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Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg
Mine might do 60 MPH all day long..........but I want my Model A to last longer than a day.  |
My brothers has 47 years on it. Even at that the babbitt mains needed redone (in 1986)cause the shop did bad work not because it was run 60. The crank, rods and such were not properly balanced either, but the engine only had 40,000 miles on it so not much was needed in the first place.
Keep in mind just because the car can run the 60 MPH all day (and yes has been run a lot at that speed) does not mean it is run that way. To be honest the biggest advantage to a well restored engine is the absolute reliability. The car always goes. The major problem was always just the condensers going bad and the burn out proof A&L units fixed that. It is still using the same points that came with the car in 1970 and it just goes.