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    .010 Main Bearings

    Does anybody by chance have a set of .010 undersize main bearings for a 320? The usual suppliers don't seem to have any in stock and can't say when they will be getting any. We have the whole shop tied up with piles of parts waiting. Any ideas? Doug
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    Sad day for car collectors

    Yesterday I went to a salvage yard in Whitehall, Mt. and watched the start of an operation that is crushing over a thousand cars from the 30's to the 70's. Over two dozen old Buicks. Sadly I cannot save them all so I'll post this for a friend who is doing his best. The crushing starts Monday...
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    New block

    Now here's something you don't see every day. An NOS fitted block for one of the smaller straight 8's. Price isn't all that bad either. [The ID pad is forward of the distributer so it is one of the smaller sizes]:jeez...
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    Buick parts

    I appologise for posting this in the wrong place, but it might help anybody restoring their old Buick get the correct caps for their car. Doug:jeez: Yep, I was a teenager in So. Cal. in the 1950s. Was at the first race at Lions Drag Strip and most all of them after that. I’ve owned...
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    Camshafts

    Has anybody been able to locate a company willing to make a roller cam blank for the 320 engine? Doug :confused:
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    Prototype parts for your straight 8

    Here's how you get a prototype part for your straight 8. Then it's just a matter of getting the machine shop to hack one out. Is this a great world, or what? http://www.coolestone.com/media/2100/3D-Printer---You-Know-You-Will-Want-One/...
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    Worlds Largest old car parts stash

    There is a guy who is selling off a huge collection of NOS car parts, and has quite a story to go with it. Check it out: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=472452 He is also selling a bunch of it on E-Bay under the handle of 1955wolfe . Quite a few old Buick items also...
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    Rod Length

    I have looked at all of the stuff in the tech section, and I've gone through all of my service manual collection, and all of my Motors, and Chilton manuals, and I'm stumped. I need to find the center to center length of a 401 rod. They give all sorts of arcane measurements, but not that. They...
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