Originally Posted by Gord&Fran
Seems like shoddy workmanship on GM's part.

Seems like pretty good production cost control- - - -not doing unnecessary machining on a crankshaft that was not expected to last beyond the warranty period, 60 years ago. Did the foundry and the engine factory really care that someone would be trying to fit a square peg into a round hole nearly a century after the engine was made?
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