When Gary Gomer began working as a mechanic for the Fullerton Police Department, mood rings, pet rocks and Rubik’s cubes were the hot products on the market, and Jimmy Carter was president of the United States. It also was eight years before Dan Hughes – currently with the FPD 33 years – became a cadet. Gomer, 70, hung up his lug wrench last week for the last time after 41 years of keeping police vehicles on the road. Now-Chief Dan Hughes celebrated the outgoing mechanic with a permanent tribute. The garage where Gomer spent time under the hoods of countless…