Ansen

i think i am working on a model A with this brake conversion, and i did not see "ansen" stamped anywhere.

 

few more found here and elsewhere:

 

Here's a pair of 15"x4" Sprints with the 4-3/4" B.P. (ignore the Cragar wheel)

 

I just happen to have a pair of 15x4.5 Ansen Sprints as well. They were sold to me as 15x5.5 but to my surpirse, I should say that I was pleasently surprised, they do measure 4.5 instead of 5.5.

I haven't read an article on Ansen in a long time so I am probably mistaken but I do believe that they became Ansen in about 1950.

Someone asked about intake manifolds, I don't believe that they made any cast manifolds but I do recall seeing a u-fab type of intake in an Ansen box once. It was at a swap meet a long time ago and someone chould have out it in the box. Maybe someone else can clarify that point better than I can.

 

Love those sprints.
Found this snooping around Google images. Not sure if its vintage or if someone is still cranking out ANSEN stamped parts. Was on a vendor site.

 

American is repoping Ansen Sprints but they don't make anything less that 5". I have seen sprints two ways some say Ansen on the front and others on the back side. I don't know what the distinction is.

I don't know that anyone else is auhorized to repop Ansen parts, that doesn't mean that someone isn't just that I don't know of anyone else that is authorized to do so.

I do know that lots of fellas bootleg old parts, there are even some HAMBers that do so. A good bootlegged part is as good as an original. maybe doesn't have the status of the original but if it is a good copy it is still pretty cool in my book.

 

I hadn't given a lot of thought to bootleg parts. I agree that the quality could be top notch, and that a reproduction can be cool, because I think it pays respect to the original. Seems like it might suck for whoever developed the part originally if they're being produced in mass without royalties. That said, I'd love to give sand casting a whirl, and I'd be tempted to create something that carried a period correct name.

 

Ansen produced a lot of cool parts in the 50's and 60's. I have one of the cylinder heads that Ansen produced to fit the 153" Chevy four that was used in the early 60's in midgets. It is cast aluminum and uses 1.94 valves same as the early fuelie heads for the small blocks. Ports are really big and smooth for airflow but it does make them a little hard to run on the street but, that is my plan to do with it.

 

I have one of those Banger manifolds,that I bought on EBAY. I suspect it is a repop,as it looks too good. I don't care,its a quality piece. I seem to remember buying a Ansen Model A head from JC Whitney in the 60's.

 

Somewhere on the HAMB I posted about a posi- shift still in the box that I'm gonna sell some time. Still don't know how to price it. As soon as I find the pics I'll post em here for learning sake.

 

Don't forget that Bob Morton got his first job at ANSEN........he became their premier engine builder having built many hot flatheads.....one that he campaigned in George Rubio's roadster.........they did very well and were in that 1949 class at Bonneville..........Bob is still close friends with Lou Senter..... Look up Bob Morton on the AHRF web site if you don't know who he is........great history......

CB

 

NOS Ansen hydraulic Clutch Mount

 

not as sexy as a swing pedal...but cool nonetheless

 

Ansen Pedal and linkage '50's early 60's.
(bar connecting pedal to linkage and the two down bars that the pillow blocks mount to are new fabrication)

 

Most of the guys I knew that were drag racing tri-5 Chevys with stick shift used the Ansen shifter to convert to floor shift. I had one in my '57 Bel Air with 270 engine, 4:11 gears, and OD, it sure was a big improvement over the old "3-on-the-tree" for speed shifting. I can't remember now for sure where I bought it but I think it was at a local Western Auto. (this was back in '59)

 

Something like this maybe? (found on that auction site)

 

Yep, something just about like that!! Wow, cool find. Are you going to use it on your '53 3100? (nice truck by the way!)

 

I don't know if this is real or not, but it would look cool as hell on the wall in my shop

 

The address for the Ansen facility is now apartments:

http://www.bing.com/maps/?FORM=HDRS...wMjk5OTQ1NzE0NzElN2UtNzQuMDE2MzczOTgzODQyNQ==

 

Ran across this one on egay today.
Super cool, but not $250 cool...to me anyway.

 

Louie S. and Ed Pink 1962

 

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=687965

Pics are about halfway down. Never sold the stuff. Still not sure what I have and what is missing. Any of you have any additional info?

 

All this info on Lou and no photos of his beautiful Offy powered "T" roadster???
I would see him crusing the pits in it at the CHHR in Bakersfield..

 

Where from ???

 

I surely will NOT ignor the cragar wheel, I refuse!!!

 

Post it if you have it, I've never seen it.

 

That in my 32.love it[emoji2]

 

Anyone look closely at the engine in the left front of the top photograph on Post 32? Is that a DOHC conversion for a flathead? If so, I'd like more information!

 

I have one of the forged two piece Ansen bell housings with the early chevy side mount. It was on my 56 Cheby when we won class @ the 1965 AHRA winternats... I was 19. It is still a nice piece and would be perfect for a tri-five nostalgia project.

 

Here is a pic of some 15 x 8-1/2" Ansen Sprints on my midget.