear. So what I end up doing is bore out the holes and then make bushings to return them back to stock size. 

So this weeks job is to make the bushings, and reassemble the engine. Then it’s back onto transmission work. Which I’m still waiting on some parts to complete that. 

My project! I managed to make more progress on my Model A roadster project than I thought I was going to get done. Last week the brakes were finished off. This week was steering column and engine tear down. 

Steering column was rather quick and went very smooth. The steering wheel needs some final finish work but other than that it’s done. Sorry I forgot to take pictures of it. 

The next task was either going to be some upholstery reinstall work, or engine tear down. I went with the engine. So the other day my newest helper Jess came down, helped me box up the starter/carb and then decided on helping me tear down the engine. Thank Jess! 

So the engine was rebuilt years ago before I started rebuilding them. It ran excellent but I wanted to clean it up and inspect it before reinstall. After inspection, I’ve decided to basically start from scratch on it. It’s in decent shape but the bearings did take some wear and tear I don’t like. There’s a little chunk of Babbitt missing from one of the rods and the X grove on the rods are worn almost thru. No big deal as I could make the groves deeper but at this point I’ll just repour. The mains are roughly the same. The center has a small piece of Babbitt missing so I’ll repour the block as well. Luckily most of the other parts crank, camshaft, etc are in good reusable shape. Now that the weather is much better I’m Gona get going on the engine very soon. 

Lastly!! 

SAVE THE DATE!!!!! 

It was recently brought up that we should have some sort of “dust off” spring time get together/meet whatever you’d like to call it. So here’s what I’m thinking….MAY 17th!

I’m planning on another workshop/maintenance day. So my Model A truck, Jenns Truck and I’m sure plenty of other club members can use spring time tune ups/maintenance work. 

So here’s my plan….oil change on the engine, transmission, and rear axle. Then grease chassis and front wheel bearings. Probably points if they need it. Of course anything else maintenance wise they’ll need on a as needed basis. 

I figure will some planing we can basically make a day of it, and knock out least maybe 3-4 cars? Maybe more? 

So keep that date in mind and if your interested in having your cars maintenance work done let me know and let’s see how many club members are interested in doing so. 

3/3/25

Hey All, 

Welcome to another addition of what did Pat get into this week. 

This was a decent week. Got a good amount of work done. On my stuff and some customer work, and I put on a little work shop yesterday. Here goes!

First customer stuff….

Two customer jobs I had to get done this week. First I tore a part a Model T carburetor cleaned, blasted, painted and finished rebuilding that today. 

I also had a Model A starter to inspect, and reassemble. Both of those are now complete and ready to go home to the customers.  

As for my project, I managed to get the brakes completed, and my wonderful better half started cleaning up the new steering wheel. 

Next up is the steering column and then onto the engine. 

The big news was really this weekend. Saturday was the month breakfast, sorry I missed it. 

However on Sunday I had some of the club members over for a little work shop. 

First we discussed some speedometer issues/fixes, we checked out the modern bendix drives for starters with Pog. We then moved onto brakes. To catch everyone up, Jay has been over working on the brakes for his Model A. Sunday he relined his brake shoes, then arched them to the drums, and assembled the shoes to the backing plates. Next up for Jay is to start reassembly to the car and then final fit the shoes. 

Thanks for everyone who came down. It was a fun day. Oh and I think it was you Carmine that took some videos/pictures from the workshop? If you can please send me what you have. 

More to come soon

2/24/25

Hello Sam 

Here’s this weeks newsletter. 

Hello All

Here’s this week’s addition of what did Pat do this week. 

So again this week was again snowy and cold so I didn’t get as much done as I’d like but as per the usual I got shit done. Here’s what I did. 

Customer work is slow again this week but that will change later this week. 

I managed to get the Model T transmission parts cleaned and ready. My Two assistants come with me yesterday and did what Jenn calls “Voodo” it’s really just recharging the V magnets on a Model T flywheel. I attached a video of that process. This job is now on hold for a week or so while I wait on some backordered parts to come in. Later this week will be busier with two other customer jobs. A Model T carburetor, and a Model A starter. More on those later. 

My stuff…

Jenn also brought her modern car in for a little service work. Yesterday we did an oil change in it, and rotated the tires. 

I also got working on the brakes for my Roadster project. Again as with most of the mechanicals they just needed a good cleaning and some parts replacements. I got everything cleaned, and the brake shoes relined and started fitting the shoes. Basically the steps are…clean, reline, arch the shoes to the drum, then fit them to get good contact least 80% pad contact. I managed to get one rear done. 

As for this up coming weekend….sorry I have prior plans on Saturday so I won’t be able to make the breakfast. 

I will be around Sunday however and I’m planning a little workshop/talk/whatever you’d like to call it.

I’ve only had 3 suggestions. Speedometers, and bendix drives, and I believe Sam mentioned rear hub seals?  

So here’s what I’m thinking. It’s Gona be kind a mix of a bunch of small things. I will cover speedometers, starters, brakes, and anything else you’d like me to cover. 

I set a time for 12:00. So feel free to bring any lunch/snacks you’d like to. 

If you have any other suggestions please don’t hesitate!! Send them my way that way I can prep whatever we’ll need. 

Also don’t forget to please send me anything you’ve done! I’d be happy to include it here in my newsletters. 

Till next time! 

2/17/25

Hello All! 

Here’s this weeks addition of what the hell did Pat get into. 

This has been good a good week. 

Made some good progress on customer stuff and maybe huge gains on my own project. 

First customer stuff. Jay Laprise made it to the list this week. Previously I stoped by and we discussed his brakes on his Model A. He wasn’t happy with how they preformed. So the week we got started on them. I stoped by and we took the backing plates off the car to work on. Jay come over on Saturday and took them apart, and stripped and cleaned them. Next is to reline the shoes, and start reassembly. They were in decent shoe to begin with so they should be good to go with some TLC. 

The other job I got going on is the next Model T engine job I got. This one you might remember from previous weekly updates. It needs some transmission work. So with the help of my #1 helper Jenn, (sorry Pogy according to Jenn your #2) we got the flywheel magneto setup disassembled and cleaned. Just about ready for Jenn to do what she calls Voodoo. More on that during the next update. 

My project time! 

As you know I’ve been working on my 29 Roadster. With the help of Jenn, Pogy, Jay, and Tom, we got the body mounted back onto the chassis! Thank you all for helping me with that. Also Pogy, Tom dug into some steering columns to scavenge for parts. 

This week I also got the transmission assembled. Next is the bell housing, then onto brakes and steering. Also today I got the running boards completed. I had my youngest apprentice helping with that job. See video attached. 

Also don’t forget to please send me anything you’ve done! I’d be happy to include it here in my newsletters. 

Till next time! 

2/10/25

Hello all! 

Here’s this weeks addition of what the hell did Pat get into!

Well I’m tired. And I’m also tired and ready for spring. Again this was a busy week. Despite loosing some time due to snow storms this week, I managed to get a bunch of stuff accomplished. 

First customer work….as you might remember from my previous newsletters, I’ve been working on a Model T engine rebuild. I’m happy to say it is now finished and out of my garage! Ended up being a little rush job which I hate but it’s done. Customer picked it up Saturday. 

My stuff!!  

So as you should know I’ve been working on my 29 Roadster. I was hoping to get the body reinstalled onto the chassis today but that didn’t happen due to the snow storms this week. But I am officially ready and fully prepared to do so. I only had a few things to do to get her ready. I needed to lay out the frame welting, reinstall the door sill plates, and lay out the body blocks. So keep next Saturday in mind! As I’m prepped and ready and aiming for Saturday install. If anyone is interested you’re more than welcome to come on down. I’ll touch base later in the week to confirm that we are on for Saturday. 

Today I had the day off from my regular job so I took full advantage of that fact. I started off showing a little love to my model a pickup(nicknamed Shreck). The past time or two I’ve had her out she was no happy. Hard getting her started. So I tinkered  around with the timing and cleaned the points, swapped batteries and now she’s happy again. Oh and installed her new license plate! 

Also….once spring gets closer, I need to do a full maintenance job on her. Oil change, grease, wheel bearings, etc.  if the club is interested, we can make it a club event. I figure if we time it right can probably get maybe 3-4 cars checked and ready for the driving season. So let’s keep that in mind and can make a day work session. 

I needed to get Shreck out of the way so I can do some maintenance on my Jeep. I pulled the Jeep in and got the oil changed, and tires rotated as well. 

I’d call that a busy productive week. Till next time. 

Patrick. 

Don’t forget to reach out to me with anything you’d like to have included in the newsletter!

2/3/25

Hello All

Here this weeks addition of what the hell did Pat get into. 

This week was another what I call “setup” weeks. I got a bunch more painting done on the Model T engine I’ve been working on. This time it was all the nuts and bolts cleaned, and painted. 

And I got the transmission cleaned and assembled. So now the Model T engine is basically into final assembly stage. 97% of all the parts are ready to go. Just need to clean the crank pulley and get that painted, paint the exhaust manifold, and clean and repaint the starter. My goal is to get this engine completely assembled and done by this up coming weekend. We’ll see how the week plays out. 

As for my stuff, I had some personal things to take care of so didn’t play too much. I did get my rear bumper brackets painted, as well as my speedometer assembled. The speedometer does work! But it must be missing a little tiny spring to help the needle return to 0. As it gets stuck but it does respond to various speeds when running it off a drill for testing. For now it’s a shelf item till I can find the rest of the missing parts. Also KEEP SUNDAY THE 9th IN MIND. depending on how the T engine goes this week, I’m planning on reuniting the roadster body to the frame. I got two tasks left to do on it and it’s ready. I need to run the welting along the frame rails, and install the two lower door sill plates. So we shall see. I’ll send an email later this week with a status. If I can manage it, I’ll invite the clubs over if anyone wants to come. 

Oh also during the week, I played picker. A friend of mine who lots of you would know him…Alex Dragone. Invited me to look thru one of their buildings there looking to clear out. They have a ton of stuff there. A giant mix of stuff. I got some Model A and T stuff but really had to dig.  It sure if he wants a lot of people there or not. But I can ask if anyone is interested. 

As always any questions/comments feel free to send them my way! 

1/27/25

Hello All,
Here’s this weeks addition of What the hell did Pat get into.

This week started out slow, but as my usual I got a bunch of stuff done. In fact I got more than I thought I would done.

the week started off with a bunch of painting. For myself and customer. I got my axle part back from the blasters. So I got those and a bunch of engine parts for my customer jobs painted as well.


I got some progress done on the Model T engine I’ve been working on too. I was waiting on the new tail shaft to come in which it did. I need that part to set the magneto ring to flywheel clearance. This is a very labor intensive task. As it involves temporary Installing the flywheel and checking the clearance. Then remove, shim as needed. Then reinstall, check, remove, adjust shims, repeat till you’re happy. Only took about 2-3 hrs to complete. Now it’s onto cleaning the transmission parts then assemble the transmission. This project is getting close to final assembly. Goal is to have it completed sometime next week.


The big project I got completed was on my stuff. With the help of my helper who you should recognize, we were able to completely rebuild my rear axle, and the front axle over the weekend. Now the front axle was a simple assembly as all of the bushings have been done before. I basically gave it a cosmetic clean up. The rear axle got a complete rebuild. All new bearings and seals. I will admit usually the axles take longer to complete. I got lucky that this one gave me zero issues, and went smooth. Thanks Pog!

FYI….if anyone has a questions, comments, or would like to know more about the stuff I’ve been doing feel free to reach out to me. Happy to help.

1/20/25

Hello All

Here’s this weeks What the hell did Pat get into. 

This was a slow week. 

First my stuff. Not too much to report here. I’ve been getting ready for the front and rear axle parts to come back from the sand blasters. Which hopefully should be later this week. In the mean time the last parts I needed to clean was the front and rear  leaf springs. The set of spring I have are new ones I installed years ago. So they are in excellent shape and just needed a cleaning. They are now ready for reassembly. After I’m done with those I have all the parts ready to go for rebuild/install once I get the housings back. 

The other project I worked on was my speedometer. I fixed the casing that broke during disassembly, and I started to put it back together. Some of the little gear are worn so it should work but I do think it will work as smoothly as it should. It is really cool how it works though. It works by centrifugal force. As the unit spins the weights swing out and they pull up on the little gear. Which in turn rotates another set of gears. The end gear has the speedometer needle on it. So as the gear rotates it will show the corresponding speed. If you watch the little video I attached I think it should be clear ish now it works. 

The rest of the week I spent on that annoying customer work. Just kidding I love the work. 

I continued on the Model T engine I’ve been working on. I got a lot of small stuff done on it. I got the pistons and rods assembled and installed, and valve clearance set. So now the short block is complete. I usually wait on getting the engine done till I get the flywheel finished but I’m waiting on a part for that so I continued on. I also got all of the engine covers sand blasted and ready for paint. Another later this week/weekend job. 

The oil pan I got straightened and sealed where oil leaks are common. Checking the pans is a critical step since the engine and transmission are basically one big unit. It’s critical that the front nose of the pan is inline with the tail end. Otherwise the crankshaft which is a little dinky bent paperclip, can break. 

That’s all for this week. Got a lot more stuff comming up! So stay tuned! 

1/13/25

Hello Everyone

Here’s this weeks update. 

It was a busy week. I got a lot o stuff done. 

First my project…

I continued on my 29 Roadster. 

I managed to get the frame painted and all of the frame parts installed, engine mounts, E brake cross shaft, main brake cross shaft, and  battery tray. 

I also got the splash aprons sanded and buffed out. They came out ok. Will need some touch ups as I cut thru the paint in two spots. But they will do the job. 

I also disassembled my speedometer I got for my Model T Roadster. It’s the first one I’ve taken apart before and it’s really cool. Definitely reminds me of an antique clock with all its tiny gears. I should be able to make it work again. Everything is free. Needs a good cleaning and some repairs. 

As for customer work, I continued on the Model T engine I’ve  been working on. I got the block final cleaned, and installed the crankshaft, camshaft and valves. Just need to set the valve clearance. I also got the rods and pistons weight matched and ready to be installed. 

On the transmission side, the brand new drums came in Friday. I got to work on those earlier today. The bushings are now fit and they are ready for cleaning. 

I also spent a very cold Thursday morning at a customers house helping him pull his Model T engine. It is the next job on the list. Should be a fairly easy one i believe. His complaint it was slipping in high gear. Since my Model T storage stands were being used already, I tossed it on my engine stand and spent Saturday afternoon braking it down. So far the transmission acually looks good. But I believe it was setup wrong or came loose. There’s way too much end play which I believe caused the issue. Least it didn’t help. So a little more investigation after I get the parts cleaned up. The engine side looks good and probably won’t be touching that. 

1/6/25

1/6/25

Hello Everyone,
Hope everyone had a good week….mine was decent. Never seems like I get a lot done, but while writing these little write ups it really shows how much I actually get done.

First my stuff…as you know I’ve been working on my 29 Roadster project. This week was mainly parts clean up and some painting. I ended up getting all the front and rear axle parts cleaned, and mostly painted. The housings and big parts should be back from sand blasting later this week  I also got the frame cleaned and half painted. Jenn and I flipped it over yesterday and I will get it painted later this week. More to come on this project later.

Most of you know my girlfriend Jenn….she came down with me over New Years and she played with her “socks”. Jenns term for Shocks. Her shocks we picked up last year in Hershey. They were In good shape just needed a good cleaning, reseal, and paint. See video attached.

Of course I had to do some of that pesky customer work. This week I continued on the T engine I’ve been working on. Last week I worked on the flywheel/mag ring setup. More to come on that soon. However I moved on to the last bit of parts fitting to do. I got the Connecting rods fit to the crankshaft, and the camshaft bearings fit and fit to the block. So now it’s basically ready for final cleaning and onto assembly. I’ll start on that later this week.
I got another Model T engine I will pick up later this week too. Not much in the Model A work department however a lot of this basic procedure I follow is the same for Model A as well.

In other news
yesterday was a great day with the club. Had a very good breakfast and an excellent little tour of Dan Beardsleys Distilling operation. As well as a tour of Dans car collection.
Thanks Dan!

Oh and I also made jerky too! It’s delicious.


For Sale….
If interested please reach out to me and I will forward you to the owner.
29 Model A Tudor
28 Pontiac Sedan
31 Chevy Sedan
30 Model A Coupe
51 Ford F100 Pickup

12/31/24

12/31/24

Hey All

So being Christmas week, it was slow. However as usual I still got stuff done.

I mainly spent this week on two projects.
I continued tinkering on my Roadster. Well I guess Tinkering isn’t the best description as it is now 100% completely disassembled. Only item i haven’t touched yet is the engine.
The front axle didn’t need much that was quick and easy. Just a clean and repaint. I got all the parts cleaned up and ready. Just waiting on the axle itself to come back from sand blasting.
The rear axle needs a complete rebuild. Previously I’ve had the axle apart and checked, but not rebuilt. It certainly needs it. All of the bearings and the ring and pinion need to be replaced. As far as I can tell, the bearings might be originals as they are stamped Ford, and the ring/pinion gears have seen better days. I got most of the axle parts cleaned and the housings are also at the sand blasters. So more to come on those projects soon.

transmission was also disassembled and cleaned/painted. With the help of my sassy bestest helper ever. Sorry Pog your 2nd best. (See video)

Jenn also came down and worked on her new headlight lenses. Macbeth Evans lenses. Also know as eye brow lenses. Or as she calls them winky. They look really cool.

I did get to some customer work too. I continued on the Model T engine rebuild. If you remember from last weeks email, the magneto magnets were recharged and assembled to the flywheel. The next step is to measure the height of each magnet make sure they are level.
Then the magneto ring needs to be setup to and leveled to the engine block. Both of those steps are now done.
The next step is to set the flywheel on the engine and set the mag ring to flywheel clearance. Which I will do once I get the new transmission shaft that I ordered.

Lastly i think I’m Gona add a for sale section. So if anyone has anything for sale I’d be happy to include it. So send it along. He goes….

FOR SALE!!
1929 Model A Tudor(Paul’s car)
1930 Model A Coupe.
1928 4 door Pontiac
1930 4 door Chevy

1951 Ford F100 Pickup

Please reach out if your interested in them and I’ll get you in contact with the owners

Patrick

12/23/24

12/23/24

Hello All!

So hopefully you’ve all been enjoying my little weekly blog entry’s. Here’s this weeks!

So with the holidays coming up this week, it was a  slow week. However in my usual fashion, I got stuff done.
The week started off mainly organizing and going thru parts for the Model T engine I picked up last week. I also ordered all the parts needed for the job.
I got started on it too.

The flywheel/magneto setup was first. I got it all cleaned up, and today Jenn who most of you know already (my girlfriend) came with me and did what she calls Voodoo.
Which is acually just recharging the magnets. (See attached video). With those recharged and now assembled to the flywheel by Jenn next step is to level them and level the mag ring to the block. That’s is later this weeks job/next weeks.

I spent this weekend working on my project. I finish sanded and buffed out the main body of my roadster. Still needs a little finish buffing and touch up but it’s coming out decent.

I swapped the location in the garage of the body and the chassis yesterday and got to work completely striping it down to bare bone chassis.

Next up is going to be to clean the frame, and tear apart the front and rear axles then I’ll decide what to send off to the sand blasters and what I’ll hand clean.

In other news, Jenn and I decided to give one Xmas present early each. Cause both require garage time.

So for the 1915 Model T roadster Jenn found me an original accessory speedometer. It’s in good shape just needs some repair work and I’ll need to find the rest of the parts. Cable, brackets etc.

For Jenn I got her a pair of original Macbeth Evens headlight lenses. Also known as eye brow lenses. Or as Jenn calls them winky lights. They are neat and will certainly add character. They will need a little fitting nothing crazy. (See picture attached)  

12/16/24

12/16/24

Hello All!

This week was a decent week.

The main job this week was to finish up the 1911 Model T axle I’ve been working on. That is now complete and ready for pickup. That job took up much of the week.

I also stopped by a friends local restoration shop in Danbury to help him with some engine work. His name is Mark Herman and owns/runs
M.S Herman and company. They specialize in early Steam cars. However they have expanded into early high end brass cars. They have a bunch they are currently working on. So Mark asked me to help with a Model T engine. Earlier this year I did the Babbitt work on the engine and they got busy with other work so now it’s my project to complete.

After grabbing the engine, the next task was to do some work on a 1946 Willis Jeep I’ve been working on. This owner is Rob…he owns Rob’s Auto in Monroe right off route 25. He said he works on Cars all day and want to be able to just jump in his old cars and not worry about working on them. So I’m his old car mechanic. He’s got a very nice 1929 Model A Pheaton. And a doddle bug which is next after the Jeep. I’ve been working on the Jeep for a while now, complete brakes, carb, points, starter, etc.  just needs testing and tuning now. Let me know if you need any modern car work done and I can put you in touch with Rob. Or reach out directly just mention me, he’ll take care of you.

Last project I did was Sunday. I said enough customer stuff, I’m working on my project. I spent Saturday afternoon cleaning up my garage, and spent Sunday working on my Model A roadster. I got the gas tank installed which went very smooth. Easiest gas tank I’ve ever installed. I think having the body of the chassis and bare bones helped considerably. After that I started wet sanding the rest of the body. More sanding to do later this week/weekend. Darn customer work to do first.

With the help my my lovey girlfriend, we got our license plates repainted. She did the lettering by hand. They come out very nice.

Patrick.

12/10/24

12/10/24

So one of my cars I own is my 1929 Model Roadster. Years ago I painted it bright Red. Not the best choice I’ve never made.

I decided to repaint and go thru the entire car over the winter. 

So currently the body is off and in complete pieces. The main section of the body is painted along with the cowl, gas tank, splash aprons. Cow and gas tank are done…body just needs sanding and buffing.  Then it’s onto the chassis it’s self. 

While doing that work, I got a bunch of customer work to do as well. I just finished some Babbitt work and Align bore work on a model T block, and currently working on a 1911 Model T rear axle rebuild. 

Next up on the agenda is a Model T transmission, some brake work on a 1946 Wills Jeep, Model A duddle bug, 2 Model A steering columns, and another Model T engine for Babbitt work. Stay tuned for those! 

I will attach some pictures here as well. 

Enjoy! 

Patrick