I made my Father in Laws day

[thebanjoman]

I've been working on this A for several years. i work on it when I can, only a few hours a month and its always hard to find the time to work on it.

My Father in Law has Alzheimers but it has been a very slow progression and has been slowed even further with drugs. He has his good and bad days and the longer sunlight days do help.

With all the work to be done I've had to prioritize what I do and to some have gone about it the wrong way in getting the chassis done first before the body.

Except for the brakes I have a completed chassis and wired engine with a gas tank from an '50s Briggs and Stratton NS-7 engine. I spent the 4th weekend finishing up things and getting it running. I've only had it running about 30 seconds before this by filling the carb before adding the gas tank.

We got my FIL down to the shop in his wheelchair and he was able to see his A running again.

He was also able to tell it was running rich (I didn't notice) and helped me get it running even better. He was really having a good day.

Before I brought him down I took a small video with the camera on my phone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzpDnWrPhoE

I''m a lousy cameraman.

The shop's a mess, I ruined the fan belt by not having it tight and the motors not running perfectly in the video. With the old guys help its running even better.

It was nice to make his day.