I charged the battery in the Whitcomb. This is a good battery, it was a take out I got at the battery store nine years ago. It still holds a charge and turns over a 1500 cubic inch engine. I intended to correct a leaky carburetor, but I didn't have enough room in front of the engine to remove the rods that lock the engine bay doors. The Whitcomb was coupled to heavy weight passenger car and there was not enough space between the two to get the rods out.

I went up to the museum May 15th and charged the batteries on the Plymouth. I noticed on previous occasions that the brakes on the Plymouth were not releasing. This causes a lot of wear on the shoes and wheels. This time I saw a spring hanging unconnected on on part of the brake linkage. I thought, that spring should be connected to the lever next to it to release the brakes. I tried to release the brakes by hand, pulling on the linkage. It would not move. I connected a come-along to the linkage and released the brakes. I greased the shafts that work the brake mechanism. I connected the return spring and bought one for the other side. The brakes release now. I checked the levels of the gas, oil and coolant. I added two gallons of antifreeze mix to the radiator.