Old style 59A Resized rods. Length change?

Mart

Mart

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Hello. I have a question for those familiar with the old practice of resizing the 59A type rods.
Was it normal practice to resize back to the stock size, which must involve some shortening, or are they normally resized on the same length but to an oversize diameter which would require bearings with an oversize OD.
the rods on my Old 59A engine are all different lengths. Was this to be expected? Or does this represent a shoddy job or poor parts used by the rebuilder?

Any insight on the subject welcome.

Mart.
 
Shonky, incorrect procedure undertaken by 'rebuilder'...Ford made oversize on the o/d bearings so the rods could be sized bigger to suit, whilst maintaining the correct 7" centre to centre length.
 
Are all the pistons the same manufacturer? If not, you could also have different pin heights on the pistons to compound the sin in the rods.
 
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