WTB: Edmunds (or other) aluminum head for Henry J 161c.i. 6-cyl

[chrysleralmighty]

Hi, all – thought I'd put feelers out here for one of those aluminum Edmunds heads for a Henry J 161c.i. 6-cylinder. This is going into my dad's '52 J that he bought in 1958 and I finally inherited. I wanna do something a little special with it, so a few hop-up parts would be just so cool.

Thanks and looking forward to hearing from you. I'm offering a finder's fee if you come across one of these things, too!

[chrysleralmighty]

Now THAT is cool, Jake!! Wonder if that motor is still around?

[Fid]

The two ads posted, one from Jalopy Journal and one from ebay are for the Kaiser 226 CID engine, not the Henry J 161 CID and there is a big difference.  I never heard nor saw of an aluminum head for the 161 HJ engine - there could be such a thing but I never saw one. The picture in the next post is a Henry J 161 with the multi carb manifold. Those I have seen and I know Mike H made one for this Allstate so you may be able to come up with something like that.

[Gordie]

"There is no substitute for cubic inches!"

[Corsairdeluxe]

John Parker showed me a 6-161 HJ aluminum head way back when. He said it caused his HJ to overheat and he sold it. About 5-6 years ago an aluminum 6-161 HJ head sold on ebay for about $500. Other than as a novelty ,I do not think they are worth while.