The nature of repairs and disclosure

I hate to see an obviously cobbled-together repair done by an "engine man"
"to get the engine running" and then taken out to a show in that
condition.  If, through an excess of excitement he does it at home, fine.
Don't show it that way.  I'm thinking of something like visegrips
or bailing wire holding parts together.  What he does in the privacy of
his engine shed is his own business, but keep it private.

On the issue of preserving an "original blacksmith's repair" I'm in favor
of that.  BUT, we owe it to the viewing public to point out that what they
see is a repair of necessity and not the way the engine came from the
factory.

As to repairs made in the course of an engine's mechanical restoration,
I'm in favor of both authenticity and expedience.  The idea of using JB
Weld to repair defects in a bore is fine by me rather than go through the
risk and expense of boring and sleeving.  If the JB Weld "repair" doesn't
do the job you can always fall back on boring and sleeving.

I do feel VERY strongly about full disclosure when you sell an engine.  We
all have names for the jerks who "improve compression" of an engine
they're selling by putting a squash ball on top of the piston.  Fortunatly
none of us are scum like that.  But there are guys like that "out there"
in engine land.