Engine rebuilders

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With the first phase of mechanical restoration of our '29 Town Sedan

now complete, Cathy and I are beginning to think about a big Phase II

-- a complete engine rebuild. (Why do we want to do this? Because we

hope, at some point, to drive this car from California to Maine, and

maybe back. But that's another story....)



Fortunately, we have a more or less complete spare 1929 engine that

came with our Town Sedan, so we have the leisure of having an engine

rebuilt without taking the car off the road for several months.



And, thus, the $64 question: where to get the rebuilding job done?

Obviously, Southern California would be the preferrred location,

because I would not have to hire a trucking company to deliver it, and

I could visit it in the hospital from time to time to check on its

recovery....



But...does anyone have recommendations for somebody who could do a

first-rate job of rebuilding a Super Six engine? I'm thinking in terms

of pistons, cylinders, new poured bearings, valves and valve seats,

probably modifying the cam shaft (I seem to recall seeing an article in

a WTN about how you could greatly improve performance by changing the

cam profiles), and whatever else would be needed to make an engine

"like new" or even better.



The mechanic who has worked (very well) on our car estimates $4,000 to

$5,000 for a complete rebuild (not by him; this requires specialized

skills he doesn't possess). Is this a reasonable estimate?



Lew Phelps

Pasadena, CA

1929 Hudson Town Sedan