Thank you for your interest in Cyclone Racing Equipment and related products. We are proud to reintroduce Cyclone 24 stud cylinder sold initially and exclusively Cook's Machine Works. These are not reproduction heads! They are original cast from restored, reworked and replaced patterns and will inaugurated as a limited and numbered set. A potential customer will receive a a given number depending on when they initially contacted Cyclone, this will be the I.D.# that the customer will carry, similar to that of a vehicle I.D. They will also be considered Collector Items due to the very limited production run that we handle once a year.
| As enthusiasm for nostalgia heightens, the demand for rare flathead performance equipment increases. Purchasing Cyclone produts is like owning a piece of history. The heads,intake manifold along with the quickchange rear end like the one used in the 1st ever Oakland Roadster Show Winner 1949-Niekamp 29 A Roadster, and the 4 used in the world record holder of MickeyThompson- Challenger streamliner, Bert Letner's T-roadster which was HOT ROD Mags cover car and CRA record Holder May 1948. |
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the 60's Jim Dunn of Firemans Quickie fame ran one in his record
holding dragster were first introduced in the late 1930's to early
1940's by Mendel "Cookie" Ledington. The original location of Cook's
Machine Works was in Cookie's garage at his home in Los Angeles,
where the Cyclone head was made. Starting off with a 4 port marketed
under the name of COOK, This led to a Flathead A/B head for four
bangers,the 21 stud which included all applications by ultilizing a
single pattern and altering it's form, next came the 24 stud head
for use on the late 1938-1948 engines,the 3 pot intake and lastly
the quickchange. Due to a large demand of Cookies machining talent
by other people,such as George Riley (2 and 4 Port cylinder
heads-whose own shop was several blocks over on Floral Ave.) George
Wight and Roy Richter-Bell Auto Parts (Cragar Heads), Victor
Edelbrock Sr.(24 Stud cylinder heads and intakes) a larger facility
was needed in order to accomodate such business. Which brings us to
the present location of Cyclone @ Cook's Machine Works It has been
here since the early 40's. A Corrogated steel building built during
2nd World War was deemed necesarry as the demand for maching talents
increased which still to this day is where Hot Rodders come when
they demand perfection. Cook himself passed away in 1991, he stayed
active in machining till the end, both @ Cook's and a shop at his
home in Lake Arrowhead,CA. In 1976 The shop was sold to his grandson
Bill Cannon and a Partner Jim Mc Caslin, Bill sold out a few years
later to Jim, who coincedentially used to machine all of the
quickchange center sections and ran a Flathead powered dragster out
of the shop when Cookie owned it. So whatever product you are interested in has quite a history. Cyclone Racing Equipment & Products are available on a 1st come 1st serve basis, some items need to be special ordered with a deposit required in order to be manufactured. Some other items are available, such as generator brackets, If you would like to write for more infomation or include your comments and ideas, here's how to contact us. | |
