Hey Gang, Can anyone identify this intake? I believe it to be ThickStun but it's hard to tell because the logo is distorted. It's set up for a 21 Stud Flathead and has all characteristics of being early.
Looks to me like those built by Hexagon Tool. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/hexagon-tool-intake.994724/
The intake you have is definitely a Hexagon Tool. You can always tell because the carbs mount backwards on these intakes. The obliterated printing at the front of the intake you have shown should read "Patented 1947". The Hexagon Tool name should be present in the center of the intake between the two carb mounts in very fine lettering. It looks like the intake has been polished a long time ago and the name was likely removed when the intake was polished.
Yep! Sure is.. Thanks, Arik and CS. I have no experience or thoughts on these? I find it interesting they mounted the carbs backwards to run the original generator mount. Does anyone you know have one of these and what is their thoughts regarding its performance?
They run like the other 2x2 intakes. They have the heat ports. The racing ones had no heat ports. Performance was ok
In all my years of fudging around with flathead speed parts, I really can't recall ever seeing one of these intakes being used on a street driven hot rod. The big thing would be trying to fabricate the carburetor linkage. It looks to be complicated. I know that Don Sullivan and Andy Hotton cast and sold these intakes in the early 1950's when they ran their speed shop in Detroit Michigan, for a short period of time. You do see a few of these intakes still around at the big swap meets like Hershey , so a good number of these had to been cast and sold.
It looks like youd have to do a linkage to a bell crank to reverse the direction from pull to push. Do-able. Pretty neat.
they were used in boats, but i believe the first use was on an indy car with front drive--engine mounted backwards.
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