As you can tell by now, things take me a little longer than most folks as I tend to take my own pace with things (mostly due to a myriad of other projects)... Nonetheless, I finally finished the rebuild of Cornelia's carburetor yesterday, and today I too… more »

I was able to order the rebuild kit!  I contacted The Carburetor Shop LLC out of Eldon, Missouri, and they were very helpful in getting me the rebuild kit I needed for Cornelia.  As I mentioned in my earlier post, however; without knowing the specific mo… more »

I removed the carburetor from Cornelia this weekend and managed to scrape off over 50 years of grime with a toothbrush and carb cleaner.  Susan was whitening her teeth this weekend and when I got done with my tooth brush I told her I could blacken them a… more »

I just found out that Cornelia is in fact a 1953 R-112, NOT a 1954.  How?  From the chassis number and the International Harvester archives at the Wisconsin Historical Society.  It was common practice in the '50's for states to title vehicles based on th… more »