Alaska Jim: To answer your question about the rarity of your intake. Your Edmunds was made toward the end of the flathead's reign and Edmunds business remaining open. The 2X2 Edmunds "regular" 2X2 (spaced close together for gen. clearence) is much more common. Now rare and price may not equate. If this was a real early Edmunds water heated manifold, I would say that is rare and pricey. Some guys don't like the 8BA/1CM intakes due to the extra holes no matter how rare they are. Enjoy it as a cool piece of history and know you have uncommon piece of hot rodding history. One of the Rodder's Journal issues had a great story on the histroy of Eddie Edmunds. I think his fondness of the bottle got the best of his business at the end.
Just to chime in, I was told that PM -7 stood for Pattern Mold 7. Andy Thickstun, from Alaska was consulted in the Rodder's Journal story on Tom Thickstun in issue #8, and he is Tom's nephew. Edmunds Racing stuff is rare. The Edmunds story "Who the Hell Was Eddie Edmunds" is in Rodder's Journal much later, somewhere around issue 36-40. Jay
Hey Jay: Thanks for chiming in. Yes, you wrote the Eddie Edmunds article, right? I love your articles. Interesting tid bit about the Thickstun PM-7 meaning. I could have sworn that I was told that it was port matched, 7" by Tony Barron. If I'm wrong on my recollection, my apologies to Tony. I find it interesting how Tattersfield changed the heat box a bit and painted it hammertone blue in orde to keep the intake going for a few years after Tommy's death. Tim
banjorear, Thank you for that bit of info on my manifold. I was not looking for a price, I was wondering if it was rare or just not common. I have no interest in selling it so I don't care if it is worth 10 cents or 200 dollars. It will probably stay with me until I die. maybe between now and then I will get around to putting it on my 51 Merc. which is what the plan was when I bought it ten years ago. we are all just temporary caretakers of these things we love and make us happy. I am just glad that I can share it with others to see.-----Jim
Jim: Cool piece for sure. Does your intake have the four bolt mounts or the three? By chance, can you snap a picture of it and post it? I would love to see it.
Should have done a search and added to this thread. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=445980
banjorear, I posted a few pix. of the manifold on the 4th post on the 1st page of this thread. it has 4 mount holes per carb. cadillacoffin, you are right. that is what I should have done, but I am fairly new to posting and searching for things on this fourm, there is some great info there. sorry, -----Jim
OK, thanks. Yeah, very cool indeed. I'd run 2GC's on that bad boy. Some cubes and a nice cam, that engine would run real well. Another neat fact (well, I'm fairly certain), all Edmunds stuff came polished from the factory.
It might be new but I'm pretty sure it's rare. 337 Lincoln intake from Ken Austin. Been a while waiting on this.
Here's my early Edelbrock Slingshot twin carb intake - Vic Sr designed a true cl***ic here, that made a name on the prewar lakes. Just looking at it, you can feel the history. I had 2 and kept this cast finish one so another HAMBer could join the Slingshot club - no need to hoard these pcs of history, they belong on cars!
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