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Babbitting the big end: At work with Aldrich Engine Rebuilding
Posted by David Traver Adolphus - A few days ago, I headed down to
Willington, Connecticut, to photograph Shawn Aldrich for a profile in the May issue of Hemmings
Classic Car. Shawn's well-equipped machine shop can and does handle many major engine
rebuilding tasks, including decking blocks, surfacing flywheels and grinding cranks, but what he's known
for is babbitt. He has a reputation for taking on the jobs that other people reject; in
fact, even though Model A and T engines were his living for decades, he'd much rather have
something more interesting.
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