During the dust bowl of the 30s almost every car on the road. Model A and T
used Babbitt bearings that got repoured on a regular basis.

Stan Wilder
www.engineceramics.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Felder" <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 9:02 PM
Subject: Curious Question (totallyNVC) Babbit bearings

> Does anyone else remember babbitt metal, which was heated and poured
> around journals before they had bearing shell inserts? I never worked
> on one of these, but wondered if anyone else had.
>
> Jim