Granatelli Corporation AKA GRANCOR. Rare Flathead intake. What do you know?

So I bought a Grancor 2x2 intake.......Seller had it listed as Grandcore...Hehehe. I've never seen one before. What can you tell me about it and Granatelli Corpation? thanks Hitchhiker.

 

http://automotivehalloffame.org/honors/index.php?cmd=view&id=666&type=inductees

http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/mister-500-is-still-going-strong/

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=100703

http://speedwaysightings.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/the-granatelli-brothers/

http://old.granatellimotorsports.com/joe_granatelli_sr.php

That should get you started!

 

thanks!

 

If it has anything to do with Andy, it's cool.
He didn't screw around.

 

What do the two bolts in the front do? coil mount?

 

not sure....one of the things i was hoping to find out.

anyone notice the grease zerk?

 

Yea, its for greasing your valves!! Duh!

 

Zerk was prolly to plug a vacuum line hole.

 

except vacuum would pull a zerk open?

 

Iv always suspected Edelbrock made there heads and intakes

 

From what I have read tonight, they had there own foundry. It does look like a Edelbrock though

 

True but sometimes a guy grabs what he has available at the time.
That's a nifty intake Hitchhiker.
In the early 50's when the Granatelli Bros had a garage/speedshop Andy wrote articles for either Popular Mechanics or Mechanics Illustrated about hopping up engines of the period. I got to read a lot of them when we lived in a rental house on Bainbridge Island, Wa in the late 50's and there was a Stack of them in one of the hall cabinets.

 

maybe a hose hooked up to give a little squeeze to the engine

 

pretty common intake around the midwest. From what I recall, Andy's dad owned a foundry, so making this stuff was fairly easy. There were Grancore heads too. The early ones were the prettiest ever produced anywhere. 1" deep fins, and looked great polished and painted. Back in the good old days you could stumble across 20 or 30 matched sets of heads and intakes at any midwwest swap meet.

 

I bet they are way more common around Chicago. Loyalty to the local guy right? I've never seen one before.....but that's not saying much

 

An old Grancor water-slide decal:

 

I can tell you all about it, it's cool as hell!! ~sololobo~

 

Found these at a swap meet and make great wall art hanging in the garage...

 

I bought a set of heads like Isetta's wall hangers, except mine are the nicest flathead heads I've ever seen. Perfect condition and are going on my "someday" '32 roadster. Then my wonderful wife bought me the 2-2 intake (like the pics at the top) to match!

All Grancor stuff is rare, even here in the midwest. I usta have a '49-53 three carb intake that had three-bolt carbs on the ends and a four-bolt in the center.

 

You see them on Ebay once in awhile.

 

That is cool!

Your wife is a keeper!

Where do you think I found my "GRANDCORE" intake....

 

Anyone else got something to add?

 

No generator mount on front...because it's set up like a Super Dual..

 

i just bought an old 51 merc custom with a gran corp 3x2 intake, im guessing after reading this they are rare. does it hurt the value if i have it polished? (keeping the lettering of co****)

 

Yeah, I'll give ya a buck for it. (cool piece, nice score).

 

Haha, thanks. I think it's going on my coupe instead.

 

Their 1947 catalog. The envelope was postmarked. I wish Vince had signed it.

 

Pretty rare. *******. Was it cheap?

 

Thanks Tommy that is really cool.

Does anyone know when my manifold would have first become available?

 

I hope so....it was less than the cost of a new edelbrock super dual. gotta keep that budget down.