Re: 430 Super Marauder
Posted: Tue 29. Oct 2013, 01:46
Intake manifold.
The more common 4V intakes are cast as EDG-9425-A. *My research leads me to believe that there was only one version of the 6V intake cast for both Mercury and Lincoln applications.
*The intake was delivered painted black. It is hard to say the exact gloss of black, but it appears to have been somewhere between semi-gloss and gloss black. People have claimed the intakes were unpainted but the period articles below clearly show them painted. I have also seen three original intakes (before bead blasting) and they were black as well, although the black paint seemed to have faded to a flatter black over the years.
*A Lincoln engine would have very likely had a black tripower intake installed on an otherwise emerald green metallic engine, unless the owner or dealer took the time to paint the intake to match the engine.
*There is no official part number on the intake as has been widely reported.
From the Motor Life June 1958 Article introducing the Super Marauder option. Paint appears to be somewhat glossy. From the Don Francisco article where he had a dealer install the Super Marauder set-up in 1958 for a test car. Paint appear semi-gloss or satin black. From the 1958 Service Bulletin #29. The pink arrow suggests a satin black finish to the intake. What an original intake looks like today when it comes available for sale. This one sold for $800 on Ebay. They range from $300 to a high of $1,400, although recent sales appear to be closer to the high end.
I do have in my possession one oddball intake that is stamped with some special characters near the #8 port. Perhaps it was experimental or perhaps it was raced at one time and stamped for some reason. What I always found interesting about it is that it has what appears to be a MoonEyes logo stamping on it as well. I did ask the President/CEO, Chico, at MoonEyes about the stamping but he did not know what it represented. He did acknowledge it was an interesting stamping that looks like the MoonEyes logo but he also told me that MoonEyes was not officially up and running until around 1961. He did confirm that Dean Moon cast the Super Marauder parts for Stroppe/Ford. As I indicated earlier and as confirmed by the LA Times newspaper padding found with an NOS air breather, these parts were likely cast in mid-to-late 1957.
I believe the PB8M 9424-A part number crosses to the EDG 9424-A which has a list price of $50.85. The more common 4V intakes are cast as EDG-9425-A. *My research leads me to believe that there was only one version of the 6V intake cast for both Mercury and Lincoln applications.
*The intake was delivered painted black. It is hard to say the exact gloss of black, but it appears to have been somewhere between semi-gloss and gloss black. People have claimed the intakes were unpainted but the period articles below clearly show them painted. I have also seen three original intakes (before bead blasting) and they were black as well, although the black paint seemed to have faded to a flatter black over the years.
*A Lincoln engine would have very likely had a black tripower intake installed on an otherwise emerald green metallic engine, unless the owner or dealer took the time to paint the intake to match the engine.
*There is no official part number on the intake as has been widely reported.
From the Motor Life June 1958 Article introducing the Super Marauder option. Paint appears to be somewhat glossy. From the Don Francisco article where he had a dealer install the Super Marauder set-up in 1958 for a test car. Paint appear semi-gloss or satin black. From the 1958 Service Bulletin #29. The pink arrow suggests a satin black finish to the intake. What an original intake looks like today when it comes available for sale. This one sold for $800 on Ebay. They range from $300 to a high of $1,400, although recent sales appear to be closer to the high end.
I do have in my possession one oddball intake that is stamped with some special characters near the #8 port. Perhaps it was experimental or perhaps it was raced at one time and stamped for some reason. What I always found interesting about it is that it has what appears to be a MoonEyes logo stamping on it as well. I did ask the President/CEO, Chico, at MoonEyes about the stamping but he did not know what it represented. He did acknowledge it was an interesting stamping that looks like the MoonEyes logo but he also told me that MoonEyes was not officially up and running until around 1961. He did confirm that Dean Moon cast the Super Marauder parts for Stroppe/Ford. As I indicated earlier and as confirmed by the LA Times newspaper padding found with an NOS air breather, these parts were likely cast in mid-to-late 1957.