Nostalgia is great- - - -I love the challenge of scrape-fittimg Babbit rod bearings and setting oil clearance with shims, but somewhere along the line the advantage of boring those rods for insert bearings and grinding the crankshaft to fit should also be considered. Hand cranks for starting the engine and acetyline generators to run the headlights are nostalgic, too!
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!