Wierd Intake ID needed

[Grady]

Can anybody here ID this one?

[ken ct]

Possibly an early Hexagon Tool as "D" shaped mounts are faceing backwards??????? Just a guess? ken ct.

[Tim Ayers]

I'm pretty certain that is not a Hexagon Tool intake. I've had two (still have one of them). Neither looked like that.

[ken ct]

Its the only make i know of that mounted the carbs backwards.Maybe an early prototype from them. ?? I had one also a few yrs back the HT one so marked i know what they look like. ken ct.

[Flathead]

I'm not seeing the backwards carbs.

[Tim Ayers]

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OK, here are two pictures. Top showing an Hexagon Tool design. You can see the carbs are mount 180 reverse to accomodate for the FWD set up on Miller Indy cars.

The bottom is how 95% of all other carbs. mount on a intake. It is a Harrell intake for the record.

So what does this mean? Your's is more than likely not a Hexagon Tool.

[ken ct]

Ok my mistake Tim + flathead,i must have looking at it crosseyed LOl.I did have a hex tl one and was marked so and were backward and i am aware of why it was done. thanks ken ct.

[Strick]

If Harrell, believe was made in Los Angeles. At least I've seen heads marked Harrell Los Angeles.

[Grady]

First, Thanks to all for your responses, but still searching. My guess is that this was designed to run a primary and secondary carb progressly. Also I was in hopes that the vacuum port locations and the reliefs cut between the ports would be a clue as to manufacturer as I haven't seen this before.
Thanks, Grady

[Bruce Lancaster]

The 2 vac ports with cuts joining the runners below them were used exactly that way on stock Fords, mid-1930's through about '39. Closest manifolds I have seen to that, but without forward carb pad, were 1930's ones made for Fords using really big generators, possibly ambulance or emergency vehicles...I think whoever made this may have started with molds from something like that!

[NealinCA]

Originally Posted by Bruce Lancaster

The 2 vac ports with cuts joining the runners below them were used exactly that way on stock Fords, mid-1930's through about '39. Closest manifolds I have seen to that, but without forward carb pad, were 1930's ones made for Fords using really big generators, possibly ambulance or emergency vehicles...I think whoever made this may have started with molds from something like that!

That was my first thought...but we have one of those bus intakes for the big Bosch generator and it looks completely different. The one above may be based on something similar though?



Neal

[sanborn]

My memory is probably very poor; but, in 1941 Ford had a "Police Special" engine. It had aluminum heads with about four fins, Ford script and a two carb intake with Chandler 94s mounted.

Could this intake that mounts the carbs backwards be one of these 1941 intakes? I don't know---but I got the same intake recently in a batch of parts.

[Grady]

Let's try some more

[Grady]

Originally Posted by sanborn

My memory is probably very poor; but, in 1941 Ford had a "Police Special" engine. It had aluminum heads with about four fins, Ford script and a two carb intake with Chandler 94s mounted.

Could this intake that mounts the carbs backwards be one of these 1941 intakes? I don't know---but I got the same intake recently in a batch of parts.

Did you ever find out more about this intake?
Thanks, Eddie