Anybody need a connecting rod?

[Chris142]

Ran across this on marketplace today. Seems a little funny to me. Odd thing to collect. Maybe they are from a machine shop?

 

[supton]

I presume a speed shop might have a display like this? maybe it went out of business and someone picked it up, then passed away, now the kids are selling what is left? Just a spitball guess here.

Seems odd, but IIRC there were good and bad con rods for Chevy small blocks. 2 different lengths (400's and everything else?), but with different treatments. Presumably SBF's had similar things going on. Want to do a garage rebuild, but want a better set of rods? Go pick out what you want from the wall at the local speed shop.

 

[Kira]

Salvaged from rebuilds which used higher performance pistons and rods?
They might be lower mileage examples?
They might be rods from higher output versions of stock engines and take a more desirable or available bearing?

A pal swapped in new push rods in an 'up and running' CSB rebuild in a feudal effort to locate misses.
I brought them to a rebuilder rather than recycling them as they were stock and good. They gladly accepted them.

 

[Astro14]

I have a set of 8 spare connecting rods for a Packard Eight, and I am not interested in selling them!

 

[eljefino]

I wouldn't want that display to fall over on me.

 

[02SE]

I have a ton of used rods from Top Fuel engines. All no longer serviceable.

 

[02SE]

Some are worse than others...

 

[Nmr1981]

Man that would go great with my classroom collection of paperweight pistons. The kids love them, some know others asked why I have so many funny pencil sharpeners on my desk.