I was going through some of my car show pictures and ran across these and thought Id post them up here for you guys to check out. The car was nothing too special in my opinion, just another over done 55 Chevy, the engine / supercharger however is another story! Enjoy.
Shame the rest of the engine compartment doesn't go with it,,looks lost in all the new age stuff..any drawings of the inner workings ?
Exactly. Thats why I didnt take any pics of the car itself, as I said, typical "over done" tri-five Chevy, but the engine is cool.
Yeah, you need to post tha VC over in the inline group thread I started for it Before I start talking trash about you
Funny this subject would come up today. I always make notes of interesting magazine articles, which issue they were in, page number, etc., and then copy them down on 3X5 cards for future reference. I then punch a hole in one corner and use note rings to keep them all together. I keep the cards right here at my desk so they are handy to look up information. Yesterday, my friend was looking for some information on inlines for his '52 Chevy. I dug out my trusty index cards to look up some articles for the information. Well, the following article was one of the ones we checked out yesterday, and it's great! I thought I'd scan it and post it up here to help add to this topic. Sorry if the article isn't that clear, I'm still a rookie at using my scanner. This article was in Rod and Custom, December 1989 in the Roddin' Around column on page 20. The article reads: Rare Air The late John Bandimere Sr., was not only a pioneer drag strip and speed shop operator in the Denver area, but he was also an inveterate inventor, a skilled machinist, and a long-time proponent of supercharging for the best cure for Denver's rarified atmosphere. Back in 1949, John bought a brand-new Chevrolet sedan delivery, and immediately designed and cast (in his own small foundry) a manifold and drive kit to mount a GMC 2-71 blower on it. He actually designed a complete kit, even casting his own pulleys for a triple V-belt drive. However, according to John, only three such kits were ever made. This one belongs to Joe Umphenour, whom many may remember for his hard-charging Denver-area GMC six powered dragsters. Joe acquired it, complete as you see it (other than the Gilmer drive), in the late 60s from a friend who rescued it at an auction. Joe had been saving it for something special, and figured that his frame off, Saturn Yellow, '56 Chevy sedan delivery project would be just the thing. Other than the blower, the beautifully detailed engine is a basically stock 261 Chevy bored to 270 inches. Joe's friend, Dick Baty (whose Jimmy powered '55 Nomad was in our August issue), found a second complete Bandimere setup in a trash barrel in a Denver shop, but it had been mercilessly cut up (he kept it anyway). Magnacharger manufacturer Jerry Magnuson mentioned that he also had a Bandimere Chevy six blower setup in the late '50s when he lived in Greeley, Colorado, but it was very likely the same one seen here because he said it had a '49 Oldsmobile carburetor on it (as Joe's does). Anyone know where the third one is? If you're as nuts about sixes as these guys, you should probably join Inliners International ($18 a year, Ed Hosier, Membership Chairman, R.D. 3, Box 83, Rte. 44, Pleasant Valley, NY 12569), an excellent national association for all inline enthusiasts. If you're looking for a blower setup similar to this for your early (pre-'63) Chevy six, contact Hunter Performance, 9302 Livernois, Houston, TX 77080; (713) 464-2930. They've recently cast their own manifolds to accept a B & M blower on a 261, 235, or 216. E
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