(Words and Photos by Dave McNurlen) It’s another year of Sunday mornings at the Busy B’s Bakery on the Benbrook traffic circle in Ft. Worth, TX. A bunch of us have been getting together since around 2003 to drink a cup of coffee and talk about automotive stuff. Patti McKindley, the owner, welcomes us between 7AM and 10:30AM with cinnamon rolls and cookies. As long as we leave the building front parking open for other customers, we can fill up the parking lot with cars, trucks and motorcycles. It’s like an automotive show & tell with regulars bringing in books, magazines and swap meet finds.
That 3-2 intake in the photos was found at a yard sale of all places. It is almost 100%Â original and has a 1968 FoMoCo 9601-A black air filter. It looks like like somebody just took it off and replaced with something else. The cable-drive tach, flathead intake and wheels came from a hot rodder garage sale. We think they are Palamides wheels as they are magnesium with no Halibrand markings.
We never know what will show up in the parking lot. That COPO Camaro had just been brought back from Detroit by a Busy B’s regular.
We welcome everybody to come down and visit Patti for some great coffee and munchies. You won’t find better Cinnamon rolls in the Dallas Fort Worth area, nor will you find a nicer shop keeper.
Her website is http://www.busybsbakeryonline.com/.
big block pontiac i believe. im not sure who else ran 3×2 rochesters.
but the water outlet in the front looks like a small ford. and the article says fomoco. im all lost.
No such thing as a big block Pontiac. All the poncho engines primarily used the same castings…
That is a 3×2 Holley intake setup for a Ford 406 FE.
so the bolt holes than run through the intake runners are for head bolts? i see the top of the valve cover now. im too young to know the FE. im an end of pushrod/early cammer era.
That’s a Ford FE 3 two barrel intake, you can see where the valve cover fits over the intake.
I’ll guess a Ford 390 Sixpack
1962 or 1963 Ford 406 or 390 tri power setup.
That is a Ford FE, early, for a 390-406 motor. I have only seen two or three of them in my life….It is definitely pre-side oiler 427, so I would guess 1961-1963.
It is a BB Ford FE engine family (390,406,410,427,428) factory Ford TRI-Power set up. The air cleaner itself was worth $100 easy & complete set ups in good shape bring $1500 and more depending on the year. If this is a 68 it would be a 390,427 or a 428. If it is early 60’s then a 406/410 more likely. LOVE to find a deal like this…..Great score!!
Ford fe family.
1961 Ford Hi Po 390, 1962 Ford 406. The “6 Barrel” 390 was 401 Horsepower, and the same setup on a 406 was 405 horsepower. “6 Barrel” 390s came out mid year, included a different cam than the earlier 375 horse 390s, but the gas mileage dropped from nearly 20 (with overdrive) for the 375s to about 9 for the 401s. I don’t think the factory ever put this setup on 427s, and I drooled over thousands of them.
Yes, it definitely a Ford FE 3×2 intake. Totally worthless, I” give you $50 for it đŸ™‚
Guess Your not a Ford Guy
390-427 big block ford
Corvette Tri-power 427 manifold and carb set up. sweet
It looks like a 67 Mustang gt500 3×2 from a 429…….