The rootes blower on the flathead Cadillac engine, in the '32 roadster, was homebuilt by a guy named John Beverage. He lived in the Pasadena area and I believe worked for the Jet propulsion Lab (JPL). It was also run on Bob Wright's '27 T roadster and also later (very briefly) on a new 1951 Chrysler coupe, owned by Don Andrews, with Don Nicholson doing the tuning. I believe that Bob told me that the blower body was machined using a boring bar at his Butler and Wright auto parts and machine shop. I used a photo of the Bob Wright-Don Berg T roadster with the blower on it in my book "Authentic Hot Rods". The photo was Bob's and was taken in Palmdale in 1949 on the way to the Lakes. This is old Pasadena hot rod history. Don Montgomery
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