Man , what's the deal on these intakes I been seeing on this site , called Man-A-Fre? , never heard of them , and I see their bringing thousands of Dallars , I got a friend locally that has a 6-1 barrel big block chevy intake , he bought it for $100.00 , and thinks it's worth thousands , can somebody give me a lesson on these evidently golden intakes? any history? , school me....
Whatever you want to buy, in any aspect of life, "rare" is costly. Man-A-Fre parts are rare, so....$$ Just because you haven't heard of them does not decrease their value. Back in the earlier days of this madness there were a LOT of guys casting, machining and so on all kinds of parts for all kinds of cars. Keep reading and learning. Nobody knows it all. Well, a few may THINK they do.
So , were they made by an individual , or a company? , I thought they may be just an ancient company or somthing...
Ratroddude, Look really close at "Milner's" coupe's engine in the American Graffiti movie. Maybe that's where the majority of us saw them for the first time? A friend and I saw one at a swap meet in OK city years at $750,intake,carbs and linkage and thought that was high?. He paid $1500. for his recently with everything in pristine shape. Is the water still receding at your place? Hope all is well!
Yea , thanks for asking , it has left the garage , now the only thing left to do is clean up , sounds like fun , huh? thanks to all who were concerned , and a special thanks to the big guy upstairs , he spared my house....
Try finding "Buddy Bar Castings" Intakes. They were made for Carrol Shelby for his Cobras and Shelby mustangs by Buddy Bar Castings in SoCal. A true 2x4 SBF intake is around 2.5 K With carbs and aircleaner 4.5 K. Or an original 3x2 SBF with carbs and aircleaner 3.5 K
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