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.