That is interesting. I had heard that the manifolds for these cars were considered rare back in the early 1980's. I knew of someone who parted out a complete restorable car just to obtain one for a Town and Country Convertible. Paul In a message dated 8/3/2004 8:20:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, SherwoodK@xxxxxxx writes: >Hello: > >The straight eight manifolds are dificult to repair as they lengthen as they >get hot. Why can't you use the earlier manifold from 1946 - 50 as I believe >they are the same (parts book says they are the same). Those manifolds are not >that hard to find. > >Sherwood Kahlenberg >