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Old 12-01-2008   #11 (permalink)
GTJIM
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Originally Posted by Gumby View Post
O_o this kind of reminds me of how they used to hand finish babbitt bearings.
I cut my teeth on scraping poured babbitt bearings! An old flathead six-cylinder Hudson 'Terraplane' motor we raced in a Midget on dirt tracks.

Did the block top and head surface with a real 'block file' though!

Just goes to show that with enough beer ... and a woman watching ... guys will do anything.
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