And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Imagine buying some property, and opening an old shed to find all of this.
OOOOOHHHHHH!!!! I'd spend the first day after the orgasm totally unconscious. Then i'd do an inventory. If you look off to the left, there's a hint that there might be an old American iron machine shop there too. Bridgeport, South Bend, Delta, oh my dear gawd. Just the blower on that engine in the left front gives me shivers. Doesn't look like there's a normally aspirated engine in the lot. Street rod heaven.
One is definitely dressed in high boost turbo ware. See up top of the cabinet left side, a turbo carb stack, thats another very high boost pressure part. The guy must of been trying all sorts of forced induction
Engine with a Potvin crank-drive blower in the middle of the picture. They got rid of the whole "blower drive' problem. Early blowers used a chain drive, then multiple V-belts, before cog belts became available. The sanctioning bodies didn't like chains, and even 6-sheave V-belts weren't reliable. A simple chain coupling to the Potvin was way safer, cheaper, and more reliable.
They were popular in the early-mid '60s, but they only ran at crank speed. When builders started overdriving the blowers, it was easier to put the blower on top and use different-size pulleys.
JACKPOT.
ReplyDeleteOOOOOHHHHHH!!!! I'd spend the first day after the orgasm totally unconscious. Then i'd do an inventory. If you look off to the left, there's a hint that there might be an old American iron machine shop there too. Bridgeport, South Bend, Delta, oh my dear gawd. Just the blower on that engine in the left front gives me shivers. Doesn't look like there's a normally aspirated engine in the lot. Street rod heaven.
ReplyDeleteCarbureted Big Block Chevy right front and a whole lot of Hemis whether 392 or 426 I can't tell. Still, it looks like somewhere I would like to be.
DeleteThose Roots blowers alone are worth some serious money.
ReplyDeleteAll those engines are blown. Oh, and supercharged, too.
ReplyDeleteOne is definitely dressed in high boost turbo ware. See up top of the cabinet left side, a turbo carb stack, thats another very high boost pressure part. The guy must of been trying all sorts of forced induction
DeleteOh.
ReplyDeleteMy.
Gawd!!!
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oh dear
ReplyDeleteLook Martha, Grandpa left us a garage full of scrap metal!
ReplyDeleteNow you can pay off the House
ReplyDeleteVroom!
ReplyDeleteI'll carry it to the scrap yard for him, no charge
ReplyDeleteEngine with a Potvin crank-drive blower in the middle of the picture. They got rid of the whole "blower drive' problem. Early blowers used a chain drive, then multiple V-belts, before cog belts became available. The sanctioning bodies didn't like chains, and even 6-sheave V-belts weren't reliable. A simple chain coupling to the Potvin was way safer, cheaper, and more reliable.
ReplyDeleteThey were popular in the early-mid '60s, but they only ran at crank speed. When builders started overdriving the blowers, it was easier to put the blower on top and use different-size pulleys.