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!