Paxton supercharger barn find

Does anybody know anything about it? Value? Is anybody interested-if so PM me. Also, what was it made to fit?

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have you googled the part #s???
nice find btw....

 

sweet find i will give you 20 bucks and i will pay for shipping haha!

 

Can't stand it when the "Chainers" throw there money around on the site.

 

Those had a lot of industrial applications as well as automotve, we had them on some of the atmosphere control equipment (CO2 scrubber IIRC) on the submarine I was on in the Navy.

 

yes I couldnt find much about it

 

what do the paxtons that came on 57 fords look like.... or the 60s studebaker ones???

 

you might also try looking on ebay for paxton superchargers.....
might be able to find one like yours forsale that lists more info.....

 

Heck, Ill go $100.00 just as a wall hanger. Very cool find!!

 

Paxton McCulloch same person he used his first and last name from what I can remember. Older guy out of Vegas rebuilds them he is a guru Vern somthing. Rebuilt mine put a ***anium rotor in it. Yours is worth 250 to 500 to the right person.
Good luck

 

Pretty interesting history from the Paxton website. I'm sure they could tell you what you got:

"Innovator Robert Paxton McCulloch in 1937 introduced his original centrifugal supercharger, a giant pancake-looking device that mounted directly to the intake manifold of Ford flat head engines. His first reciprocating ball design was developed as an air pump in 1943 for the U.S. Navy to circulate air inside America’s submarines during World War II and later in nuclear submarines. McCulloch never dropped the concept of an inexpensive, bolt-on aftermarket supercharger for the general public. Extensive research was carried out by Paxton Engineering and in the early ’50s became known as Paxton Products. The first of these compressors was the VS57/VR57 belt-driven blow-through design that ultimately became an option for Kaiser Manhattans, Studebaker Golden Hawks, Ford Thunderbirds, Fairlanes and Edsels. Paxton engineers also developed superchargers used on the famed Novi Indy race cars. These engines developed some 650 horsepower from 180 cubic inches and simply overpowered everything on the straight-aways, but the cars were not exactly agile in the turns. The first OEM contract for McCulloch was with Kaiser in 1954. As many as 5,440 superchargers were fitted to Kaiser engines before the company stopped making automobiles in 1955.
Benson Ford, grandson of Henry Ford, was quite active in the Ford dealer network in a position he enjoyed in the family business. It is rumored that as a result of the time he spent behind the wheel of a blown Thunderbird he was a major factor in an exclusive one-year contract awarded to Paxton Products in 1956 for ‘57 production automobiles. With the onset of the Big Three’s “win on Sunday, sell on Monday” mentality, NASCAR stock car racing was an activity Ford was very much interested in. After the 1957 homologation requirement was met, about 211 Thunderbird “Blower Birds” were produced with Paxton, and a number of other Ford model cars were fitted with compressors, including the Fairlane. These 312-cu.in.V8 “F-code” engines produced power in the 340-360HP range, depending on the camshaft installed. However, Ford conservatively claimed only 300HP. These factory-supercharged Fords dominated motorsports in early 1957, until NASCAR issued a ban on supercharging and fuel injection mid-way through the year. Ford dealers also retailed the VS57 supercharger system as a dealer-installed “power pack” option. A few dual quad and triple deuce configurations, as well as the conventional four-barrel carburetor set-up, were known to be done.
Aftermarket kits were also offered during that period for such vehicles as the Chevrolet Corvette and Chrysler 300C, in addition to other marques including Cadillac, Buick, Oldsmobile and Edsel. Through a couple of ownership changes, development work continued in the ‘60s, Paxton was again vaulted into the automotive limelight when Carroll Shelby teamed up with the company, first on a blown 1965 289 Shelby Mustang and later on a twin-supercharged 427 Cobra. Carroll personally sold the Cobra to comedian Bill Cosby, but it was never made a production item (see Barrett-Jackson, page 4). The Paxton supercharger option was produced in limited quan***ies for the Shelby GT-350 Mustang, from 1966 to 1968. This set-up was also available as an over-the counter dealer installed option on standard small-block V8 Mustangs from 1965-‘72. Shelby and Paxton created another unique prototype in early 1967. This GT500 coupe, known as “Little Red”, inspired Ford to build the highly collectible 1968 California Special Mustang. Little Red featured a Paxton blown 428 Shelby-built powerplant that was said to “chirp the tires at 80 MPH” with its estimated 500HP+. In the early-to-mid ‘80s, as OE performance began to return, Paxton became the first aftermarket supercharger manufacturer to release a 50-state legal 5.0L Mustang street system using an updated version of the SN-60 reciprocating ball-drive unit known as the SN-89. That formula caught on quickly, ushering in a new era of centrifugal supercharging."


Paxton Automotive
1300 Beacon Place
Oxnard, CA 93033

• 888-9-PAXTON (toll free)
• 805-487-3796 (voice)
• 805-247-0669 (fax)

 

Great find! The flat bottom mounting bracket is interesting. The Fords used a inverted "U" shaped affair with a spring loaded idler. Sold a McCulloch VR57 with bracket, pulleys, fuel pump for $750. It turned smoothly so the buyer thought it would be OK inside. Interesting vintage part and worth selling to someone who truly has a use for it. Had mine in the atic for 30 years before I realized I would never use it! Sell or trade for something you want, just don't be in a hurry and give it away.

 

I was also thinking Studebaker.........golden hawk or a lark.......either way cool find..

 

I can never hear the word "paxton" without thinking of the two twin Paxtoned Shelby Cobra Super Snakes with a reported 800 hp. One was Shelby's own car, the other Bill Cosby's famous "Over 200 mph" car:

 

Definatly cool. Always wanted to put a paxton on my F100. I'd be trying trying to find a year of make on that. The flat mounting plate seems kind of strange to me.-dd

 

That looks like my SN-60. SN for "short nose" there was a great site that seems to have died that had all the info you could need. SN-60s came right after the ones used on kaisers and such. The '57 thunderbirds were actually VR-57s and had a different looking ribbed case.

SN-60s were used on GT-350 mustangs and other early to mid sixty's cars before they were replaced with the SN-75 and SN-90. The repair parts are the same all the way up to the NOVI series, so finding parts for that one are pretty easy.

 

Try: Paradise Wheels
San Marcos, CA 92069

760-740-0954 Craig Conley

They have the rights to all the early Paxton/McCulloch stuff.

My VS57 McCulloch originally was used on a Kaiser but they were dealer options for Ford until later VR57 design came out from factory. Never seen a mounting bracket like yours.

 

No the stude blowers mounted on top of the water manifold where the return neck would go. The coolant is routed through the bracket. And the golden hawk had the vs-57.
I agree on the sn-60, check out some stude sites, there is good info there on the supercharger itself.
The great site spoke of by revhead is vs57.com. And like he says it is gone.
tempermental is right about the price. if its in good condition.

 

Definately an industrial application for that thing, probably a lower pressure unit.

I have a Kaiser unit on my Model A, and a SN-60 on a shelf waiting to be played with.

 

Andy Granatelli used two Paxtons on his '60 Chrysler 300F Special short long ram car with the Pont-a-Mousson 4speed and ran Daytona Beach Speed Week and then went out to Bonneville where the car turned 189.99 mph.

 

Andy Granatelli and Paxton in the same sentence... that was posted by a gentleman who knows his stuff.

If one can find an old copy of 'They Call Me Mr. 500' (by Mr Granatelli) there is interesting info on the relationship. Not to mention a few hours of chuckles, grins, and tears about real hot rodding.

 

OMG!!! TWO Paxtons on a long rammed big block Mopar? Freakin' SCHA-WING!!!!

 

a deceased friend of mine had 2 Paxtons on a Stude motor in a '34 2dr back in 1959. He blew the bottom end out of the engine when he locked out the spring loaded arms that changed the drive ratio after it spooled up. Man was that baby making some horsepower just before it let go. the oil slick was a half mile long and he had some nasty burns from the hot oil that splashed through the partial firewall. some of the REALLY old timers around here that witnessed it still talk about the fireball that erupted under the car that night.

Frank

 

Not quite a Paxton, but a McCulloch VS57 in a 300C hiding away from a couple of years back. Supposedly has a Briggs Cunningham connection.

 

Here is some more info on that car. http://chrysler300country.com/1960_300F_andy_granatelli.htm

I had a couple of other pictures as well, but can't seem to find them.

 

Here is two on a stude. Dusty

 

great find!!!!

 

I might be intrested in it. To put in my 312 y block tri powered 36 Roadster pm me a price.

 

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