[Tigers] Rt exhaust manifold

[Gary Winblad]

Thanks guys.
Ford had the rear exit manifold for the driver side too, I thought they
would have something with down exit for the passenger side too.
Especially since they sold those engines for industrial use.
Gary W.


On Sat, Jul 6, 2024 at 5:56 AM Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com> wrote:

> Gary
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> The Tiger engine needs a RT exhaust manifold that mirrors the LT exhaust
> manifold and avoids the engine mount.
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> 1964 Ford stock RT exhaust manifold
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> From Bob Mannel’s book pg.4-36
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> Tiger RT exhaust manifold with choke heat riser
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> Photo from Bill Waite
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> Ron Fraser
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> *From:* Gary Winblad <winbladgary at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, July 05, 2024 9:04 PM
> *To:* Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com>
> *Cc:* Tigers at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Tigers] Rt exhaust manifold
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> I am curious why the Ford manifold needed
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> to be changed?
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> Gary W
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jul 5, 2024, at 4:53 PM, Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com> wrote:
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> The Mk II part number changed to 1236160.   I think this is just an
> updated number but it needs to be explored.
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> Anyone have a picture of the Mk II Rt exhaust manifold?
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> Ron Fraser
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> *From:* Gary Winblad <winbladgary at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 04, 2024 9:29 PM
> *To:* Bill Waite <fordlandia at sbcglobal.net>
> *Cc:* tigers at autox.team.net; Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com>; Allan
> Ballard <aballard at ix.netcom.com>; owain.lloyd at gmail.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Tigers] Rt exhaust manifold
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> Same exact logo.  It was DARCAST, no question.
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> Gary W.
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> On Thu, Jul 4, 2024 at 5:11 PM Bill Waite <fordlandia at sbcglobal.net>
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> In earlier emails on the above subject, Ron Fraser has stated "Norm
> Miller states BARCAST" and "Another believes it is DARCAST – this is a UK
> Foundry that cast many exhaust manifold for British cars."
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> The "another" person Ron Fraser is referring to is me, Bill Waite (Tiger /
> Alpine owner since 1978).  I have uncovered additional information today
> which confirms (100% in my opinion) that the logo on the Tiger's RT Exhaust
> Manifold is *DARCAST*.
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> Ron said "We are looking for photo proof or written proof to seal this
> case."  Hopefully the following information will include enough proof.
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> 1.  Ends up that from 1915 through 1980 there was a company named "*Dartmouth
> Auto Castings*" located in Smethwick (UK).  In later years that company
> operated three (3) separate foundries. It ends up that Darcast was not the
> name of any foundry.  Rather Dartmouth Auto Castings used the* DART* in
> Dartmouth and the *CAST* in Castings to create its logo: *DarCast*.
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> 2.  An October 1951 print advertisement (attached to this message) clearly
> shows the Darcast logo.  Also attached is another print ad from 1965.
>  That ad lists the type of castings they produced.
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> 3.  On the unique Tiger manifold, there is a number "DA21120."  I looked
> at some of the other exhaust manifolds the company produced, and they also
> have unique identifiers starting with "DA."  I submit: "*DA*" was likely
> used as the prefix of "*D*artmouth *A*uto" part numbers.
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> 4.  Separately, to the best of my knowledge, no one has ever posted a
> photograph of the RT side exhaust manifold with "Barcast" in the logo.
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> I intend to add the above information to the thread I started on the
> C.A.T. Forum.  The link to that thread follows:
> https://www.catmbr.org/cat-forum/threads/questions-regarding-original-rt-side-exhaust-header.8891/
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> Best Regards,
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> Bill Waite
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