Treadigraph said:
[QUOTE][There was a plan to machine new blocks in Eastern Europe/QUOTE]
That reminded me of my restauration of a Citroen Traction Avant 1934 vintage car (the French "gangster car"). Many parts could be obtained through the club shop, and those parts were new, and manurfactured in Czecho-Slovakia from Citroen blueprints. They were of good quality and my Citroen drove finely with them.so Tradigraphs remark doesn't sound too outlandish.