tell me about this NOS dyno soars part i found

[baron]

years ago a friend who was heavily into all manner of cars, including vw's, gave me this deano dyno soars manifold, i think it might be called a 'holby' manifold?

web searches have come to nothing, so i'm throwing myself on the mercy of the forum, can anyone tell me anything about this part, specifically i'm wondering whether i should sell it and if so how much would it be worth and where would be a good place to punt it (are there 'specialist' webistes for such bits?)

or, if i fitted it, would it make much of a difference to the performance of my 1641 with progressive carb (would it fit a prog carb?), electronic ignition and 4 into one header with mondo muffler?

here are some pics:

 

[Loxy]

I'm sure I have seen these in a book somewhere before - I know theres a guy on Volkszone that collects this sort of stuff as well.
I would imagine that its worth a good few quid - so sell it & buy something more useful for the van
Will have a look in the books when I get a chance.

 

[Clem]

I think this is the fellah

http://deanosvws.blogspot.com/2009/06/deanos-vws-built-cars.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[Loxy]

Just re-read your post & noticed the holby bit - they are I believe a carb manufacturer that made (possibly still do?) carbs for American muscle cars etc - so I assume that it is specifically designed to fit one of their carbs to a vw

 

[Loxy]

Also found this:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=820556" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[baron]

Also found this:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=820556" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

thanks for the advice and the link especially! i get the 'holby' name now, i did come across them when i was searching the web

i did expect it to be worth a bob or two, as the sticker on it does say v rare, and obviously i clocked the dyno soars tag and knew it was a bit special.

given this is NOS and un-molested (unlike the one on the samba) and has all the appropriate pipeware i think i'm onto a winner :mrgreen:

 

[bottom rung]

Its a manifold to suit a Holley Bugspray carb. I had one on a bug about 20 years ago. It was a good carb, maybe a bit tall for a van and might be problematic getting spares for. I bought the last one that Autocavan in Poole had in stock in 1989.

 

[Loxy]

Looking a the pic it does look like holley written on it rather than holby - looks like bottom rung is the man 8)

 

[Araon]

It is a holley manifold.....

cool if you can get a holley running on it.....

 

[Loxy]

Just had a look in a couple of the books - no pics or details of this specific manifold but a few seem to think that the holley 200cfm & 300cfm was a good carb to have on a bug engine - how to hotrod a vw engine has quite a lot of detail on the pros & cons of different plenum designs.

 

[Araon]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VW-Holley-2110-Rebuilt-Polished-Bug-Spray-Carb_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ65Q3a12Q7c66Q3a2Q7c39Q3a1Q7c72Q3a1171Q7c293Q3a1Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem4a996154ebQQitemZ320400872683QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;