Thread: Latham supercharger

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Originally Posted by RestoRod

My 1940 Graham has a factory supercharger on its flathead six. Graham offered the supercharger on its sixes from 1936 to 1941.

I sure can't argue with that! I didn't know what type engine the Grahams had. I know that some of the Cords of that era were also supercharged and they were flatheads, but I don't think they were sixes.

A college kid in my hometown had one of the supercharged Cord models. I really envied him. My own car at the time was not quite that exotic. It was a brown '39 Dodge four door with two busted tail lights.

Bob, you are right. The Kaiser would have a McCulloch.

Pat, I'm not one to give you flak about your towel! That's a good looking setup and obviously clean enough to bring in the house, and you presented it well. About thirty years ago I got in the dog house big time when I stunk up the house BAD with Gunk. My excuse was that it was freezing in the garage.

Wife wasn't impressed.

I haven't done that again.


Jim

The Graham used a spec, flathead six manufactured by Continental. It used the older centrifugal style supercharger, again I think from McCulloch. Because of their shape they're sometimes called "pie tin" superchargers. Here's a pic on a Graham.

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

The Graham used a spec, flathead six manufactured by Continental. It used the older centrifugal style supercharger, again I think from McCulloch. Because of their shape they're sometimes called "pie tin" superchargers. Here's a pic on a Graham.

Oh, yeah, Bob!

The famous Continental "Red Seal" engine. They have powered just about everything on wheels (stationary too, for that matter) for many years. I knew all the Kaisers and Frazers had them, and not very long ago somebody had an old Checker Cab for sale, powered by ..... Continental. When I was a skinny, big-footed teenager I used to go to West Texas every summer to work harvesting wheat and oats. The man I worked for used McCormick Deering combines, powered by (you guessed it) the mighty Continental Red Seal. They were everywhere, in all kinds of different applications.

I wish I had one. I don't need one at all, but I wish I had one anyway.

Thanks for the picture,


Jim

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

It used the older centrifugal style supercharger, again I think from McCulloch. Because of their shape they're sometimes called "pie tin" superchargers. Here's a pic on a Graham.

Actually, Bob, the Graham supercharger was designed in house by F.F. Kishline, the company's assistant chief engineer. It was an original design, but was reportedly based on the Duesenberg unit.

Thanks for the clarification. Probably was a lot of idea "borrowing" goin' on. Here's a period Mc Culloch that looks pretty similar though the drive input is very different and the outlet to the intake manifold looks different.

Cool! Nice to see some old Horse Power setups!

Originally Posted by RestoRod

Actually, Bob, the Graham supercharger was designed in house by F.F. Kishline, the company's assistant chief engineer. It was an original design, but was reportedly based on the Duesenberg unit.

Hey, look what I just found..............

Yeah, mine has that label as well.
More info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham-Paige

I have a Latham and the drive(sold the carbs) that I am thinking about putting on the 300 HP Northstar Caddy motor in my Track-T. Have been thinking about this for a while and I have a Fast computor to run it, so I was going to make a couple of sidedraft Weber adaptors to mount them, open up the inlet to the blower, to whats feasable, install fake fuel lines and use the webers only as throttle bodies. My neighbor says the Latham is too valuble for this non-vintage project, I haven't decided, but it sure would be cool. Most peeps don't even know what the Northstar is, topping it with the Latham would be an even bigger conversation piece! Since the Northstar is only 279" and the cam separation angle is about 117degrees, a blower would be a natural. If the Latham is too valuble, I'll just stick a baby whipple on it from somthing factory. I have a complete machineshop, so any manifold will be about the same degree of grief to construct. The Fast computor will run anything. The other alternative is converting some type of stack injection for it, that would be cool too. Any ideas? TIMINATOR (newbie to the board)

Pat keep the pink towell. Who cares what color it is. I think it is neat and
clean. Mine would have greese all over it....Shows your neatness, and you
do build good engines, and they are clean too..