Picked this stuff up a few years ago at an antique show. At the time it was the most I spent on speed parts.... Well as I think about it its the only time I've bought speed parts. Any way the gentleman I bought them from had a repair/speed shop back in the 60-70's and these were left over stock or displays. I do relize that the 'Shelby" Paxton unit is OT and I will be posting over on the Dogfight forum to get better answers on that one. The VS-57 is thought to be setup for a Y-block, or at least the bracket might have been for a Y-Block, I don't rermember. I'm just looking application and a little history. Thanks Jeff
Wow, just what I need for my Kaiser build! Ha Wanna trade for a Willy's 'Huskey' overdrive and the correct transfer-case for it?! Congrats on the great NOS speed parts! I've never seen an 'as new' VS57! What a find! Dan Stevens dba, Steelsmith
Try calling Al Vanderslice at Speed Frame Engineering in Farmersville, CA. he has a closet full of those things, and I'm sure he remembers what each and every one came off of....
Geez, those are in fantastic condition. The Y-Block fords that were supercharged from the factory did not use a VS-57. They used the VR-57, which resembled a giant Chrysler alternator, with ribs all over it. The VS-57 was used on Studebakers, and I believe many were available in the aftermarket.
I got a similar response from Craig Conley of Paradise Wheels: Jeff,<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o></o> These are std VS-57 and SN-60 blower made by McCulloch/Paxton in the late 50s for the Mac blower and the Sn-60 was made in the early 60s through 1984. They could be off any car because they were all the same for all the different cars , they were just clocked at a different position. The SN-60 with the Cobra decal is a reproduction decal because its not embossed like the original ones on the Shelby cars. Also the Shelby blowers had a serial number starting with a C and 9 digit number after it. So someone made that one up. The VS-57 could have been off of a Studebaker or early Ford. The bracket looks like a early Olds or Lincoln. The idler arms are early ford and studebaker. He was quick with the answers too, and from what I've read is top notch guy on the subject. Jeff
It'll be easier if you spell it McCulloch Used to be www.v57.com but it's gone, though you can still get to most of it at http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://v57.com except right now for some reason.
You mean to say the internet was not telling the truth and I should not belive what I read....... Thanks for your input, When the time comes to re-build or service them I would like to think I could work on them myself, but to be honest somthing like this should be left to an expert. I don't want to do it wrong and send shrapnel into the engine. So far there is : Al Vanderslice at Speed Frame Engineering, Farmersville CA Craig Conley at Paradise Wheels, San Marcos CA Cliff Nelson at CUNDN Racing, Pearland TX. http://www.cundnracing.com/ John Erb via the HAMB as mentioned below\/. Anyone else? Maybe in the midwest? Jeff
Hopefully my bad experience can save you some money. The rebuild he did for me lasted less than 1500 miles. He has plenty of time for you, and gives advise & info when he is trying to get the job. ( Some of that turned out to be mis-information, probably on purpose to try and get the job of rebuilding an other blower I had ), but pretend to not remember me when things went bad ( the way he snapped into that mode made me think he has to deal with a lot of those kind of phonecalls...) Fortunately I found John Erb. He did the second rebuild on this blower for me ( found some serious mistakes, and was surprised it lasted as long as it did...) His rebuild was cheaper too... And he is on the HAMB.
Information like this is awesome, I've been looking for a pair of V57's for a while for a special project. Nice to know who's the best to deal with.
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