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Wat has Packard engines and the like, and after talking it over with Fred, we will be in need of a decent machine shop that ain't stuck on Shivverlay LS engines or the like. You know, willing to work the flathead anvils we know and love. Our areas these days are central Virginia or the greater Bowling Green KY area. Theoretically, that should increase my odds. If someone good may seem a bit out of range, tell me about them anyway and let me be the judge.

I'm willing to haul stuff and hour or two (or maybe 3) for reliable service. I'd prefer to hear of your personal experience, but if you know a guy in your area and you trust him, his experience will be good enough.

Services needed: valve work, boring, crank straightening and/or align boring, tanking, magnafluxing and sonic testing of cylinder walls. I think that hits the high points.

Of course, as always, I figure that anyone worth a pinch of puppy poop will be booked solid, but if so, I still need to get my arse queued. Hell, my motorcycle mechanic has me scheduled for work come . . . September. I know.

you probably know this, but a number of line boring machines can do 6's but not straight 8's. So ask the max length they can do cuz that 356 is a big guy.

You might find a shop closer to the Nashville area.

Yeah, I might. Music City is a big 'burg. There should be some old car guys there and someone who caters to them. Or tolerates them and takes their money. And it's maybe 75-80 minutes from Fred's Car Barn to the north end of town.


There's a decent machine shop in Glasgow Ky, so they tell me, but he's booked solid.


I don't know, so we'll see.

The local San Jose, CA Napa used to rebuild my 327s but I wouldn’t trust them to do a 356! Those are special beasts that require an expert and especially for grinding the crank.

Wat, ping the AACA website. more members and more diverse membership.

You might want to check shops that do diesels .

They should be able to do small and large blocks.

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I think that I'm going to tackle one of the 359s first. I might should ask the 356 crowd who knows their way around those.


I need to learn what's involved with doing this stuff.

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That's a pretty good idea.

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I like that, too.


I wonder if I let my membership lapse there.


Packard wasn't the only source of inline eights.


Mostly, I don't want to have this take until next year. Maybe I'm not realistic, but I have to start the conversation somewhere.