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Re: [Fot] mystery morgan manifold

To: "Bill Babcock" <Billb@bnj.com>, <billdentin@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [Fot] mystery morgan manifold
From: "Kas Kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 13:04:02 -0700
I did some work with the Amals way back when oil was being formed in the 
earth.  Waste of time. Sure looked good though.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Babcock" <Billb@bnj.com>
To: <billdentin@aol.com>
Cc: <fot@autox.team.net>; <cak@dimebank.com>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] mystery morgan manifold


> It' probably did a nice job of keeping the exhaust manifold clean-- 
> amals are notorious gas leakers. The only place I have Amals is on my
> Vincent and my Goldstars, and that's just for period authenticity.
> Otherwise they'd join my lucas distributors in the catapult.
>
> On May 19, 2008, at 10:13 AM, billdentin@aol.com wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 05/16/2008 12:57:46 AM Central Daylight Time,
>> gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com writes:
>>
>>
>>> It looks like a cast alluminum version of the fabricated steel tube
>>> manifold
>>> that were made by V.K. Derriington in England in the late 50s and
>>> early 60s.
>>>
>>> The tubular steel fabricated manifold have the balance tube above
>>> the main
>>> manifold. It connects right in the center top of each "v" junction.
>>> The
>>> overall form of the manifolds are very similar.
>>>
>>>
>>>                Greg Solow
>>>
>>
>> By virtue of the fact that we've not seen a ton of them can we
>> conclude there
>> was no advantage?
>>
>> Years ago someone from California sent me some pictures of a custom
>> TR2
>> manifold with duel Amal carbs he wanted to sell.  It was
>> interesting, but in light
>> of the fact I never saw any others, I had to assume it was not an
>> upgrade.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
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