UPDATE: Was on eBay. Now listed here: http://www.ewillys.com/2018/11/25/edmunds-dual-intake-fish-creek-wi-no-price/
“EDMUNDS DUAL CARB INTAKE MANIFOLD W/ CARTER WA-1 CARBURATORS, WILLYS JEEP, KAISER, FRASER, HENRY J, ALLSTATE
I AM PUTTING UP FOR AUCTION AN UBER RARE AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER USED EDMUNDS DUAL SINGLE BARREL CARBURETOR INTAKE MANIFOLD WITH TWO RESTORED CARTER WA-1 CARBURETORS. THIS SETUP IS FOR EARLY WILLYS JEEP STATION WAGONS, KAISER, FRASIER, HENRY J AND ALLSTATE CARS EQUIPPED WITH THE L-HEAD 148/161CID SIX CYLINDER ENGINE.
THE CARBURETORS HAVE BEEN PROFESSIONALLY RESTORED BY ALL AMERICAN CARBURETORS OF ORANGE PARK, FLORIDA. THIS SETUP INCLUDES FUEL LINES, CARB LINKAGE AND FUEL FILTER.
YOU ARE BIDDING ON A UNIQUE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND CARBURATOR SETUP THAT WAS USED ON THE WILLYS JEEP STATION WAGONS, KAISER, FRASER, HENRY J AND ALLSTATE ENGINES.
I USE FEDEX GROUND AS A CARRIER AND BECAUSE OF THE ITEM’S VALUE I WOULD INCLUDE INSURANCE WHICH WOULD REQUIRE SIGNATURE CONFIRMATION ON DELIVERY. THIS HELPS PROTECT THE BUYER AND THE SELLER.”
Super cool rare piece. There can’t be more than a couple of these around. I won’t expect much extra get up an go.
Yeah I saw this too.. Super rare and really cool. Not sure but that pipe running the length is probably for coolant to keep things nice and warm. Seen similar on vintage GM inline 6 sites. Maybe some of the “Inliners” can chime in on this?
Very nice and rare Edmunds piece. I have had a variety of Edmunds hot rod manifolds over the years…..never any Willys stuff like this. Yes…..the tube going thru the manifold is for engine coolant to heat the manifold for better cold weather fuel atomization and driveability. Edmunds did a lot of manifolds for engine hop up in the 1940’s into the 1960’s. Lots of them made for Chev 216/235/261 inline sixes as well as Ford, Pontiac, Buick, GMC, lots of Mopar stuff etc. Probably the majority of stuff was made for Ford flathead V/8’s. I even had an Edmunds made to adapt two carbs to Cadillac flathead V/8’s from the 1940’s.
This is a really nice setup, my long time good friend Al is selling it. He has accumulated several performance items for Willys engines over the years, and his Willys restorations are top notch. He has had Burns and Darland intakes for the Go-Devil for sale recently. He is the one who spotted the Hickey aluminum cylinder head that is on my 1960 Surrey a few years back. That lead to our building the dual carb setup for the L-134. It helps a little in the performance area, but mostly looks cool as hell!
Oh yeah, the tube is for coolant to flow through.
Recently located Edmunds aluminum dual intake manifold, similar to this one, for Super hurricane 226. It presently has two Rochesters with similar carter fuel filter. the duel linkage system is missing, looks like one carb has heater for choke set up. Ill take a couple of pix and post. Similar coolant tube integrated into the casting. The set up could have been mounted in any number of cars utilzing the Continental 226 engine. I am working on Willys FC 170, stock, not sure this will fit under the dog house.
Mark,
Congrats on the find! Keep us updated. It sounds like a cool project.
– Dave