Mickey Thompson Valve Covers - How Rare?

Maybe it's just me but if I am building an American Hot Rod I want to build it with parts made in America. I don't care how cool looking they may look. Just sayin......

 

Do you really think every custom part made back then was made in the US?

Outsourcing is nothing new.

 

I've got a set of M/T SB Mopar valve covers for a 273 that my bro-in-law had in 1968. Made in Japan. Big deal. They look friggin' great!

 

I have a nice set ... i put them on my Jeep

 

recently i had a brand new set sold for 150......not ultra rare, i heard were made. one year not two..think it was 1971.....seen a set on ebay for 220..sold for 220...do yeah you still have to go to work tomorrow

 

hehe bet that was my thread

 

Here's another set of M.T.'s made in Japan, on my 56' Bel-Air, with a 327 cu. in. I bought them on "the auction site".... Well, you guys know which one. I still think they look cool, wherever they are manufactured. I do not know how rare they are though.....

 

I like to see the different modifications made to M/T covers made by past owners-kinda like folk art.I had a set of SB chevy covers that had "dodge" engraved on them-came from a chev powered dodge challenger drag car.Another set I had were carefully[not!] notched to clear the hood side on a leffler sprint car.

 

Thanks again guys..Guess early retirement will have to wait

 

here's another version which I would assume came after the all finned no logo ones and pre breather knockouts, still 9 fin

 

Doug,
Yes, Mickey Thompson made "Thompson" stuff before the M/T logos.
I have seen them in old magazines and catalogs.
Never seen a pair in real life.

-Andy

 

"Moon Equipment Company", the little place on Norwalk Boulevard where the first Shelby Cobra was built, died when Mr Dean Moon died.... It is just a "marketable name" now owned and produced in Japan. That's my opinion, and I knew Dean & his shop.....