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Title: Anyone know when the Edelbrock Streetmaster came out?
Post by: blykins on April 27, 2020, 05:14:06 AM
Mid 70's?
Title: Re: Anyone know when the Edelbrock Streetmaster came out?
Post by: 338Raptor on April 27, 2020, 05:18:30 AM
Did you just answer your own question?  :o
Title: Re: Anyone know when the Edelbrock Streetmaster came out?
Post by: blykins on April 27, 2020, 05:52:13 AM
No, a question mark usually indicates a question or guess.  Do you have an answer?
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Post by: allrightmike on April 27, 2020, 07:24:47 AM
Got reborn when Jay Brown relesed the Great FE Intake Comparo. I know this doesn't help but couldn't resist.
Title: Re: Anyone know when the Edelbrock Streetmaster came out?
Post by: chilly460 on April 27, 2020, 08:13:36 AM
Didn't see a specific year, but several references to it being produced in response to the gas crisis, so yes I'd guess by the time it was developed it was mid 70s
Title: Re: Anyone know when the Edelbrock Streetmaster came out?
Post by: Barry_R on April 27, 2020, 09:03:17 AM
The Holley Street Dominator manifold line was released in 1976. 
I believe that the Edelbrock Streetmaster series beat them to market by a year or so.
Title: Re: Anyone know when the Edelbrock Streetmaster came out?
Post by: Rory428 on April 27, 2020, 12:23:58 PM
That sounds about right. I bought my first Streetmaster in 1976, and it came with a couple of sheets on how to modify the intake for racing. I did the mods and raced my 66 Fairlane GTA with the Streetmaster until the end of 77. I know by then that Edelbrock no offered the F427 intake. Funny how more than 40 years later, there is much more aftermarket support for the FE engine today than there was in the mid 70s. Not to mention, pretty much anything new that was offer for the FE was for gas mileage or trunk/RV use.
Title: Re: Anyone know when the Edelbrock Streetmaster came out?
Post by: gt350hr on April 27, 2020, 01:32:17 PM
   Early '75. I remember the Edelbrock rep Dick Carr bringing one into the speed shop where I worked because he knew I was a ford guy and would like it. Too small was my reply. LOL
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Post by: fryedaddy on April 27, 2020, 02:19:58 PM
i had a used one in 78
Title: Re: Anyone know when the Edelbrock Streetmaster came out?
Post by: TomP on April 27, 2020, 03:07:53 PM
Is Edelbrock rep Dick Carr the same guy who raced a SuperStock/A stick Corvette in the late 80's?
Title: Re: Anyone know when the Edelbrock Streetmaster came out?
Post by: mike7570 on April 27, 2020, 05:17:41 PM
Mid 70's?

I put one on my '67 390gt fastback mustang. I bought the car in June of 74 and sold it in '77.  I rebuilt the motor in late '74 or early '75 and added a streetmaster intake and hooker headers.  I think I bought the manifold at El Monte Service Center speed shop. Got the headers from Ron Miller in a garage in Monrovia before there was a FPP.
Wish I still had that car.
Title: Re: Anyone know when the Edelbrock Streetmaster came out?
Post by: gt350hr on April 28, 2020, 10:30:35 AM
Is Edelbrock rep Dick Carr the same guy who raced a SuperStock/A stick Corvette in the late 80's?

    I believe so.