Today, on my way home from Charleston, I stopped in at the Temples shop to check up on Miz B. She isn't looking quite so sad! Everything beneath the hood - springs, frame, shocks, brake rods - the works looks like new! The dirt and grime of 82 years has been cleaned away and the parts have been given a new coating of satin black paint. The steering mechanisms are all in place and look wonderful. Soon she will have a new chrome gear shift stick. The car is going to have had a body off restoration, less the new paint on the body. Well, it will seem so! It is amazing the amount of dirt, grease and grime that has been removed from the undercarriage of the little car.
Here is some of the photographs of when the body was lifted to see about finding a frame number.
Here are some photos of parts and pieces . . . .
Here is the block, if you look closely at the second photo, you will notice the babbitt bearing is cracked and flaking; signs that the babbitt was poured too cold and under the wrong atmospheric conditions.
The engine is not back from the rebuilder, yet. The conditions haven't been right to pour the babbitt bearings. The weather is changing, so we are hopeful that will happen very soon.
