Sharp Equipment! Olds Valve covers?

Any one have pics of SHARP valve covers for the olds rocket? I've seen the 3x2 manifold here on the hamb but anyone got pics of the cover in an old ad?

 

any sharp equipment pics? at all

 

i would give my left arm for those valve covers, considering i have that mani hehe..

 

wanna trade for a 4x2?

 

**** i'd trade you a 4x2 for that sharp too! cragar

 

you got a cragar? wanna sell or trade anything??

 

you know i sell everything to you! lol i want that sharp though!

 

you seen that HORNE manifold on ebay! goddam $600 dollars!

 

im after that horne... talkin to the guy, but he WONT budge on price, but i want it BAAAAAAAAAAAAAD..

sharp is never for sale, hahaha, ive never seen another one... and it fits the car PERFECT, ****, you could say im buyin parts for the car around that manifold...

i DO want a 4x2 though if anyone wants to sell one ...

and i REALLLLLLLLLLLLY need sharp valve covers!

 

i've never seen the covers.....

 

heres the cragar and some cal custom covers for the rocket!

i wanna see some sharp stuff though! anything! i'll post my original sharp foot pedal tonight!

 

I have a feeling you are seeking some of the rarest stuff possible. I've seen and heard of several Horne intakes (had 2 or even 3 in the past myself), and have seen pics of 2 or 3 sets of Gotha valve covers, and seen 1 or 2 sets of Hildebrandt valve covers, but I have never in 14 years of being heavy into the early Olds rocket engines even heard of Sharp stuff for the early Olds rockets. I knew they made valve covers and blower manifolds for the later Olds, but I have never heard or seen anything Sharp for the early Rockets. Good luck in your search!

 

dam! hahaha figures

 

Do you think that they look at little something like this?
I have no luck in identifing these early Olds covers, maybe I'll start saying that they are Sharp Equipment

 

those look like moon covers with the steering wheel emblem off an olds

 

Wasahawaiian,

The valve covers in your picture that you say are Cal Custom look to me to be Holmes or Moon.

The ones with the globe emblem have been discussed before on this board-- it was speculated at first that they were one-off's, maybe even modified Moon or Holmes covers. But then someone else came up with a pair. And, the fins around the globe supposedly didn't look ground down. Might be a small production run that someone did. Maybe it was Holmes? They look like Holmes/Moon to me.

 

I'd put my money on a small run of custom castings. Fifty years ago, foundries were everywhere, and most of them didn't have a minimun run figure--they'd cast whatever you wanted, even if it was just a few pair. I've got an aluminum finned cover for 216/235/261 Chevies with the word "SPECIAL" cast in the center. I've never seen another.

 

Damn it Brock ya got to quit teasing with those valve covers. I think those things are cool. If ya ever want to sell let me know.

Eric

 

i've seen early M/T covers for olds 303 too

 

ok back to it! anything sharp!

 

Wasahawaiianrat, i think since i have this, i should get a chance to work something out on this pedal with you... ehehhe...

man, i LOVE those valve covers too!

cant wait to clean this up, been wantin warbozz to polish it for a while now... clean the carbs up really well, make new fuel lines, and then see if anyone ever even notices the intake. hahaha..

what i REALLY do need are some cool valve covers, stock ones WONT look right with this, and damned if i use offy or weiands, WHO CAN HELP ME OUT!??

 

but see behind the pedal i got the carbs for the manifold so i think the deal should come my way...lol!

Mines OG! but you can get these pedals repo from wilcap along with the fuel block.

 

never knew the fuel block was bein redone, shows what an ***hat i can be for missing a small part of a web page.. i want an old one though, hahha...

on the wildcap page, that dragster thats olds powered HAS to have sharp valve covers, its a sharp sponsored car.... i WANNA SEE THE ENGINE!

if they made a manifold they made valve covers... but where are a set for me?

 

I messed a pair of Fenton covers on ebay, they looked to go pretty cheap too.

 

Not necessarily. Edelbrock made an intake for early Chevy sixes, but never made a valve cover for them. Evans made a 3x2 for early Olds engines, but I've never seen or heard of Evans valve covers.

 

I have a Fenton 3-2bbl for early Olds that is almost identical to that Sharp intake. The Fenton name is even on the raised block. I'm think that I remember hearing that the Fenton and Sharp flathead ford intakes were very similar as well. Did Fenton buy out Sharp and "rebadge" all the patterns?

 

al sharp was one of the best guys in the casting business and made stuff for just about anybody, could have cast stuff for fenton. Since the intakes are the same, wonder if there could have been similar valve covers? or what about the super rare fenton olds headers maybe some sharp too?!

 

Weiand valve covers? Do you have a pair a pair of the Weiand valve cover I looked forever to find mine. They are actually hard to find.

Eric

 

no but ive p***ed on a couple sets... im holding out for no names or sharps... i really wouldnt mind settling for no names or those ones with the olds logo