What a difference a week makes - lots of rain and high temperatures knocked the snow back down to reasonable levels.
Sunday was a busy day. Early in the morning we had a visit from the scrap dealer. He was surprised at the amount of snow remaining in the Ottawa area - he is from Winchester, just north of the St Lawrence River. At least one old car made its way south with the promise of more car removals this spring...
Grant joined us bearing gifts (inner tubes!) just in time to see the scrappers off. After saying goodbye to Joyce's old Ford, Bob and Grant decided to attack another frame. They stripped down one of the old Chev frames to restock the parts bins.
One interesting aspect of the strip down was the discovery of wooden spring spacers. I wonder if it softened the ride??
While the boys sorted out the old frame, I played with rims - again. Here are some shots of the wheels I had to take apart - keep in mind that one must make sure that the air is out of the tire before disassembly...
Off to Chez Marie we went. We found out that Bob's birthday is coming up, so Cheri gave him a big hug. We will be celebrating his aging at Gracies in February. We also ran into Gunner who joined us for lunch. His ulterior motive was to visit his tires which we are holding captive - just might have to take a trip out to the museum to drop them off for you, Mike.
After lunch, we returned to the barn to take apart a rear axle and to finish taking apart some more wheels. A sandblasting date will have to be picked in the near future. After spending a very busy day at the barn, I hit the road.