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http://www.ebay.com/itm/289-302-FORD...item336e35d59e
Reading the listing we just had to laugh that someone paid 1500 to have this built. and selling this piece of junk for $995?!?!?!?!
above is the listing on ebay, i was at a loss for words when i saw this
Hey bud-the link doesn't work.
Link worked fine for me...copy and paste
I hope that homemade ????? has some sort of historical value**).
Maybe the engine ran hot and they wanted to keep the carb up in the airflow:confused:
I know it's normally accepted to post Ebay ads, but when it's intended for fun and not some hot buy I couldn't resist! :)
289 302 FORD RATROD INTAKE MANIFOLD HOLLEY RETRO UGLY HOTROD IMCA TUNNEL RAM | eBay
sorry about that heres a link that works.
Can't even imagin
kinda speachless fish?? lol
thanks for that find .. i gotta share it on a few ford sites i visit
oh yeah share away, the seller wrote back to us telling me that ratrods markets are hot! and told my buddy that the 1500 was money well spent! man for a seller that is calling themselves an experienced builder and seller of performance products i guess my standards are just a bit higher than this contraption
High price on a rig like that kind of goes against the concept of rat rodding doesnt it?:confused:
yeah rat rodding is supposed to be about low budget builds and or finding vintage parts to use/reuse on your rod. some vintage parts fetch a pretty penny, but if i gave someone $1500 to build a vintage highrise manifold and make it look like something vintage and got this, id be pissed i got some standard tubing mounted to a piece of bent flat steel with a junk box on top and said here ya go! we told the seller if he wants we can build him another for a hundred bucks and he can mark em up all day long! lol
Worst part is, some pup will get this, bolt it on then go around telling other young pups that this is how things were done "back in the day".:LOL::LOL::LOL:
yeah exactly Dave! then they'll all be that worse off, it's one thing to teach someone a lil history it's another to have to reteach them the right way! old school hot rodders may have designed their own intakes, but i've never seen one look this bad! theres a reason why we know names like edelbrock, so cal speedshop, isky, etc etc etc,,,they not only had their hand in designing functional products but they also made sure they looked like a finished piece worthy enough to bolt onto your pride n joy.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever:whacked:
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So it took any ugly pos intake to get Techinspector to reply? LOL...
Re: the intake... I've got nuttin'!!! (shakin' my head) If nothin' else they were "creative" ??? Even at 50 bucks.. it's a ripoff!
Maybe its a bong in disguise for partiers...
"Bong" - isn't that the sound a really big bell makes when it tolls? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by 406Rich
Bong??? brings back a lot of memories from my misguided youth!!!!! It would make a better bong then it would an intake manifold!!!!!!!!!!!!
HMMMMM .i may not partake .you would need very good set of lungs to get a good pull from that ....well i am just saying.. i seen it done on TV .i never did any grass then cut it ..OK ok i may have inhaledQuote:
Originally Posted by Dave Severson
the crower history of bruce crower when he started sold U-fab intake kits .but never looked like that. i seen his older log intake made from metal . you can still can get U weld kits from some guys .i hand a hand in welding up one for a big chief engine alot more work them many think
well speaking of lungs i sure hope the seller has a good set of em, holding his breath some idiot will pay the grand for this scrap piece.
theres just too many wannabe fabricators making junk cause thats the best they can do and market it as "rat rod" and try charging a pretty penny for their vein efforts.
WOW!!!!!.......Hmmmmm....Uh.....Um....cough.....uh.....yeah!.....um........ Im speechless.
If I knew that sooner, I could of made a mint off some of the junk I had lying around that looked like car parts.
Welcome back Richard great to see you here.
Hi Richard good to see you here again.
I been following this thread, on one hand I look at that intake and just shake my head, what a ......(well I’ll keep those comments to myself). Pretty much nothing more than a shock value piece.
On the other hand it is kind of reminiscent of this intake which is on one of my favorite cars.
http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/q...stom/HandM.jpg
The car is the High and Mighty, the Ramchargers first car and rolling test platform. Honestly even in its day it was ugly as sin, but it represented a lot of real engineering and was an NHRA record holder.
http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/q...and-mighty.jpg
i would put that butt ugly thing under my junk trailer .
the only thig I can say is........."are you kidding me"?
It takes all kinds to make a world go around.......:LOL::whacked:Quote:
Originally Posted by sunsetdart
I was gonna say if a guy gets 1500 for that intake maybe we should all start building our own versions for 1500.
I would have to say just about anyone on here could do a better job then that, even with out the port matching.
HE! HE! HE!
thats exactly what we told the seller! LOL. Maybe i should direct him here to see what people actually think of that hunk of .............Quote:
Originally Posted by vara4
well this intake vs the one listed are like comparing rotten apples to oranges! you can see just in the pics that alot more engineering went into this than the one listed. just look at the front of the intake where the water neck is located. someone spent more time in the machine shop on this baby. still kinda ugly but wow what a differenceQuote:
Originally Posted by Mike P
289 302 FORD RATROD INTAKE MANIFOLD HOLLEY RETRO UGLY HOTROD IMCA TUNNEL RAM | eBay
and he's back! with a new lower price even LOL
It's been on a couple of times. Looks like he shaves 200 / 250 off and tries again. I was going to mention it weeks ago and could bring myself to do it! LOL
Dang, was hoping that POS and it's owner had retired.......
here it is in white
yeah it started at a grand, im waiting til it hits 50 bucks so i can buy it and take it out to the artillery range and give it a proper funeral hehe