Quote Originally Posted by Innuendo View Post
Sorry Byron, No way would Terry Hardiman have had John Cain cast anything. The quality would never have been up to a standard. You are right about Terry buying the moulds though, so he could expand his range and have them cast correctly and CNC machined to a standard that could carry the Redline name. I've dealt with both men for over 3 decades, selling both brands. Casting from Cain and casting from Redline - not even in the same stratosphere.
Just stating the facts as I know them. I have seen the Redline manifolds in John's workshop. I asked Cainy this morning when I rang him to discuss the big block's bearing tunnel (he used to align hone them all and was one of the few places to have an align hone, most could only bore them) just to make sure my memory was correct, and he definitely used to cast them with Redline on them for Hardiman. I'm not sure which ones, but I remember seeing I think VN headed 308 manifolds rough cast ready to machine not long before he shut up shop.