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Since I have been waiting for 2 months to get a casting from Quaker City Castings, which caused me to miss having one displayed in Barry Rabotnik's booth at PRI, I am going to use the cores to cast an iron block. My friend is pouring iron now and is working on the aluminum furnace setup. There is no sense letting the cores sit any longer when I can at least make an iron block with the new revisions. I am truly sorry for the delay on the aluminum side of this. I never saw this coming.
Fortunately, I have been able to feed myself by doing some work for Snyder's Antique Auto. While forced to wait on castings I have been developing new parts for him and fixturing up to machine sveral others. I plan to add a Model A block to the mix sometime next year, after I get the C block up and running.
Times are getting tough and I will do my best to offer my Cleveland at the best price I can for you loyal supporters. You can't really know how much I appreciate the patience, support, and concern for my health that you have shown to a guy you don't even know. (BTW, I feel terrible but at least I'm alive and can work everyday until I hit the wall.)
Oh yeah, almost forgot. At thanksgiving my brother-in-law asked what I was going to do with the first sample that had some flaws in the casting. A friend was thinking about building it, but my brother-in-law said he wouldn't think about it, he would do it. So...he now is in the process of fixing the block and is going to put it in a Cobra kit he bought a couple of years ago. When he came to the shop to get it he looked like a kid in a candy store. He never stopped smiling.
Tod
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