Re: [AMC-list] Need a 401 Crank

["Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Agreed on that experienced machinist thing.

When asked of a hometown machinist to work on AMC engine pieces, his comment
pretty much went like this.
"You mean this isn't a chevy 350? I'm not sure what you're talking about,
AMC? All the engines around here that we work on are 350 chevies. I didn't
know any other engines ever needed a rebuild.............OH, wait a minute,
we work on tractor engine parts here too. We mostly turn cranks, size rods
and do heads cause those blocks usually have wet sleeves. but wait I'll ask
'turbo' if he knows anything about AMC."
response from 'turbo', "Yeah I heard of AMC, that's American Movie Classics
on channel 69"

Sigh, I finally did find a great machinist in a little town South of here
who knew exactly what an AMC is and said, "Yeah bring it down we'll work on
it for you."

Armand



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marc Montoni" <Freedom@xxxxxxxx>
To: <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Need a 401 Crank


>
> markprice242 <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:
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> >>WOW, we are cheap...and paranoid it seems! ROFLOL.
>
>
> <snicker> Yeah, but paranoid from long experience with shop monkeys
trained at the local Vo-Tech high school whose only interest was Chevys (or
more recently, ricers).
>
> Few are the experienced machinists any more who 1) actually know how good
the AMC block really was and 2) understand that it can't just be "slapped
together" like a 350...
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