They also made a cross ram for the 289-302 with the Windsor heads... Looks almost like the Z/28 302 version but it has a "finned" top plate...
Here's what I found so far.... http://www.mustangtek.com/Intake/289-302ShelbyCrossRamintake.html They also made some for the Y-Blocks in '57-'58 and sold at the Ford dealer... I also read elsewhere they made some for Oldmobile motors...
Some of the COBRA-lettered small block ford intakes, valve covers, and oil pans were made by Buddy Bar ... I think most of the intakes were functional equivalents of the Edelbrock F4B ... Or vice versa. Barry
I had one...Bought in 75' for $200 from a fellow in IL, sat on the shelf for 30 yrs and I figured out that I wasn't ever going to build enough engine to go under it so I sold it in 05' to a fellow in CA for $585.00...Basic pic, it didn't seem to have any marks from being mounted..Was availible with single 4v top plate, don't know if it came with both or was a choice....Only seen one other that Mustang Unlimited had for sale at a swap meet..
Buddy Bar ran a foundry that produced manifolds for Edlebrock in addition to short run products for a number of individuals. As a side note, Fred Offenhauser and his brother Carl split the sheets and Carl went to work for Buddy. Probably the two best foundry men in the business under one roof.
Buddy Bar Casting is still in business in Southgate, CA. They just did my brand new Baron flatheads and the castings are art.
Yep! All 3 of them are! One has 302, another a 351W and my latest, a 4.6L V-8 with 24 valves and 2 camshafts..
...... Also the 429's and 351 boss motors.. Plus a bunch of Ford "over the counter" off road intakes including some FE stuff..
I'm going to do some more digging and see what else I can find.. This thread is already all over the internet search sites.. This place rules!!
I had a Buddy Bar 351 Windsor intake I sold a while back. It was actually sold over the counter as a Ford part back in the day.
Most of the early Ford intakes, valve covers and even some cast headers were all done by Buddy Bar..................and they still do high end stuff for almost every manufacturer. The early Buddy Bar items like intakes were done in short runs. You can take a look at their home page and some of the companies they do runs for. As for them doing a production run of intakes..................All of the molds for the Ford intakes/Valve covers were owned by Ford.....................a 351w Buddy Bar intake like the one I have pictured sells for around $800. Although they are rare and very desireable by collectors, their performance falls short of most intakes by todays standard.............IMHO http://buddybarcasting.com/Home.html
Check these out!!!...... Click on the pics on the right side of the page... http://www.mustangtek.com./FordIntake.html Kick back and enjoy the pics!!
I have 3 427 ford "buddy bar" intakes. 2 tunnel port intakes and a hi-riser 2x4. they made some nice castings in the day that is for sure!
cool stuff. this 351C i have has a odd intake on it, dunno if its cause it was switched to propane back in 1970 and the propane conversion uses special intakes, or just a after market intake that got used cause its what was on the engine during the gas crises.. that webpage is cool.. so many cool intakes. chris.
In the 80s I bought a three two intake for small block Ford at Stafford Springs Swap just because it was so cheap. When I got it home and looked it over, it was marked Buddy Bar. I was told by the Ford guys in our club they were sold over the counter at Ford dealers. I ended up swapping it to a guy with a 289 Fairlane for something or other.