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Title: Trying to find the manufacturer of these distinctive manifolds Post by: gareth jones on November 16, 2009, 19:12:32 pm (http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc222/gareth-jones/englandmanifolds.jpg)
I asked on the samba and someone suggested I ask on here http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=386399&highlight= Cartune suggestion is good... Title: Re: Trying to find the manufacturer of these distinctive manifolds Post by: speedwell on November 16, 2009, 19:23:51 pm check this tread http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,10138.0.html (http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,10138.0.html) , may be something interesting ;)
and by the way welcome to the lounge fabs Title: Re: Trying to find the manufacturer of these distinctive manifolds Post by: Fastbrit on November 16, 2009, 19:30:23 pm Conversion and Tuning, a company based in London in the 1960s/70s. Made many carb manifolds and other parts from Fords and Minis. VW stuff not common but helped to feed a growing market before USA-made parts were readily available.
Title: Re: Trying to find the manufacturer of these distinctive manifolds Post by: Gary Justus on November 16, 2009, 19:32:14 pm Conversion and Tuning, a company based in London in the 1960s/70s. Made many carb manifolds and other parts from Fords and Minis. VW stuff not common but helped to feed a growing market before USA-made parts were readily available. So much better than the wise-cracks on thesamba. Title: Re: Trying to find the manufacturer of these distinctive manifolds Post by: Fastbrit on November 16, 2009, 19:34:07 pm Thanks Gary – I just looked. What a bunch of...
Title: Re: Trying to find the manufacturer of these distinctive manifolds Post by: speedwell on November 16, 2009, 19:47:37 pm Conversion and Tuning, a company based in London in the 1960s/70s. Made many carb manifolds and other parts from Fords and Minis. VW stuff not common but helped to feed a growing market before USA-made parts were readily available. So much better than the wise-cracks on thesamba. :D :D :D :D you crack me up ;D ;D take care they will lock the topic ::)......... ;D ;D Title: Re: Trying to find the manufacturer of these distinctive manifolds Post by: speedwell on November 16, 2009, 19:49:05 pm harry PORTer ???...................... ;D ;D what a sense of humour :-\
Title: Re: Trying to find the manufacturer of these distinctive manifolds Post by: Udo on November 16, 2009, 20:31:11 pm Conversion and Tuning, a company based in London in the 1960s/70s. Made many carb manifolds and other parts from Fords and Minis. VW stuff not common but helped to feed a growing market before USA-made parts were readily available. Keith Is this the C-T on the manifolds ? Udo Title: Re: Trying to find the manufacturer of these distinctive manifolds Post by: Fastbrit on November 16, 2009, 20:32:30 pm Yes...
Title: Re: Trying to find the manufacturer of these distinctive manifolds Post by: Udo on November 16, 2009, 20:46:23 pm harry PORTer ???...................... ;D ;D what a sense of humour :-\ This was a funny idea i think... Udo Title: Re: Trying to find the manufacturer of these distinctive manifolds Post by: gareth jones on November 17, 2009, 10:40:42 am Thanks everyone
I have been wondering for ages what they were if only they were for IDAs I could run them... the IDA manifold thread is really cool its ironic that I recognised a pair of manifolds in there I have a pair of them in my loft and it says unknown manifold underneath them lol my short IDA maniflods: (http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc222/gareth-jones/ShortIDAmanifolds.jpg) These came off or Simonski's wheelstanding Hustler buggy before it retired with a stck 1600... (now on ebay) Title: Re: Trying to find the manufacturer of these distinctive manifolds Post by: John Rayburn on November 21, 2009, 22:09:11 pm Keith, did they make any other stuff for us , or just manifolds?
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