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Hoosier Hurricane
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Use your originals. That's all we had in the '50s.
John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"
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Ted
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30 coupe (1/24/2020)
Ted, which do you think would work best with an Edelbrock 573intake? I am a bit "worried" about the off-set on the Blue Thunder Clamps, although I like the looks of them better. Thanks for your opinion, it is valuable to me. I still have not found a price listed anywhere for either, or a source for the Blue Thunder clamps, other than e-bay oldcarmark (1/25/2020)
I have an Aluminum Offy but no Clamps. Can I use the Ones that are used on the original Cast Iron Intake or do I need to look for others? I have used the Blue Thunder aluminum turtles (clamps) only on the Blue Thunder intake manifolds. The BT turtles are offset on the mounting holes so that could give issues when used on other manifolds. For all the other intake manifolds, I’ve simply used the factory or oem turtles. Be aware that there were different sizes on those oem turtles and some of the early designs may be just too long to fit some of the aftermarket manifolds. When I get a chance, I’ll post a picture showing some of the various factory turtles.
  Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)
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Thank You Ted, I look forward to you posting the pictures of the different types of clamps.-- Jim
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Ted
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Thank you Ted. I did know about 2 of them, but had forgotten. I have never seen the cast iron ones.
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Ted
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As a FYI, the 1957 factory dual quad aluminum intake manifolds used the same longer steel clamps (turtles) as those used on the earlier Ford Y’s. On the picture above, that clamp is the bottom clamp. The 2V and 4V cast iron intakes in 1957 used a shorter turtle and it’s 2nd from the top in the above picture.
Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)
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What's the middle one? '58-'62? It seems like they are the ones I have the most of. I had not even been aware of the 2nd and bottom ones, yet.
Lawrenceville, GA
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Oldmics
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Here is a picture of the correct "E" code clamps. Approximatly 2 1/8 in length. As you can see it differs slightly when compared to Teds clamp. I have seen "E" code machines lose points for not having these exact clamps in Judging. Oldmics 
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Oldmics. Did Ford use the same intake manifold clamps on the over-the-parts counter '56 Ford Power Pack intake that were used on the '57 E code intakes?
NoShortcuts
a.k.a. Charlie Brown
near Syracuse, New York
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Oldmics
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Charlie
Curiously No manifold clamps were supplied in the 56 Race Kit.
There was no valley pan to accomidate the dual quad manifold in the kit either.
Oldmics
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