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okay---here's something i saw on the net---serial mommies. Just wonderin' who da baby daddy be, fo' da' fiteen-year old? (see photo)Attachment 6419

okay--here's something interesting. (see photo) Okay----what it is is a small-block Packard crank. But yeah--it was laying inside a parts car I picked up, all rusty. So anyway---i derrusted it and had a machine shop grind the journals .010-.010 us. So, now it can be reused.
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okay---I picked up some cores from a guy in Nixa who didn't need them. He's following the crowd with plans to drop an LS motor in his old Chevy. Myself, am an old guy with old school ideas. Among the cores was a 327 block, date coded 1962, and the original heads that are fit for further use. but, theres also a pair of 291 1968 327heads, bare and rusty. The plan is to rebuild them, as they are an upgrade. to derust them, im fist using power tools(drill and dewalt rotary) with wire wheels to start, then a soak in Evaporust. I used some CRC spot check on one of the heads as a preliminary, and will spot check the other one tomorrow. I've got a set of pistons i've had for decades to use in that block, and summa the other vital components. Yup.

okay---bought a set of oem-type stamped steel rocker arms w/grooved pivots and new lock nuts on EBay. They are Crane brand, and came in the Crane box with data sheet. Id say they prolly are 20-30 years old, never used. I plan to use them, then save the box, that has all the Crane logos and graphics on it. Will cover it with clear packing tape to better preserve it. Then, store spare parts in it on a shelf. See----Crane finally quit business prolly 10-15 years ago, after many years as a leading brand of valve train parts. I also tryta save my S-P and TRW boxes, too. Yup.

okay---i got word from his boy that Church Guy is in rapidly declining health. but yeah---i told you kids that he moved ta So. Indianna some time ago, after the demands of mowing got the better of him. He let his boy take over at the ranch, and do the mowing. Also, a guy took over the place across from church guy, and he's a busybody with a loader, clearing the back of the lot that has been wooded for at least 40 years. we don't take kindly ta people clearing trees in the name o' progress. nope.