After a successful vehicle restoration fundraiser last year, our next hurdle is how to get the most for our money. Our primary goal is to get three vehicles running reliably so that they can be entered into parades and displayed at other GHS public events.
Funds are not the only challenge we face. Mechanics with the skills it takes to keep these old cars running are disappearing. It is our good fo...rtune to have met Carl Haren (aka Carburetor Carl) who has such skills. Mr. Haren is a veteran docent and mechanic for the Justice Brothers Racing Museum in Duarte. In March, Jerry Heinrich, Jim Riley, and Scott Rubel took Mr. Haren for a tour of the Castle and its vehicles. He was enthusiastic about every single thing with an engine, from our one-lung power houses to the 1950 Harley Davidson to the three vehicles we most urgently wish to get road-worthy again. These are the 1927 one ton Chevy flatbed truck, the 1929 Studebaker, and the 1932 Ford Tudor once belonging to Edson Rorabeck, the noted early twentieth century California Plein Air artist from Azusa.
Mr. Haren is the first piece of our renovation puzzle. He is 67 years old and, although he has the knowledge, we are on the lookout for a couple of younger souls who can carry out the turning-of-wrenches and crawling-under-of-cars and are willing to take on Mr. Haren as a mentor for this project. Contact Jerry Heinrich at jheinrich at decofelt dot com.
Funds are not the only challenge we face. Mechanics with the skills it takes to keep these old cars running are disappearing. It is our good fo...rtune to have met Carl Haren (aka Carburetor Carl) who has such skills. Mr. Haren is a veteran docent and mechanic for the Justice Brothers Racing Museum in Duarte. In March, Jerry Heinrich, Jim Riley, and Scott Rubel took Mr. Haren for a tour of the Castle and its vehicles. He was enthusiastic about every single thing with an engine, from our one-lung power houses to the 1950 Harley Davidson to the three vehicles we most urgently wish to get road-worthy again. These are the 1927 one ton Chevy flatbed truck, the 1929 Studebaker, and the 1932 Ford Tudor once belonging to Edson Rorabeck, the noted early twentieth century California Plein Air artist from Azusa.
Mr. Haren is the first piece of our renovation puzzle. He is 67 years old and, although he has the knowledge, we are on the lookout for a couple of younger souls who can carry out the turning-of-wrenches and crawling-under-of-cars and are willing to take on Mr. Haren as a mentor for this project. Contact Jerry Heinrich at jheinrich at decofelt dot com.
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