Technical early pontiac v8 blower manifold question

for 55-60 motors .who made em? im sure there as rare as hens teeth but ive seen pics of em.M/T had 4 on the challenger and other poncho powered cars.did he cast his own? any info or pics would be great thanks.brian

 

I have both Weiand and Bell catalogs from 1966 and they list 6-71 blower kits for Pontiac with 2" and 3" belt drives. Weiand states that kit suits all engines and Bell (Cragar) lists their kit for 55-60 engines. Cragar do not include Pontiac in their list of engines for the 4-71 kit which was vee belt driven.

 

Expect to pay some coin when you find one! Edelbrock, Cragar, Weiand, M/T all made manifolds for those early Pontiacs. There was a Weiand for sale at the Monroe swap meet in the spring. I will check with that vender at the next swap meet in November?

 

I always thought Mickey had cast his own manifolds and produced the chain drives for the Challenger but that is not the case. Thompson contacted Roy Richter who owned Bell Auto Parts for blower equipment after he realized injected Pontiacs were not going to get him a record. Oddly, credit was never given to Cragar, and Richter never brought the issue up with Thompson.
According to the author of "Striving For Excellence " Richter was too much a cl*** act and remained quiet about it.

 

thanks all! i know its gonna cost a bunch but id like to find one.the actuall blower is the easy part ofcourse and then there is the pullys wich shouldnt be tooooo bad.

 

wish I'd a taken a few pics when Steve built this. I do remember he went to some trouble to make the early intake fit the later heads. Pretty sure it's an MT intake.

http://findcl***icars.com/chevrolet...-4sp-g***erstreet-rod-looks-a-ford-vicky.html

 

thanks squirrel.those headers are sweet.ive got 2sets of those thompson vc too

 

bttt anybody know what the going rate would be for one? im guessing north of a grand wouldnt be far off.

 

Super old post but bttt. Any more pics or info?

 

"IF" I remember correctly you could take an newer intake and mount the early gaskets to it and just had to slot/move mounting holes. The ports etc never moved position, might be the other way around.

Not hard to figure out, just get both gasket sets and lay them on top of each other...

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Old thread but had to share my newest acquisition. Pontiac stuff isnt that common

 

Thats sweet .looks like the same design as the edelbrock b20