Saturday, 28 Feb 26 was a pleasant, slightly overcast day in Utah Valley. We had 14 members and 5 cars join us for our garage day. Our garage days always give us great opportunities to share stories, learn things about our cars, and spend time with great friends. Oh, pizza lunch provided by John, and some tasty treats from Robert and Becky and a few tasty doughnuts from the Lehi Bakery always help.

John arranged for us to use Colonel Kirkham’s garage and lift in Northwest Provo. John needed some electrical work on his 31 Deluxe Roadster but then they found that his ring gear is missing some teeth so that will lead to another garage day to pull the engine and replace that damaged ring gear–then we’ll be able to check on his electrical problem.

Rodney was having troubles on his 29 Roadster Pickup with his right rear turn signal. Using our voltmeter, we determined there was power at the brake light switch but none at the rear turn signal connector. We traced the wire back through the light switch body on the steering column and back to a connection from the turn signal. Sure enough, the yellow wire had pulled out from the crimped connector. We reinserted the wire, pinched the connector again, and put some heat shrink tubing on it to help hold it in place–IT WORKED! Then we noticed that the green wire was likewise disconnected so we similarly repaired that. We replaced the speedometer cable but found that the small speedometer key inside the back end of the transmission needs to be replaced. Another project for a future garage day. He also may need to check his battery as his 12-volt starter sometimes needs a jump to start.

Theon brought his 28 Tudor in for its 5,000-mile maintenance and found his rear axle nuts loose. Among other things, he repacked the front bearings, brought a few things back into spec, and is back on the road.

Jeff and Bill stayed outside in the pleasant weather and installed a cell phone charger in Jeff’s 30 Tudor.

Stephen was not able to get enough heat from the small soldering iron to repair the connections on his horn in his 29 Woody so afterwards, he and John W headed over to John’s shop to use some more powerful tools to solder things up.

As always, we stepped in to pay the Colonel a visit and to say thanks. He has a great military history going back to the Vietnam era with lots of stories to tell. This year, he shared how he gave a tape recorder and tapes to a military commander in Laos in exchange for their troops to stop shooting holes in the US fuel barrels. Who knows–he probably changed the course of the war…

Great times spent together helping each other and deepening our friendships.