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Re: Interest in M code exhaust manifold A body?? [Re: viperakron] #1405382 03/20/13 10:44 PM 03/20/13 10:44 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,353 A gulag near you. JohnRR I Win
JohnRR I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,353 A gulag near you.	Quote: Hell they only made 1000 cars, Less than that ... try 640 I'm with Tom , I wouldn't put a deposit on something that MIGHT be made , may take 2 years to make, and even then unless I had the option to not buy should I not like the finished product and get my deposit back.

Re: Interest in M code exhaust manifold A body?? [Re: JohnRR] #1405383 03/20/13 11:05 PM 03/20/13 11:05 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 17,555 Las Vegas, NV 6bblgt I Live Here
6bblgt I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 17,555 Las Vegas, NV	~640 of the '69 Dart M-code GTSs & ~340 of the 440 'Cudas

Re: Interest in M code exhaust manifold A body?? [Re: 6bblgt] #1405384 03/20/13 11:12 PM 03/20/13 11:12 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,353 A gulag near you. JohnRR I Win
JohnRR I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,353 A gulag near you.	Quote: ~640 of the '69 Dart M-code GTSs & ~340 of the 440 'Cudas I forgot about the plymouths .

Re: Interest in M code exhaust manifold A body?? [Re: JohnRR] #1405385 03/21/13 01:16 AM 03/21/13 01:16 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 44,049 Round Lake Beach, Illinoisy Rhinodart Rhinotruck
Rhinodart Rhinotruck Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 44,049 Round Lake Beach, Illinoisy	Quote: Quote: ~640 of the '69 Dart M-code GTSs & ~340 of the 440 'Cudas I forgot about the plymouths . Everyone should... You know my feelings on it, I would be in for one for sure! The funny thing about science is that if you change one miniscule parameter you change the entire outcome to the way you want it. JB Rhinehart, Realist A-Body's RULE!

Re: Interest in M code exhaust manifold A body?? [Re: Rhinodart] #1405386 03/21/13 09:51 AM 03/21/13 09:51 AM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,403 cheshire, ct D davesmopars master
davesmopars master D Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,403 cheshire, ct	if they are made correct with all the stampings. they will sell for 1200.00 I sold a set for 4200 and I had at least 6 people in line to buy them. So at 1200.00 I would say you will sell 20 to 30 set at least. I had an M code Cuda. So being around other M code owners, they will sell. Keeper of the 440 M code Cuda registry mcodecuda@yahoo.com

Re: Interest in M code exhaust manifold A body?? [Re: davesmopars] #1405387 03/21/13 10:08 AM 03/21/13 10:08 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,353 A gulag near you. JohnRR I Win
JohnRR I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,353 A gulag near you.	Quote: if they are made correct with all the stampings. they will sell for 1200.00 I sold a set for 4200 and I had at least 6 people in line to buy them. So at 1200.00 I would say you will sell 20 to 30 set at least. I had an M code Cuda. So being around other M code owners, they will sell. he is not making a pair , he is making the left only . At 1200 a PAIR I'd put up a 1200 deposit ...

Re: Interest in M code exhaust manifold A body?? [Re: JohnRR] #1405388 03/21/13 12:18 PM 03/21/13 12:18 PM
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albert19 member A Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 4 Alberta, Canada	The earliest run of M-code cars that were built was on Dec. 1, 1968. Was the casting dates on these exhaust manifold 12-10-68 or would they have been earlier? If others on this forum have or had these manifolds maybe they can check or recall the casting dates. I think this would be important to the purists to have the earliest possible casting date.

Re: Interest in M code exhaust manifold A body?? [Re: albert19] #1405389 03/21/13 12:27 PM 03/21/13 12:27 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 44,049 Round Lake Beach, Illinoisy Rhinodart Rhinotruck
Rhinodart Rhinotruck Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 44,049 Round Lake Beach, Illinoisy	I personally believe they should have no casting dates but should be made exactly to spec minus the dates. The funny thing about science is that if you change one miniscule parameter you change the entire outcome to the way you want it. JB Rhinehart, Realist A-Body's RULE!

Re: Interest in M code exhaust manifold A body?? [Re: Rhinodart] #1405390 03/21/13 02:09 PM 03/21/13 02:09 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,353 A gulag near you. JohnRR I Win
JohnRR I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,353 A gulag near you.	Quote: I personally believe they should have no casting dates but should be made exactly to spec minus the dates. , there should also be some identifier that is not easy undone so that mysteriously unfound pairs start showing up on ebay and such ...

Re: Interest in M code exhaust manifold A body?? [Re: JohnRR] #1405391 03/21/13 02:53 PM 03/21/13 02:53 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 21,780 N.E. OHIO, USA A12 Too Many Posts
A12 Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 21,780 N.E. OHIO, USA	Quote: Quote: I personally believe they should have no casting dates but should be made exactly to spec minus the dates. , there should also be some identifier that is not easy undone so that mysteriously unfound pairs start showing up on ebay and such ... Excellent points

Re: Interest in M code exhaust manifold A body?? [Re: JohnRR] #1405392 03/21/13 06:27 PM 03/21/13 06:27 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,403 cheshire, ct D davesmopars master
davesmopars master D Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,403 cheshire, ct	Quote: Quote: if they are made correct with all the stampings. they will sell for 1200.00 I sold a set for 4200 and I had at least 6 people in line to buy them. So at 1200.00 I would say you will sell 20 to 30 set at least. I had an M code Cuda. So being around other M code owners, they will sell. he is not making a pair , he is making the left only . At 1200 a PAIR I'd put up a 1200 deposit ... OK, It is still worth it. If it is made, I will buy one just to have it incase I end up with another M code. it needs to be made like the originals (or close as possible) or don't make it at all. Keeper of the 440 M code Cuda registry mcodecuda@yahoo.com

Re: Interest in M code exhaust manifold A body?? [Re: davesmopars] #1405393 03/22/13 12:49 PM 03/22/13 12:49 PM
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big-block-dave super stock B Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,187 USA	As I am the person running the M-'cuda ONLY registry I have had a few people in the past asking me to keep an eye out for 2017 manifolds. If this goes somewhat forward I would give say 6 months to try to track down buyers. Then a 15-20 or 20-30 part run should be done. It's a matter of who or how that much money could be fronted? Would the casting comp hold the extra ones not sold initially until buyers came forth? If one person had the money to buy say 5-10 parts then he would have to make some amount of profit for his investment. So that makes the price higher for future buyers. Where if the casting comp held them the price would stay the same. Has this comp re-cast exhaust manifolds before? If so then there should be sample parts out there that we can compare against originals to get an idea of their work/quality to help satisfy some concerns of the people on this post looking to buy. I'm the CARETAKER of Weinstats '69 440 'cuda registry and have 104 of the 360 cars to date. 84 fastbacks/20 coupes. Always looking for new(REAL M-code) '69 440 'cudas to add to the registry so drop me a note if any are found or known. This isn't a publicly released registry. Thanks, Dave

Re: Interest in M code exhaust manifold A body?? [Re: big-block-dave] #1405394 03/22/13 01:03 PM 03/22/13 01:03 PM
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big-block-dave super stock B Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,187 USA	Just another thought to make the re-popped manifolds identifiable from originals would be to have the part# inverted so it is readable when on a car instead of up-side down? That would help future buyers to not get scammed for high dollars if someone represents a re-pop as on original. There has to be some identifier, just leaving the date off isn't good enough as far as i'm concerned. Some of the original 2017's out there don't have readable dates on them. I'm the CARETAKER of Weinstats '69 440 'cuda registry and have 104 of the 360 cars to date. 84 fastbacks/20 coupes. Always looking for new(REAL M-code) '69 440 'cudas to add to the registry so drop me a note if any are found or known. This isn't a publicly released registry. Thanks, Dave

Re: Interest in M code exhaust manifold A body?? [Re: big-block-dave] #1405395 03/22/13 04:30 PM 03/22/13 04:30 PM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 833 Ohio V viperakron super stock
viperakron super stock V Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 833 Ohio	Doesn't look like too many are lining up with Cash to put them on the list. This is not going to be cheap for whoever commits to do this, if they do. Can only assume it's being proposed because they need one too. I certainly understand putting up a deposit on faith. Don't know what else to suggest other than a credit card for protection. That being said and as Big Block Dave suggests, if a parts supplier steps up for a commitment to make it a go, profits are a natural and expected for the risk, prices will go up.

Re: Interest in M code exhaust manifold A body?? [Re: viperakron] #1405396 03/22/13 05:15 PM 03/22/13 05:15 PM
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TX9H6E4CUDA master Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,799 minnarusta	So wait one minute people are on here complaining about how repo parts are not correct like the originals and the next minute you want them to be not correct like the originals Make up your mind people For the absolute best powder coating go to J.I.T powder coating, contact infomation is in my personal profile..

Re: Interest in M code exhaust manifold A body?? [Re: TX9H6E4CUDA] #1405397 03/22/13 05:28 PM 03/22/13 05:28 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,367 Rancho Cordova, California (Sa... hemi71x master
hemi71x master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,367 Rancho Cordova, California (Sa...	All you people that are wanting, needing, the Left side exhaust manifold, what are you going to do about the Right side manifold? Will you be needing one of them also, to make a pair? I don't understand what just a leftie is going to do, if you don't have a pair of them. Is everyone going to have to find a right one then? RF-4C Phantom 69-370 Zweibrucken, Germany

Re: Interest in M code exhaust manifold A body?? [Re: hemi71x] #1405398 03/22/13 05:34 PM 03/22/13 05:34 PM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 833 Ohio V viperakron super stock
viperakron super stock V Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 833 Ohio	Isn't the right side the same as a 383? If so they are much easier to find.

Re: Interest in M code exhaust manifold A body?? [Re: viperakron] #1405399 03/22/13 09:08 PM 03/22/13 09:08 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 44,049 Round Lake Beach, Illinoisy Rhinodart Rhinotruck
Rhinodart Rhinotruck Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 44,049 Round Lake Beach, Illinoisy	I have several right side manifolds as the 383 lefts tended to crack and were replaced by headers. The funny thing about science is that if you change one miniscule parameter you change the entire outcome to the way you want it. JB Rhinehart, Realist A-Body's RULE!

Re: Interest in M code exhaust manifold A body?? [Re: TX9H6E4CUDA] #1405400 03/22/13 09:19 PM 03/22/13 09:19 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 6,310 colorado A a12superbee master
a12superbee master A Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 6,310 colorado	Quote: So wait one minute people are on here complaining about how repo parts are not correct like the originals and the next minute you want them to be not correct like the originals Make up your mind people While I'm not lucky enough to own a 440 dart, this is a good point. If it were me I would do the cast as exact as I could with small notches on the lower side of the port flange. That way they couldn't be seen while they were installed but identifiable while off the car and with a little effort discernable from underneath. I can't afford this. mark

Re: Interest in M code exhaust manifold A body?? [Re: a12superbee] #1405401 03/23/13 02:59 AM 03/23/13 02:59 AM
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mosweethemi mopar M Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 646 VA.	I HAVE A SET ON HERE FOR SALE. MAYBE I,AM ASKING TO MUCH FOR THEM OR ITS A LOT OF SETS AROUND TO BUY. I HAD A 1969 GTS DART M CODE WITH A 440 ENGINE. SOME ONE HERE ON MOPARTS HAS IT NOW. IT HAD A GREEN HOOD WHEN I SOLD HERE IN VA. BACK IN THE 80,S. IF YOU CAN BUY THEM WHY WOULD YOU MAKE NEW ONES??

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