Technical Latham Superchargers: Info & Pictures

I have a complete set up with 6 carbs for sale , see ad on the Hamb

 

@mgtstumpy here's a high resolution copy of the Aug.'58 RODS ILLUSTRATED article. Sorry i don't have a copy of the sports car mag. or i'd scan it.

 

Hi there,

I would like to add #2287 to this registry.

It appears to be the only dual inlet Weber carb late model supercharger ever seen. This 10 stage blower was built by Richard Paul to run under the lowest hood clearance. It is plumbed for nitrous and flows more than most engines can use.

Is this the only one in existence? I was told that five were made, but two of the others have the one inlet blocked off. The others are still unaccounted for.

The number would indicate that this supercharger was one of his last. I am curious to know more about it if anyone can provide more information. Who ran this crazy thing? It was on a show car for part of it’s life and sat on a garage wall for the last five years of ten that the previous owner had it for.

In between those times, Richard bought it back from the individual it was made for and sold it to the man I bought it from. Originally, the story goes, it was never sold. Richard felt the need to take it back and then sold it ten years ago to it’s first actual purchaser, if you don’t count it’s maker.

I have heard that eventually these things would allow 2800cfm in the largest version. Whether this is true has not been confirmed.

There has been so much concern over the historical versions built by mr. Latham himself and such a lack of info on these performance versions...




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Little easier on the eyes.

 

Hi SnoDawg,
I realized that I had not replied to your question and it has been a long time. I measured mine and it is 8 29/32" outside diameter. So nearly nine inches. I believe that Richard specified 8.81" but that may be for the belt groove.

Did you find one yet or get someone to make you one? Mine is for a small block Chevy, but has the three holes like the Ford I am putting it onto.


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Did you sell this supercharger yet, or is it still in your possession?


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Sorry the supercharger has been sold.

 

Just bought number 1439. No clue of its history. Tag is facing the wrong way. And the brackets are crude. Still cool

 

An old UK hot rod, https://www.facebook.com/groups/384578305585276/permalink/597249170984854/

 

^^^Wow that manifold set-up is cool^^^

 

I am new to this site. I am in the process of doing a restoration/rebuild of rare Glasspar G2. One of the things I plan to include is this Lantham axial supercharger. Will send you some pictures. I saw that there seems to be a registry. Would highly value your thoughts. Great site.

 

Thanks for your response. Was wondering about the model and serial number. My unit say model 16-A and serial number 00145 on the tag, where do I find the other numbers?

 

Sorry,need to correct myself on the serial number. It is 001145

 

Has anyone seen these latham manifold pressure gauges before? I am assuming that they were made by Stewart Warner.

 

They definitely look like Stewart Warner gauges. I've never seen them before. I believe the pressure gauge would be for fuel pressure. He also had gauges made with one being a combo for manifold pressure and vacuum and the other for fuel pressure. The fuel pressure gauge was especially useful when a supercharger was shipped with the Carter YH carburetors (like on early 6 cylinder Corvettes) since the original ones with a brass needle and seat were very sensitive to fuel pressure.

 

Looking for a Latham intake for my FE powerplant. Can anyone help me out?


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Well the dreaded death of my hard drive happened and I lost the excel file of the registry. I hadn't backed up my excel files as I had the other folders. So other than paper copies of non-HAMB Latham's the registry no longer exists. Now consider this thread the Registry.
It seems to cost around $600 and up to recover data from a non-functioning hard drive.
I'll change the title to read Latham Photos and Information.
Movin/on

 

Sorry to hear that. As the IT manager of a small firm, I feel your pain. Been there, done that and there's no guarantee that all the files can be recovered. Only worth the attempt if it is critical to business. Thanx for all your past efforts.

 

Thank you for all your time and effort documenting Latham info and keeping track for everyone's benefit. I would like to contribute to your recovery fund to make sure all can be retrieved properly. Please let me know how I can help.


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FE Latham on E-Bay now. I believe that I'd previously seen this set up some time ago?

 

That is a cool piece. From what I've read on Latham superchargers, the performance increase is excellent. They sure look trick.
The biggest challenge will be getting 4 YH carbs to all cooperate. They are good carbs but can be temperamental.
That set up will be sweet.

 

406FE

 

I see the plug wires sneaking out from under the supercharger so I'm pretty sure there's a distributor there somewhere. Is it stock? I have a Latham I want to put on a Lincoln engine but the front mount distributor had me buffaloed. I'm wondering if there is room. . . .

 

Yes that is a Ford FE engine with the distributor in the front.

 

I think I am suffering from some rare form of blower envy.

 

This is a pretty small segment of the population, just know you've found others suffering.

 

Just bought a 57 Fuelie convertible. The original owner drag raced it until it was parked around 1963 and it's loaded with speed parts (headers with block offs, Delco 411 shocks, tach and SW gauges, new Crane cam and Crane built heads still in boxes, battery in trunk, tubular traction bars, etc).
With the car I got a new in original box Latham #1348, all pulleys, new belt, manifold and adapters, linkage, and Carter YH carbs.
I'd love to figure out year it was bought...box says $400