The 56 style bracket is the one I'm using. No real clearance problems. The power steering pump is fine. I have an after market aluminum water pump pulley that is a bit thicker so I had to do some spacing on that. Keep in mind you can "clock" the rear cover of the blower to move the output hose around. What is the difference in the pulleys? I have one of each now. The first I used has a deep center that reaches the pulley bolt area, the one I just got looks like the smaller one in the pictures. Is the small one T-Bird? Chuck in NH

 

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Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Glenn.

      John (Hoosier) and Ted are good friends, which is how I came to meet Ted. The man is absolutely a class act. He's home and has started sending jokes to us again, so he must be feeling better. Had the car for 40+ years. He won his class at Indy, as a stocker, a number of times. The first guy to congratulate me on a sub 14 second run (at Muncie) in the red car....was Ted. To watch him run in his pure stock (Supercharged) Lark makes it impossible to believe he's 74, 4 speed sounds like Ronny Sox is in the car!

 

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

Frank, I don't spend much time on the HAMB, but it was raining yesterday and I saw the thread on Ted Harbit's wreck. He is one lucky man, not so good for the Stude. Hope he is recovering OK.

Glen Henderson



Freedom is not Free

Letohatchee, AL

    Bill,

        Ted Harbit used to work on them as well, the blowers are big players in the Studebaker thing, so you might Google The Studebaker Drivers site and see who's doing them now. Hoosier Hurricane may help here, he also has a South Bend Car.

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

Daniel, i had to space bracket 5/8" out from waterpump as back of bracket hits on top of waterpump bypass part of the w/pump casting, cant see any other way. You are right in that the blower case is just clear of valve cover, but longer spacers you could increase that, the intake part of the case is close to top of valve cover but hose would be sitting on cover, i think its allways a compromise when fitting unusual application of old things. i then machined pulley spacer so total height of pulley is 4". i used john deere 7" pulley that craig supplied and had adapter made. The Moreco or Mcculloch airbox is for tripower application, a lot of fiddling but unique! as for the vacuum switch to operate variable boost pulley, i will see what vacuum i have and go that way or via micro switch, i have spent a lot of time but over a long time getting all the bits and am getting closer, . p.s we are long way from the parts scources. Best regards in yblocking!.

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

Miker, from what Craig told me there were quite a few brackets (he said that all of them were handmade by paxton???) for different applications. He commented that he believed that my bracket was originally intended for a Thunderbird because of the low mounting of the blower, but did not say the side it would have been bolted to nor the orientation of the blower.

He went on to say that these units are difficult at best to get working properly unless you have all of the parts to an original "kit". Of course, who is going to have an NOS paxton mcculloch kit for your car laying around in their garage? Definitely piece-meal, but then how much fun would it be to just bolt something on all the time? Period speed equipment has the look of Y block legend that I am looking for...worth it to go through the trouble.

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Very interesting. My mount supports the blower lower, and from underneath the case, rather than the side. It also involved removing the p/s pump to the pass side, and it looks like yours might clear one. Early and late models, maybe? Your's also looks more substantial.

miker
55 bird, 32 cabrio F code
Kent, WA
Tucson, AZ

AussieBill,

That bracket looks just like the one I have. I thought it bolted to the water pump bolts, but did not believe that the pulley swung over that much to the passenger side. Maybe I can use my bracket after all. I will have to mock some things up. From the photo, it looks like the rear of the blower is very close to the front of the valve cover on that drivers side. How much clearance do you actually have? I also see that you have spacers behind the bracket where it bolts to the water pump. Any reason why you had to space it forward? And since you did, does your crank pulley even resemble what I've got?

Another thought for you - are you going to run the original setup where the solenoid actually engages off of engine vacuum, or are you going to do some type of fixed ratio?

And where did you find that airbox? is that Y specific?

Those were just the photos I was looking for - thanks!

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Chuck, yes i believe john Erb is the real expert with these blowers, he lives and breathes them, i believe he was with them most of the way through, i allways found it hard to find his contact details, so thank you for that. Best regards. aussiebill.

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

I have a lot of luck with John Erb. He is still actively racing at the Salt Flats. Nothing wrong with Paradise Wheels. I've bought parts from both. Chuck in NH

Erb Products

John Erb

4019 Ponderosa Drive,

Carson City, NV 8970-6436

775 883 6494

johncerb@netzero.net

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire