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Rear brake shoes. Replaced.
New timing belt.
Right-rear-wheel cylinder. Check.
Changed oil and filter, one new brake-light bulb, new spark plugs...Check.
Chief mechanic Jon Van Zandt checks off the work he has completed for the Toyota on his lift. It is a white Corolla DX, 1990, rust-pocked. But the compression reading for all four cylinders is good. Transmission, OK. Drive belts, OK.
"All ready for ..." (checking his sheet) "...for Dee Bright Star."
He lowers the car and starts the engine. Smooth. He backs the Corolla outside the three-bay garage and parks it in a row of other aged cars, all donations. Some came ...