We are lucky enough in our shop at the moment to have a 1957 'Bird that is pretty rare. It is the last of 15 that were built for the 1957 Daytona speed weeks. These had their radio, heater, clock and lighter deleted as well as black tires, no fender skirts and small hubcaps. It also has tin rocker covers instead of the aluminum Thunderbird covers.

Some more info on the car can be found here:

http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail.cfm?LOT_ID=FL0111-102747

The new owner has bought it into us to have some oil leaks fixed and some work done on the transmission. During the process of pulling the engine out we found that the intake pipe was full of oil due to the supercharger passing oil internally. My questions are:

Can anybody confirm that this is a Paxton- McCulloch VR57 supercharger? All the pictures that I can find on the net of the VR57 seem to have a different boost relief actuator, housings that are bolted togther instead of the clamp that this one has and one drive belt instead of two that this one has. Here is a clear pic of the engine:

http://www.supercars.net/Pics?viewCarPic=y&source=carGal&carID=5353&pgID=1&pID=980625

Does anybody know who might be able to repair this supercharger? It doesn't matter where the repairer is located as the car is located in Melbourne, Australia and we will have to crate it up anyways.

Thanks in advance for any help.