Long story short, I was at an estate sale last week up near Atlanta. Turns out the gentleman was R.E. Patrick and helped with the creation and testing of Man-A-Fre intakes back in the late '50s-early '60s. They had 2 complete intakes for sale with Rochester 2Gs, a NIB intake with a ton of paperwork, and a bare intake along with the original casting buck. I managed to score the bare intake as well as a whole pile of memorabilia to go along with it. Thought I'd share as some of the photos are really neat. I'm contemplating selling it however to fund a Chevy II project I have my eye on. Would this stuff be better served as a whole package or parted out individually?
That package is pretty awesome. I know the guys at the Speedway museum would be interested if you want me to help you contact them.
take a look online and get an idea of manifold value, etc. But, sure would be great if it could be displayed in a public place for a while. maybe a buyer would be someone that would do just that-keep everything together. sounds like you have a project that needs $$.
Man-A-Fre is still in business today, selling Toyota parts. I'm not sure there one in the same however. All of the do***ents I have put the manifold being produced around 1961-1962 in Atlanta, GA.
thanks for the reply. i was just wondering. i recal the name man-a-fre from when i messed with a land cruiser in the 80s. didnt know they were still going.
Thanks for the offer but I'll hang onto it Still deciding to sell as a package, or split it up. I got a deal on everything but it still wasn't too cheap.
Awesome find, i just recieved an old maf bbc intake that ive never seen before that has a picture image on the top of the intake of a man pouring aluminum into a mold, cast into the intake behind the number 2-4 carb and says shawnee on the top of the picture and foundry on the bottom of it foundry.No pat number on it.Generally i 'm not intrested in bbc maf's but this one was different with the foundry pic and the afterburner kit that came with it will work on one of my atlanta sbc manifolds.
I cleaned up there. I bought mint condition Hot Rod magazines, some as early as 1949 to the mid '60s for a $1 each, some old br*** racing trophies with bakelite bases, and I found a box of full of old dragstrip and Indy 500 ticket stubs, plus some other odds and ends. I'm kicking myself for not buying the box full of Man-A-Fre fuel logs. They were $10 each and there were at least 50 of them. Guy said they were "airplane parts".
very cool find, i sold a guy a man-a-fre fuel block a while back, he said he worked for them back in the day.
Is it me or is the "L" missing from Atlanta on the casting on the manifold? Better get Porkn****** to resolve this spelling issue right away HURST
A few years back I picked up one of those manifolds at the Long Beach swap. I sure would like copies of those pages! I still don't know what the small "jets" were for that are next to each carb.
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