[mountn man]

Rolls Royce agree to rebuild it but warned the people who recovered the engine to be extremely careful of the crankshaft as they would never be able to replace it.

Don't know why. Todays metallurgy is more advanced. Modern CNC offset grinding could reproduce virtually anything.

[The Antiyuppie]

“Don’t know why. Todays metallurgy is more advanced. Modern CNC offset grinding could reproduce virtually anything.”

Well, anything can be done if you have enough money. And if the original crank was forged, that might be a heck of a lot of money, CNC or not.