Please call or email Patricks! I've talked with him and he is an old racer. He thinks the market would be too small to justify making the Fentons for Y-Blocks. He sells 500+ Fentons for 6 banger Chevys each year! Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Patrick's is looking into re-creating the original Fenton Headers for Y's. As I understand it, that will constitute a version for the passenger cars and one for the T'Bird. He owns the Fenton name, and closely controls any use of it. I had contacted him about a year ago to see if he would consider allowing me to reproduce the castings with that name. We were unable to come to an agreement, although I could be involved in obtaining castings. Time will tell on this. The Chev 6  and Flathead castings are made overseas, while mine are made in the US, so it is often difficult to compete pricewise.

       The more interest that folks express to Patrick, the more likely he is to pursue this, so letters and phone calls will help seal the deal. On the bright side, this is another example of renewed interest in out favorite engine, and that's a good thing!

                                                              Frank/Rebop 

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

The early Fentons are a cast manifold simular to the stock exhaust. They are a little smoother flow and I believe a bit bigger interanlly. Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

will they fit 55 tbird?

55Birdman  Hickory NC

FWIW, I saw a set of new Fenton Headers on a GMC OHV 6 engine on an engine stand this morning, and they had to be trimmed in a few places to make them fit.

Paul J. - '57 E Code

As much as I hate to admit it one of my high school cars was a tiesan red 51  Chevy, nosed, decked, lowered, rear door handles shaved and powered by a 270GMC 6 banger. Split manifolds with two 1 barrell carbs and Mallory ignition. Yes it did sound great, no I don't really miss it! Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Well, I love my Ford's, but I appreciate them all.  If you haven't heard a Stovebolt 6 with headers, your really missing something.

Paul J. - '57 E Code

Chuck,

     Getting the castings made isn't the problem. The tooling to cast them would be about $10,000 here. The fella who owns the name, doesn't want to allow someone else to use it. So you provide the sources and he gets them made, and gives you a cut(?) Good luck.

                                                                     Frank

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

Chuck:

Same people, same conversations.  Good luck with your project.  Some high flow modern design manifolds may prove to be more popular with the go fast types, as the Fentons would sit well with the "period correct" concours guys.  If you study the original Fentons, they would probably be considered marginal in performance applications.  They are basically streamlined versions of the original manifolds, but not really larger inside.  500 sets a year???  WOW!!!!!!

John

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

By the way the owner of the Fenton name says only 2 people have contacted him about Y-block headers in the last many years. I'm assuming Frank and I. Heres his webpage and EMAIL address.

http://www.patricksantiquecars.com

patstrks@aol.com

Call or write him and let him know if your interested in a set! Maybe he'll put them back into production. I can't believe he can sell 500 plus for Flatheads and Scrub Stovebolts without selling a similar number for Y-blocks. Especially with the revitialized interest we've seen over the past few years. Anyway if you really, really want a set here's our chance to give it a try! Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire