Evans Flathead Speed Equip.

Hey there.

I got these from a friend who had them in a barn. I noticed the intake manifold has the name:

JD EVANS

stamped into the back side, ive never seen that on any other Evans Speed parts,anyone know who he is (racer?)or if hes related to Earl Evans? thanks guys... heads were included but only have the bore stamped on them.

 

never heard of them but the intake has some nice features. If you can post some shots of the chamber side of the heads.

 

Send them an email and ask: www.EvansSpeedEquipment.com

 

The intake itself is the original Evans block letter, it's just on the other end.

 

That's a nice find if they are all in usable shape. One of my friends has a set of Evans heads on a 51 Merc but they are few and far between.

 

ya also got a 2x2 fenton, all of this stuff should really tie my projects together

 

Evans Speed Equipment is a high performance speed shop established in 1946 by Earl Evans. When Evans p***ed away, his widow sold the business to Gene Ohly, who sold it to the current owner and operator Jaime "Jimmy" Gonzalez.

Both Evans and Ohly are in the Dry Lakes Hall of Fame, located at the Mendenhall Gas Pump Museum, in Buellton, California. The company still exists today

Evans was the main sponsor of the number 17 roadster who ran at Bonneville starting in 49. Their in house machinist built this car at 19 years old. He sold the car to finance his new business, Carrillo Connecting Rods.

take a look at the engine pictures in this thread......you might see some of the same pieces of equipment

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=516610


The car is now owned by ( fellow HAMBer ) Frank Morawski of Bel Air MD. It was invited and shown at Pebble Beach in 2010.

 

"JD" stands for Japanese Design. Meaning it's just a cheap copy. Send it to me and I'll get rid of it for you. I'll pay shipping. Domo arigato.

 

Haha you sir, are a funny man!

I still haven't been able to find who "jd Evans" is or what those numbers mean. I know for sure the stamping is old because this guys had these for 40 years and the guy he got them from had them for a long time as well.

But it is the same intake as photographed in the salts flat roadster.

 

I would not ***ume the JD stamping is directly connected with Earl Evans. It very well could be the initials of a worker in the foundry that produced the raw castings. Evans was added to identify who the customer was.