Frank ,
My above statements were not directed at you .
The chinese are great pretenders at making parts that seem to look like our old
parts on the outside . They are usually out of spec & are made from melted down
cat food cans that get shipped to them from the USA .
Seems to me the new breed of so called restorers prefer these cheap chinese parts .
The key word is cheap.....cheap.....cheap . As long as it's cheap .
Nobody ever said , restoring an old truck is cheap
I'd burn my truck down before I'd ever put a made in china part on it .
That's because I'm old school .
There are only ( 3 ) parts I couldn't find for my 1954 3600 .
An NOS Crankshaft not that the old one was bad. I just wanted to go back to
original spec on the crank . I can live with 10 under .
I couldn't find a nos small journal forged steel camshaft . I just live with the regrind .
A nos drivers side front fender has always eluded me. I've found the other three fenders nos .
My drivers side front fender now looks fantastic after two days with with a dolly & various hammers
and endless hours of sanding , bondo , more sanding , etc., etc.
In a very short period of time they will all be driving chinamobile's .
Makes me laugh but sad at the same time .
The hobby is going cockeyed IMO .
George
'54 3600
