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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal> So I have a 1953 Morgan and a 1960 TR3A. The Morgan has the original Standard Vanguard engine, which is the precursor to the TR2 engine. It uses the same short block internals as a TR3, but has a different head, manifolds and uses 7/16ths head studs while the TR3 uses ˝” head studs. When rebuilding the Morgan engine, the head studs were stretched, corroded and bent, so I had to source new ones. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> I called ARP to ask them. The conversation went something like this:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Me: I need head studs for a very uncommon engine.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> ARP: Man, I’ve heard them all. What da ya got?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Me: A 1953 Morgan with the original Standard Vanguard engine.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> ARP: (Crickets)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Me: Are you still there?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> ARP: Yah. I have never heard of any of those things. Let me put you through to custom fabrication.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Me: Wait, wait, wait. I need 7/16ths studs, 10 and a half inches long, coarse on one end and fine on the other.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> ARP: Why didn’t you say so? That’s a head stud for a 302 Ford.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> They worked great. About $77 delivered from ARP.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Bill Brewer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Morro Bay, CA<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>