3rd part in the series, its for me the Grand Daddy of them all, straight from the Chrysler Engine Factory in Windsor Ontario Canada, factory Dual Carb intake, and factory Dual exhaust which were options on Dodge Trucks. Most believe they were only on 265 ci engines, however that is incorrect. They were available through a factory order on either the 250 or 265 ci motors, and at Dodge truck dealers, they would happily put them on any new truck you wished to put them on.

There is a local farmer who had a 1953 Fargo 1 ton pickup truck with a 238 ci motor, the dual carb and intake on it and always said he bought it right from Wellington Motors in Guelph Ontario Canada. After his death, his family found the original bill of sale for the truck and there on the bill of sale from the dealership was listed the Dual Carb and Dual Exhaust option, although it was not given an itemized price.

I believe the reason he did that was he had purchased a heavier Fargo truck with a 265 ci motor for hauling livestock the year prior and when he bought the pickup at the dealership he asked for the same setup as he had on his truck. That is a bit of speculation on my part, however I did have the chance to ask him on a couple of occasions why he had the dual carbs and he would just smile and not really give me an answer.

For this intake and exhaust I can provide more details as required as the setup is clearly in several Chrysler Manuals that we have,

Tim

Here are 3 pictures of a Factory 1952 Dodge Truck Dual Carb Intake and Exhaust that came off of a 4 ton Truck with a 265 ci motor

Here is the Factory "Chryco" Parts Manual and the page illustrating the explosion view of the Dual Carb Intake and Exhaust

Below Some Vintage Speed Advertisement and Articles -

1st up I belief is a page from the 1953 Bell Auto Parts catalog Show a Edmunds finned high compression head for Chrysler, DeSoto, DeSoto and Plymouth....$54

Courtesy of "Old Mopar fan, Don" who can be found over on HAMB

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/members/41-c28.10395/

1953 Bell Auto Parts Catalog - Front Cover

1953 Bell Auto Parts Catalog - Aftermarket Mopar page

1953 Bell Auto Parts Catalog - Back Cover

Courtesy of http://p15-d24.com/user/7710-charleyd/ who scored a copy of the October 1952 Hop Up Magazine, where the

article which gives a big thumbs up to the Nicson intake and I will put it up under that intake thread as well as here.

Here is the October 1952 Hop Up Magazine on Hopping up the Plymouth with some really positive endorsement of Nicson