Hot Rods ARDUN Speed as never before

Let`s educate people on Ardun Power Products Corporation and everything there is to know about Ardun. From SPEED AGE October 1950.

 

@ronnieroadster

 

Ha..."Any good mechanic can do a complete installation in 6-8 hours with standard tools."
That means it would take me 6-8 days

 

Tom Senter’s three part Ardun White Paper would be a good start toward that education.

 

These are two Ardun powered street cars at last years LoneStar Roundup in Austin,Tx.

 

Here's the one where he @ronnieroadster talks about pushrod interference with the ardun heads.

 

This old dog has to drool.
HEMI!

 

This and the articles on C T Automotive.

 

View attachment 5632991 If you’re going to talk about Arduns may I suggest this as conversation starter. He he.

 

No, lets start with a press release from Febuary of 1951.

 

More info. https://www.ardun.com/history

 

SIGH..I'd love to have an Ardun set-up (which I can't afford) on an H & H flathead (which I can't afford) in a '34 3 Window (which I can't afford)...SIGH

 

Chin up Jack......here ya go. If you can find a 1/3 scale '34 3 window, you'll be in business....but you'll need to sign up with Weight Watchers for fitment.

 

The tragedy is that the new owner of this roadster removed the Ardun flathead and installed a SBC. He’s a HAMBer.

 

I had rapping contests with Ron Bement at the GoodGuys Nationals. This was from about 2009. He was another craftsman that we lost too soon.
This is a 1/3 scale smallblock in cast iron. The mock up in my avatar is an aluminum block from the master pattern that I was planning to put in the Willys.



I just noticed the address for Ardun in Richmond Hill, I lived there '45 to 49' on 133rd st.

 

Here is an interesting article:
https://www.motortrend.com/features/historic-1934-ford-roadster-ardun-flathead-scotty-muffler/

An thread posted here previously:
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/tom-senter.414956/

Of course, there were other flathead OHV conversions:
https://www.speedwaymotors.com/the-...valve-conversions-for-the-ford-flathead/30958

I didn't find a copy of The Ardun White Paper, but this thread lists the issue if R&C where it was published:
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/ardun-white-paper.295144/

 

The Ardun White Paper is shown in this thread:
https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=55562

I wasn't able to copy it here.

 

I picked up a copy of the White Paper articles from Rod and Custom and Street Rod Quarterly on E Bay listed as a remastered reprint. There were some mimeograph pages with part numbers and installation directions in a spiral bound compilation put together by King Enterprises, 65 pages.

 

I just made a mess in my pants...

 

I am in awe of the people who have the skills, the knowledge , the experience and patience to create these scaled down engines. My hats off to you folks

 

Allard sales brochure with an ARDUN equipped Ford V8. Odd, since most Allards were shipped to NYC without engines.

 

Hard not to think of an Allard without Ardun or Cad power. J2, many Arduns, J2X, mostly Caddy.

 

There was one here locally, got to see it at a show 5-10 years ago. Then there is the Duntov Allard up around Hartford, Ronnie Roadster has worked on that one. I'd like to relive the times I bought a NOS set with spare rockers for $600. and the V8-60 ARDUN engine for $500.

Bob