I just picked up a Latham, and a lot of pieces, at an antique auction. Here is a link to pictures: http://smg.photobucket.com/user/TWFaust/slideshow/LATHAM A few questions. I notice that the exhaust port blows out to the side, rather than down as I would expect. I also found a factory fabricated steel "runner" which is flanged at both ends. I notice that either end mates to all of the ports on the blower. I have looked at all of the Google pictures I can find and there is nothing like it. Google trembles at what the HAMB knows, so I thought I would try here. It looks as if it was originally set up for the four Carter 4YH setup. I could only fond one intake casting. Anyone know where I could find another? Anyone notice anything I should know?
Never seen that steel intake piece before. The only Latham setups I've seen had a dedicated aluminum intake as part of the deal. I've seen various bits and pieces for these setups on Ebay...if your patient you can probably piece it together and complete it. That steel piece is weird....when I saw it I thought 6 cylinder?
The auctioneer, who is an "antiques guy" had listed it as a MG supercharger. I think he got that idea from all of the MG stuff in the estate. Latham did make a much smaller unit for low displacement cars. All those home made brackets and reduction to one carb makes me wonder if somebody tried. Still that runner looks "factory". I've done a lot of Internet searching. Old ads indicate Latham sold "complete kits" with a new intake manifold for some. Otherwise, they bolted to a factory 4 bbl manifold. The present owner of the old Latham operation is quite cooperative, I may try him. As I pointed out, mine "blows" from the side and that runner mates to the exhaust port. But, doesn't go in a direction that makes sense.
There are some MG supercharger videos that might help see where that might have fit, if it was for an MG swap. The ones I saw were not Latham, but might help to prove it could, or could not fit on a MG. There was a lot of MG interest back then, as far as hop ups, and I almost think Judson made one for MG back then? It was longer than the VW Judson case.
Looking through Google pictures I did see one mounted on a small four cylinder. It was only about 4-5 sections, compared to mine which is 11. Volume of these is determined by the number of sections. I have a bound set of Road&Track back to 1959, Judson did make unit for the MG.
Looking through the web for carbs, I saw a note that the the Corvette and Corvair carbs are only "externally similar". Too bad they didn't go into internal differences. The Corvair carbs are $50.00. A local guy pointed out to me that the Nash-Healy used these carbs, but had an automatic choke, which the Corvette did not.
The Corvette carbs might have different numbers and attributes...but for what you're doing....I'd run the Corvair carbs in a heartbeat...
heres a link to one that just showed up on Seattle / Tacoma ,WA craigslist http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/pts/5848373513.html (253)537-8878
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