Late to the party, Bonhams Auction 29th April..today https://www.bonhams.com/auction/28770/lot/116/a-high-performance-ford-model-t-engine/ Good selection of Automobilia.. if it wasn`t for the 3000 odd miles I`d certainly be up for lot 525, Courier Roadster !
Left Cali for upstate NY.. it’s like 1964 with internet. Winter in the shop, work on car, summer on the road, work on shop..just got done stapling on the hillbilly siding
This is one of the best looking T intakes I have seen. Dan do you have one under the shelf or behind a box? Great looking T.
Here is a picture of the intake when we were building the engine. The manifold was a creation of a great SoCal hot rod guy by the name of Bud Hand. Not sure how many he made, but I only know of two of them. The other one is owned by a friend of mine in Indiana.
I have this ancient version of the same manifold tucked away for a Riley T project. Bud sure did a great job reinforcing the flanges, you can see where mine has been repaired.
Thanks for posting that Mike- I was not aware that an "original" version existed. Any idea of the origin of your manifold? They were obviously make for running on a block with the intake ports elongated. I was fortunate to get mine only a few months before I wanted to have the engine finished, as the original plan was to fabricate a tubing manifold and run a downdraft S or SR on it. Its running a B size barrel valve now.
Bud Hand was also involved in amateur sports car racing in the 50's. As I recall. he built and drove an MG Special out of his Gas Station/Garage in Santa Monica CA. If he's still living he would be in his mid-nineties. ]
No competitors were willing to come out and play at Buttonwillow Raceway Park the middles of this month; so we had to pull the plug on the "PreWar/Historics" race group!
What head is used at Bonneville Salt Flats on the Ford 4 cyl engines. That will give you some guidance.
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