I've always used Lincoln County Auto Parts in Fayetteville, owned by Alan Holmes, for machine work I can't do myself. Where is Wright's located? I might want to go by and get acquainted, since I've got a few oddball ideas about reconditioning 216/235 splasher rods with Massey-Ferguson tractor bearings. That requires a non-standard rod journal size, however. I've been accumulating Babbit rods for quite a while and I've got about a hundred of them stockpiled.

Another project I've got on the back burner is a 261 "Cadillac" stroker 261 that will end up somewhere close to 300 cubic inches. The Carter YF carb for a Ford 300 inline six might be just right for that engine.
Jerry


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