[Porchdog]

I am confident that the original was sand cast. If I thought that I could do a dozen or more I absolutely would be looking that way.

Even starting with a fresh sand casting machining will be complex - turning from both ends and at least 4 milling setups. again, if I was doing a run that isn't to bad. To make one it's a lot of setup work.

If my buddy can buy one - either repro or an original - it is likely a lot less expensive and time consuming.

Rebuilding the carb involved making a few parts that were to far gone to reuse - but they we simpler than this.

These very old cars aren't worth much any more and my buddy isn't rich. He want's to fix it right but he isn't eager to spend more than he has to.