Found this on the HAMB - supposedly from NZ


54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

thats an awsome looking engine how the hell does he see to drive.

moz.

moz. geelong victoria australia.

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You peek around the blower. Actually that problem caused a lot of problems in a lot of states. Many don't allow it. Chuck

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

Which makes me want to ask - why don't more people use the little 144 series Weiand  blowers? I've seen several, on shoebox Chevies and pickups with a little more room under the hood - seems like an ideal Y-block accessory to me. Weiand used to sell the small block Ford version pretty cheap and I've looked them over several times. What sort of surgery do you suppose would be required to put a modified four barrel manifold under it? Even the old teapot "A" manifold (which you can usually get pretty easily) would work when the pressure starts to rise.

 
 Steve Metzger       Tucson, Arizona

This is the Weiand blower I've been looking at for ideas .......

This one is for a Chebbie - the small block Ford units driveshaft is offset to clear the front mount distributor. The mounting adapter for the blower to the intake manifold is subject to invention - needs to place the snout in the right spot to create the proper pulley alignment. One really nice feature is that the carb mount is directly on the body of the blower. I have seen pictures of one that had two sidedraft Webers fitted to get the profile down. The blower housing itself is about 1/2 to 2/3 the height of a GMC style unit. 

The only way to get this thing on my T-bird is to leave the hood off - which is a time honored tradition with Ford roadsters anyway!!! But it might fit nice on a fifties sedan...........  

 
 Steve Metzger       Tucson, Arizona

Yeah,  would be magic in an F-series too, especially if it was in mine!!

Pete, one of the Aussie mob. Beechworth, Victoria60 F100 Panel Van, Y-block. 65 Galaxie Country Sedan 390

A fab'ed intake or a set of Ted's scrub adapters and it would work. Looks great, what about a cheap fiberglass  hood for the bird with a cutout for the blower. Keep the orginal and it would be easy to put it back stock if you ever wanted to.

Glen Henderson



Freedom is not Free

Letohatchee, AL

I think an Offenhauser 3x2 intake would make a good starting point for a blower manifold. Either cut the top open and weld in a new top, or cut the dividers between the throttle openings and use the existing top.

Best regards,



Paul Menten

Meridian, Idaho