I got the truck running and drove it around at the 2011 HES summer power show in Burton Ohio. I wanted to work on it in the garage over the winter. My goals were to get new rubber tires put on, get a new top made for it and put new rings and valves in it. As I set about the goals I found lots of other little things that needed done. 

I took the wheels down to Stutzman's wheel works in Baltic Ohio to have new rubber put on them. On the way home I stopped at 3 buggy shops and bought catalogs of buggy parts. I stopped at Shrock's buggy shop and talked to Clyde Yoder about the top bows in the catalog. He said he could make a top for me and I got his phone number. A couple weeks later I built a frame from wood with steel brackets that matched the dimensions of my buggy seat. I took that down to sugar creek and ordered a top. When I got the wheels back with new tires on I sanded them down and painted them. The top was finished in january 2012.

I took the valve cages out and took the jugs off the motor.  I took my valves to Jeff Gardner to see if they could be ground. Jeff said I needed new valves and happened to have the phone number of H&K machine shop in Minn.  After talking with Henry, of H&K, a friend and I each ordered a set of four valves from Henry.  I measured my cylinder bore and ordered a set of rings from Otto Gas Engine works. The original IHC pistons had a bump in the ring land. Each ring had a notch to fit over the bump in the ring land. This kept the ring gaps lined up and kept the ring from moving around the piston.  I talked to several people about the bumps and finally decided to take them out with a die grinder and a cut off wheel. I wasnt sure I could do it but it worked out fine.

I went to the Amish hard wood lumber shop and bought hard maple for the running boards. They planed them and cut them to width so all I had to do was cut them to the right length. I bought linoleum to cover the running boards. I bought sheet metal and made new splash aprons. I stripped the battery box and carbide generator and repainted them.

The second owner of the truck had new fenders made. They had been kicking around for 40 or 50 years in the bed of the truck. They were shop worn and had a little corrosion on them. I had the fenders and splash aprons sand blasted and primed. I made inner fenders out of black canvas and assembled the fenders. I bolted on the running boards, splash aprons and fenders.

I got the truck in amazing condition. It had never been taken apart, patched up or cobbled. I wanted to keep the barn fresh look of it. In some places the paint was completely worn off the wood body and frame. I tried to match the old paint as close as possible and touch up some of the bare spots. I tried many different barn red colors without success. Some were too purple, and some too red or brown etc. I finally mixed my own colors from Valspar enamel. I painted the seat which was in primer and Hank painted the hood that I had made.