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RBnSC · Jul 7, 2011

Found this manifold in Aluminum pile a scrap yard 2 days ago. Found transmission in same pile 4 weeks ago. I do work around yard with my equipment. Owner is good friend and neighbor. Do you know what they are?
Ron

Anonymous-0 · Jul 7, 2011

don't know what the intake is off of maybe a 302 ford, But the trans is a Munich 4 speed "not spelled right" looks to be out of a GM. worth a lot more than scrap if good, I'm talking 500.00 or so here, even if it has bad gears the case is worth enough to make you smile, check them out on ebay.

glennster · Jul 7, 2011

manifold looks like a big block chevy 2x4 bbl. possibly a weiand or offenhauser.

VADAVE · Jul 7, 2011

Agree with Rusted that manifold looks to be a ford small block.

rexhellwig · Jul 7, 2011

Not sure on the tranny.

The intake manifold?

The number and location of mounting bolts, the front oil fill, the rear port for the road draft tube, {crankcase ventilation} and of course, the twin four barrel platform all point to one thing.

A real deal 425hp 409 Chevrolet - just like the one in the Beach Boys' song. This is probably valuable.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 7, 2011

Yeah, but I'm wrong fords had the dist. up front

rexhellwig · Jul 7, 2011

It might have the numbers, 3814881.

Where were you in '62?

Bryan inIowa · Jul 7, 2011

ford thermostat outlets are on the front of intake verticle .

Anonymous-0 · Jul 7, 2011

Muncie 4 speed.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 7, 2011

GM 2x4 intake,409-425 hp.Not aftermarket,real GM,identified by the "Snowflake" casting mark,made by Winters foundry for GM.Worth a couple of bucks!

Anonymous-0 · Jul 7, 2011

Muncie 4-speeds are worth $500?

Once again, I'm crying about something I had literally dozens of, tossed in the junk when junk was JUNK. At one point a few years back, I had about 10 M22's and even more M21's sitting in the shed. Who would have ever thought those very breakable trannies would be worth anything.

We used to take 'em out of our Chevies and put in a Borg Warner Super T10 or a Ford top loader because the cluster gear and/or syncros in a Muncie wouldn't stand up to much abuse.

Dean · Jul 7, 2011

Definitely a HP 409 manifold.

Note the open bolt bosses above each pair of intake ports.

The transmission appears to be a Muncie.

Dean

RodinNS · Jul 7, 2011

I would agree that it's a 409... at least it looks like others for a 409 when you google it.

It is definitely not a Ford Windsor. Distributor is at the rear and the mere fact that it's a dual quad would suggest it's not apt to be found atop a Windsor...

Rod

Dean · Jul 7, 2011

She's real fine.

Though I never owned one, I've worked on a few and have always had a fondness for the W block.

A close friend of mine had a dual quad 409 in a 57 Bel Aire. It had so much cam and compression that the windows would rattle in the car beside it at the drive in.

Dean

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Dave 2N · Jul 7, 2011

Manifold definitely from an ETD.

VADAVE · Jul 7, 2011

Forgot about that--Ford did move their distributor to the front. The thermostat is on the fron of that one.
One thing it's not for a wide vee like small block chevy. The 366 that I have doesn't have that narrow an intake manifold. 366 is a big block in the 409 family.

RBnSC · Jul 7, 2011

It is a 63 425 horse 409 in good shape just dirty. The tranny is a muncie no broken gears. The engagement teeth on third gear are a little scuffed. If I were to keep it I would leave it in but if I rebuild it to sell I would change it and the slider. Hope you enjoyed it. Some of You fellers know some stuff.
Ron

GVSII · Jul 8, 2011

(quoted from post at 05:25:30 07/07/11) Muncie 4-speeds are worth $500?

Once again, I'm crying about something I had literally dozens of, tossed in the junk when junk was JUNK. At one point a few years back, I had about 10 M22's and even more M21's sitting in the shed. Who would have ever thought those very breakable trannies would be worth anything.

We used to take 'em out of our Chevies and put in a Borg Warner Super T10 or a Ford top loader because the cluster gear and/or syncros in a Muncie wouldn't stand up to much abuse.

There was a much heavyer/ stronger cluster gear available for that trans.

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