That front cover must be hiding quite a tower of gears to drive the blower. Clean looking setup. I can't quite make out the last few letters of the manufacturer, but it perhaps looks like HOWARD ? Lynn
Hello, That is a well known photo of a very powerful motor in a lightweight roadster from So Cal back in the 1957-60 time period. In the HAMB Traditional thread, @Fordors gave a good note on its history. Hello, For those that have not seen the original red roadster of the Harrell Brothers race, check out the films I took back in 1959-60. The motor was powerful and the launches at the starting line were pretty impressive. Lion’s Dragstrip Jnaki During this early time period, the Harrell Brothers’ shop was in Los Angeles, today known as “South Central.” Nearby, Berardini Brothers’ shop, Howard’s, and Joe Itow’s shop made up this portion of hot rod speed shops, all within a block or two. old Friday Art "JULY 1960 At the other end of the sport, where performance was everything and looks were secondary, H. L. [Jim] and N. J. [Nick] Harrell of Harrell Engines, Los Angeles, fielded this record-holding 1929 roadster. Driven by Don Reynolds or Willie Borsch,.., this roadster was strictly business. Eight Stromberg 48s sat atop a 4-71 GMC blower, which was Howard-chain driven from the 412-inch Chrysler’s crank. The car held numerous track records, and in the spring of 1960 set a new top speed of 144 miles per hour at LADS in Long Beach." (Hot Rod magazine Editors, 50 Years of Hot Rod, MBI Publishing, 1998, pages 54-55) "This is the Harrell Engines car with a hemi under the hood. The A started life as the Tony Berardini's flathead powered #7 (a sister car to the now restored #404 Berardini car) but after Bob Morgan totaled Harrell's 34 coupe around 1954 Jim (White) Harrell and brother Nick purchased the roadster and put their flathead in the car. In late 1955 they teamed up with Willie Borsch to run hemi power. This is the second roll bar configuration for the car with the first being the original Berardini version as run when the car still had the original paint. Later a brace was added to this single hoop so this photo most likely dates to around 1958/9 as the brace was in place in 1960 and the engine was running a 4-71 blower with a scoop off the cowl area prior to the team debuting the altered that later became the Winged Express." So, you could be watching the only recorded run(s) of the Harrell Brother’s record setting Red Roadster as it set the 1320 record…
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