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01-17-2006, 08:39 AM
In Tulsa for the Chili Bowl... I called Ron and got an invite to come over and tour the shop.
Gotta tell you that Moritz Machine is one of the coolest old places I've seen in a while. It just has a....patina about it, some of the equipment is 60+ years old. Looks like they do a lot of "This is the only one left on Planet Earth, canya make a replacement?" type work.
I got to take a look at Project Safari, the mid-engined GM minivan with a Beeg motor. The tour was great, Ron kept pointing out cool stuff, "Uh, this is gonna be a small block with a 14-71, here's a couple of 500 CI plus drag motors, here's a crankshaft for a inline 8 cylinder farm tractor we gotta rebuild...".
His crank grinder looks like it could handle cranks over 6' in length. There is a submerged arc welder for depositing journal material on scored cranks so they can be remachined and reused, just cool equipment everywhere.
Thanks Ron! Enjoyed the tour!!! :D :D
Gotta tell you that Moritz Machine is one of the coolest old places I've seen in a while. It just has a....patina about it, some of the equipment is 60+ years old. Looks like they do a lot of "This is the only one left on Planet Earth, canya make a replacement?" type work.
I got to take a look at Project Safari, the mid-engined GM minivan with a Beeg motor. The tour was great, Ron kept pointing out cool stuff, "Uh, this is gonna be a small block with a 14-71, here's a couple of 500 CI plus drag motors, here's a crankshaft for a inline 8 cylinder farm tractor we gotta rebuild...".
His crank grinder looks like it could handle cranks over 6' in length. There is a submerged arc welder for depositing journal material on scored cranks so they can be remachined and reused, just cool equipment everywhere.
Thanks Ron! Enjoyed the tour!!! :D :D