Almost forgot. My understanding of Offenhauser is that they have all their old casting patterns, but will not run a batch of parts until they have enough orders to make it worth their time. A friend of mine had called them about an old Dodge hemi intake. They still have the patterns, but said he would have to wait until enough orders came in to make a run of them. They figured this could take as long as 2-5 years depending on demand. He could order a whole bunch of the intakes to make the run minimum, and sell them off, but he would have to pay up front for the whole run. Not cheap. I have heard that Offy has allowed Northwest Speed Equip. (Portland area?) to cast some odd old intakes using Offy's patterns for a fee. If this is true, this would be great as a smaller company might be able to do OK running small runs of odd intakes that are now in demand. And we could get our hands on some neat parts.
