More funny stuff from the goldchainers...

[zman]

Saw these on eBay...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33627&item=7907483 402&rd=1
Tickled the shit out of me...

[k9racer]

This will go good with the fake tatoos that wash off. Looks almost as silly as the fake pan head covers for a evo harley.

[Dr.Theo]

thats just sad

[long island vic]

maybe if you send him fake money

[Judd]

won't those trap the heat in the head area?

[yorgatron]

that guy has a V8-60 for sale in his other stuff,could be that's a rare old goofball type accessory from back in the day... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[yorgatron]

he also has a nice looking auburn-style dash available too.

[JamesG]

"Give your car the Ardun or Hemi Hot Rod look with these."

The HEMI HOT ROD LOOK? WTF?!?!?!?!

[zman]

Yeah the other stuff is cool, but these just made me laugh. Made me think of the fake hemi covers for SBC...

[C9]

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could be that's a rare old goofball type accessory from back in the day...

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I'm fairly sure Yorgy is right.
There was a similar item - and this could be it - kicking around out there years ago.

Only fair I suppose, specially when you consider the $800. (approx 1995 price) kit to make the SBC look like a Flathead.

All this disguise stuff makes me wonder what people are ashamed of.
I guess I don't understand, but covering up honest mechanical items with a bent piece of sheet metal is a long way from cool in my book.... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Mike Zenor]

Do they have a "Heartbeat of America" version? I'm doing a traditional "Dale Earnhardt #3" inspired lakes roadster, with matching traditional stuffed animal trailer, and these would really look great on the disguised traditional flathead SBC engine.

Also, does K&N make bowtie-shaped air filters that will fit on a fake flathead TPI?

[KnuckleBuster]

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Do they have a "Heartbeat of America" version? I'm doing a traditional "Dale Earnhardt #3" inspired lakes roadster, with matching traditional stuffed animal trailer, and these would really look great on the disguised traditional flathead SBC engine.

Also, does K&N make bowtie-shaped air filters that will fit on a fake flathead TPI?

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Mike - that is some funny stuff http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gifhttp://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gifhttp://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Hackerbilt]

Geezzzz....guys whats wrong with those? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
Other than that stupid "Powered by Ford" script, they look good to me!
I don't see them in the same light as those dumb sheet metal "HEMI" coverups or the fake SBC valve cover trick thats meant to fool you at all!
Those things don't claim to be anything they aren't...well, the SELLER himself used a HEMI/ARDUN reference...but the covers are just clean, cast aluminum eye candy...without claiming to be anything else!

Not accepting those is like saying that HUBCAPS are fake and uncool because they hide a perfectly acceptable steel wheel!!!

I'd run them in a "Heartbeat"!!! (Pun intended!) http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Bill

[trailer-Ed]

I agree with HackerBill. I wouldn't mind having them, I am building a Merc flatty, and all I have is a 2 deuce intake and stock heads, those might just help the looks of the engine without springing $450 for a new set of heads. I guess each to their own, but I think they are pretty cool.(except for the powered by Ford logo!)

[gregg]

We've got an old set. They will go on the next build on stock heads.I like 'em.

[34 GAZ]

Gene,s Hot Rod Shop in Riceville TN has almost the same
items for sale. Polished for $425 and unpolished $275.
Make is champion.

[34 GAZ]

one more.

[Alfster]

<font color="red"> These were originallly made in New Zealand in the sixties by Berry and Chung speed equipment. They made all sorts of early speed gear. Mag wheels, intakes, rocker covers. These were made in a era when an OHV V8 of any sort was a rare and expensive item down here. I posted a pic of these recently on another post. Graham Berry is one of the original Kiwi hot rodders and now makes Cobra replicas that he sells in America. A very talented man.</font>

[Fat ASS Whitewalls]

I like them. That's an inexpensive way to get finned heads on a flathead. Some of you guys need to lighten up. There was a cover made in the 50's to do the same thing. Dean

[general gow]

I just don't get it. Let your flatty be a flatty. If ya don't like it, run something else. Just cuz they were made "back in the day" doesn't make them a good idea.

[Hackerbilt]

But General...It IS still a flatty!!!
Just brightened up a little!
If those things said ARDUN or something I'd be on 'em like a rabid dog. They would be FAKE.
But those things are no different than running a "Skull" air cleaner or something!
I like them!
Hey..."to each his own" as they say!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Bill

[SLAMIT]

I guess it is kinda gay to put some finned valve covers where ugly stock steel ones were cause then it would not be a "TRAD" engine.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[JamesG]

Is there a cover up out there to make my 2002 Dodge Ram look like a 32' 3 window?

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[SanDiegoJoe]

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I just don't get it. Let your flatty be a flatty. If ya don't like it, run something else. Just cuz they were made "back in the day" doesn't make them a good idea.

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I agree. I'm sure that they made padded bras back in the day too...

[Dirty2]

This guy always has junk for sale but it useally never meets reserve .

[Alfster]

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Is there a cover up out there to make my 2002 Dodge Ram look like a 32' 3 window?


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<font color="red"> No, but I did hear there was a kit to make a '32 3 window look like a 2002 Dodge Ram </font> http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[delaware george]

i saw a kit to make an 80's t-bird into a shoebox today http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif...didn't they make a thickston finned cover with no spark plug holes,just as a dress up?...i don't think i'd want it,but it is like hubcaps,dummy spots,lake pipes,and the list goes on

[Chopped50Ford]

them are funny lookin http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Morrisman]

I think they look cool, and no more 'fake' or 'gold chainy' than hubcaps, or chrome, or flake paint. If everything has to be single purpose and unadorned to be cool why does anybody ever bother polishing shit up or cherrying out bodywork with FAKE filler to try and pretend their steel work is genuinely flat, when we ALL know it isn't?

And while we're here, anybody got an air filter cover that can make my Rover/Buick 215 look and sound like a blown hemi http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[flatordead]

What's the problem? It's just a set of head covers. There are others who made head covers too. If you don't like'em, just don't buy 'em. Or grind off the Ford powered shit and carve "JOE COOL" or what ever you like to it.

[hatch]

Next thing you know somebody will invent fake spotlights for leadsleads....that's dumb....(dummy?)....HEY.....DUMMY SPOTS!!!!!....I think I have a get rich scheme in mind. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif...sure hope nobody beats me to it.

[av8]

FAW -- You might be thinking of the Thickstun head covers that were designed for marine applications, particularly for raceboats. They shielded the spark plugs from water spray. The Thickstun aluminum air cleaner was designed for the same application. The motor shown in the eBay listing appears to have a Thickstun air cleaner, or a copy of one. Here, the air inlets are on the bottom of the housing to prevent the carburetors from being doused with water.

I've seen Thickstun head covers and air cleaners installed on vintage-style hot rods in recent years. Can't help but wonder if the owners know what the hardware is all about, but have never felt it's my responsibility to call them on it and act like a dickhead. The old stuff looks pretty neat and does have a legit spot in hot rodding.

If you were to add some Hemi-style biscuits to your HT wires, to plug into the openings in the covers to keep water out of the area beneath the covers, those new ones could be excused and explained as "rain covers." http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[BigDdy31]

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Do they have a "Heartbeat of America" version? I'm doing a traditional "Dale Earnhardt #3" inspired lakes roadster, with matching traditional stuffed animal trailer, and these would really look great on the disguised traditional flathead SBC engine.

Also, does K&amp;N make bowtie-shaped air filters that will fit on a fake flathead TPI?

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ROFLMAO! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[BigDdy31]

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Is there a cover up out there to make my 2002 Dodge Ram look like a 32' 3 window?


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<font color="red"> No, but I did hear there was a kit to make a '32 3 window look like a 2002 Dodge Ram </font> http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Naw, you heard it wrong guys. There's a kit to make a duece roadster look just like a Plymouth Prowler. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Cadillacin Marcus]

Still not as bad as the SBC in Flathead Disguise!!! Sorry Dennis I think you used to carry those didnt you?? No disrespect! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif