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Mr. Mack - Thank you!
You are the first gent in the 3 years I have been a member of this fine club to attest to the use of either belt leather or shoe leather for repairs to a bottom end of an engine! Brings back some wonderful memories of the discussion between Dad and I as he was telling me of this during the 30's. Oh yeah, my grandad talked about doing that in a Model T. I tried it once in a 46 chevy with a bad rod........DIDN'T WORK! lol
Ed
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A VCCA member on the Sioux Falls SD 4 cylinder tour lost the bottom babbitt on a rod of his 490 Touring. He asked several fellow tourists if they might have a belt with the proper thickness and width. The fact that the circle of five or six fellas were in the middle of a restaurant when they checked the end of their belts caused a bit of a scene. It was particularly noticed when several commented "Mine is bigger than yours." "Yours is too skinny." "Yours is not thick enough." It took the nearly instant silence in the establishment to grab their attention and recognition what the circle and comments was being misinterpreted.
By the way the local WalMart had a belt with the desired thickness and sufficient width. The leather "fix" was installed that night and crew broke out of a fenced compound. The car completed the rest of the tour. After a few hundred more miles and couple of years a proper rebabbitted rod cap was installed.
How Sweet the roar of a Chevy four!
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Thanks Chipper -
That had to be funny with those guys discussing belt thicknesses!! Laughing with that picture in my mind!!
Dad never said anything about that on any Chevies, but he did state that he had done that to model T's. Back in the depression, it would be sort of a tough choice to cut up a shoe or a belt. Which one would be a better choice??
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JDV, I agree! MrMack, I remember in that movie "GRAPES OF WRATH" that the Joad's made a repair to their old car (can't remember the make. Hudson?). I think they fitted a tin can to the rod bearing or something. I guess that, once upon a time, one could make some remarkable when broken down on the side of the road and no expectation of help anytime soon. We had to figure out something in order to get on down the road.  Now-a-days, we have triple A (AAA) and cell phones (mobile, to Stefan and all out European members).  Charlie 
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Thanks for the information. very much appreciated
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Pork rind was also used for rod bearings. 
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It is a lot funnier in hindsight than it was at the moment. We were all concerned about the effect on the younger folks in the restaurant once we realized what it looked like. The deadly silence from a noisy place is what got our attention. Quickly went back to a noisy place and other people had smiles on their faces so guess we didn't cause any long term adverse effect. Also heard from our friends and spouses when we got back to our respective tables. Didn't get thrown out of the place either. Just remember that all is not what it appears to be.
How Sweet the roar of a Chevy four!
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