1933 intake information

[Flathead37]

I'm looking for any information I can get about 33 intakes. I have 3 different ones. Were there changes during the year? Or just different manufacturers?
I'd like to figure which one is correct for my build.

 

[Flathead37]

Another pic .

 

[Flathead37]

And another pic

 

[Flathead37]

Another pic, my phone only lets me post one at a time

 

[Randy]

I don't have a definitive answer, there may have been different manufacturers or it may have been running changes. The two at the top of the 1st picture, with the carb "flange" are similar to the '32 intake so would probably be the earlier production. The bottom one in the 1st picture is probably a running improvement to eliminate breaking or bending the ears of the carb mount. Supposedly, very early '33s had the '32 style post mount generator.

 

[JM 35 Sedan]

Maybe there is some information on these intakes in the EFV-8 Club's '33-'34 book and the '32 books. I'm thinking DavidG, a member here, would know the differences. If he does not respond here, you could send him a pm/email.

 

[DavidG]

In the photos they appear to be in order of the earliest at the top and the latest at the bottom. I base this on the rear section of the manifolds where on the earliest one, the cadmium-plated steel inserts for the windshield wiper vacuum line and the never-released vacuum line for a vacuum-assisted clutch (the plugged hole) are in place just like a '32 manifold. The center manifold has only a threaded hole for the windshield wiper vacuum line, but the bosses in the casting are the same as the earlier manifold. The bottom manifold has a relocated boss for the windshield wiper vacuum line (and the boss for the vacuum clutch line remains).

Unlike all '32 firewalls, '33 firewalls have no obvious provision for mounting the vacuum canister associated with the never-released vacuum-assisted clutch (for which Ford sought a patent and received it several years later, long after any plans for one had been permanently shelved). The lack of attachment provision on the firewall and the changes in the three manifolds shown seem to confirm the eventual demise of the idea.

 

[G.M.]

If you are going to drive the car put a 34 intake on. Big increase in HP. G.M.

 

[Flathead37]

Thanks DavidG. That's what I was thinking.
G.M. It's going to be a Concourse car to start with but after I may switch.

 

[Walt Dupont--Me.]

Try to find E.D.W. he is on the barn quite often, he will know. I think that's his handle. Walt