That is my 34 Ford 5 window with the wild blower on it. I bought it from an old timer and spent 3 months rebuilding it. According to the old timer, it was built in the late 1940s for Indy racing but was not successful. Only 3 were built. The drive snout is new as are the gears, and pulley. It is very much like the Frenzel, which according to the old dude, came a year or so later. The difference is the Frenzel has two gears and this one has four. The rotation of the impeller is opposite of the Frenzel. I found the oiling to be all wrong and the impeller design is no good. It doesn't make much boost, but it is real cool. The engine is a 1936 21 stud engine rebuilt in Jan 1948 according to the tag riveted on the block. It was done by Fallo Engine and Porting Service, Memphis, TN. I cleaned it up, screwed in a 400 Jr cam and Manley valves. It has been hogged out and the intake and blower all matched up. Runs great! Been having distributor trouble, but should be worked out soon. It has a custom Ardun cast pan made from a stock 32 cast pan and Adrun valve cover. The car was owned by local stock car legend Bubba Green in the 1940s. Captain Jack III
Jack - Welcome to the HAMB and thanks for sharing the info. I just read your BIO...very cool stuff. I'd love to see some pics of the 32 roadster and Model A coupe. Thanks, Neal
Read pages 137 through 140 of the book "Dry Lakes and Drag Strips" by Dean batchelor, there is some good info on early superchargers accompanied by vintage photos...pretty killer stuff.
I am going to attempt to put a picture on. Haven't done this yet. You can visit my site if you want to, www.captjacksspeed.com for more pictures. The galleries are full of old family shots going back to the 1940s. I am familiar with the McCullochs. I bought the rights to the 1936-40 blowers and offer rebuild services and limited parts. I am amazed by the high quality of the McCulloch as compared to the Frenzel, S&S and SCOT. It is a very highly engineered and well designed blower. Of course, like the flathead, it has a bad reputaion primarily due to operator error. The oil galleries are small and are usually clogged up. If it can't oil, it will fail. I have run one on my roadster for 4 yrs without trouble. It is hard to imagine how the S&S could be so primitive as it was built ten yrs after the McCulloch. On the operator 'error' bit, I have never had a flathead fail me on the side of the road. All of the problems I have ever encountered were my own 'doins' as we say in the south. My education has been a long one, and without the help of some cool old timers, I would still be scratchin my regions. The Ford V-8 is a worthy engine and due some credit for what it accomplished compared to all others. Was unableto post picture. Oh, well.
Welcome Capt! Glad to see more "informed" older gentleman are still joining the HAMB!!! That thing is a treasure...
the granatelli brothers did some nasty **** for the Indy flatties to. (yes i know im a crazy foul mouthed heathen ... but i know what im talking about!)
Yeah, I love the Granatelli boys. I have a set of 8BA heads they made. I am 42 yrs old and have 4 kids. I am tryin to get 4 cars together so when I kick the bucket one day, they will each get one and some cool garbage with it. This site is hard to navigate. I flew WW-II DC-3 transports from 1999-2002. But flying in a storm was easier than gettin around in here!! Maybe I am dumb or somethin??? I love the McCulloch shots, keep em swingin'!
Captain Jack.....Welcome to the board..Took a look at your site, has some great pics there. I've taken the liberty of snagging three pics, have them ready to post to a photohost and link it here, with your permission. Roger
Roger, You can go ahead and post some pictures if you want to. We are constantly adding stuff. I will be in LA from the 17th-20th. Later
Love Kiwi Kev's McCulloch!! I bet it has plenty of go juice. I am working on an old flathead turbo right now supposidly built in 1937. It is the only one I have ever seen. I need help to identify it.
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