The roof of my dad's barn caved in from snow weight this year and we're still sorting through the mess and rebuilding. Got it back under roof this week but his 63 Vette roadster and 66 Bonneville convert didn't fair well, still have to deal with that. But while working on the roof this week I found this in one of his work benches and wondered if anyone else has seen one. It says "MINI SUPERCHARGER" on it and he ran it on his 47 Plymouth coupe. I thought it was pretty cool and wanted to share even though I doubt it added any ponies to the coupe.
Pick up any car mag from the early to mid 60's with a JC Whitney ad in it...they're full of those! To me, it looks like the forerunner of today's batch of "air intake enhancers".
Got a '62 JCW catalog right here...essential office reference! Full page of blather on this thing; your single barrel (there were also 2 and 2 barrel ones) cost $9.95. Yours is missing the "automatic air breather", a metal lump which I guess contains a fuzz filter and maybe a needle valve at the end of a rubber hose. This "mixes an increased volume of air blah blah blah" from its advanced vacuum leak. Result is a TREMENDOUS NEW BURST OF MONEY-SAVING POWER. Rotor handles the SUPER-ATOMIZE function.
Thanks for the info, yea he said it came from Whitney's and he graduated high school in 63' so the 62' catalog is right on the money. He told me about the filter thing too, said he thought it was some where in the barn mess too. I know it's not power booster as claimed but I still thought it was a cool piece of hot rod history, even cooler to me since it came off my old man's high school ride.
I know it doesn't add any hp but I still think it's cool. Even if it basically is just a dust collector in the shop. Lots of high school kids added on parts like this (and basically still do) cause they were relatively cheap and easy to install.
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