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06-03-2015, 11:02 AM | #1 |
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Old Grancor Automotive receipt
I was going through some papers I found in an old filing cabinet of my father's yesterday and found something interesting. Dad died over thirty years ago but I remember him telling me about a '49 Ford he had when we moved to Virginia from East Texas. He said he had "done a little work" on it to "make it a little peppier" as I remember it. Anyway I ran across this receipt that I thought some of you might like to see.
I am assuming it is for high compression heads, dual exhaust and an intake and 8CM carb but I am unclear on what a "DSM unit" is. Maybe someone could clear that up for me.
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06-03-2015, 11:12 AM | #2 |
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Re: Old Grancor Automotive receipt
The DSM was a heavy duty coil.
Looking at that list, I think it is an exact copy of the Granatelli Recipe published in Mechanix Illustrated for Tom McCahill's Cadillac/Olds eating '49 Ford! I bet Old Dad read that article and went straight to Granatelli with the parts list torn out of the magazine! McCahill did this to a new '49, and for about $200 produced a car quicker than the accleration champ ('49 Olds) and faster than the speed champ ('49 Caddy) from his road tests...a very inspirational article indeed. |
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06-03-2015, 12:00 PM | #4 |
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My copy is in a Fawcett book, "Sports cars and Hot Rods", I think Fawcett # 109. It's pretty easy to find. I might be slightly off, as there were several sequels to this title, but I think it's right. The same article probably appeared in the magazine, but I don't have it in that form.
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Curious, wonder if it was indeed an 8cm backdraft carb
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06-03-2015, 01:00 PM | #7 |
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That was a fair amount of money in 1950 - about $2K in today's dollars.
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06-03-2015, 01:02 PM | #8 |
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But it was a lot less than the difference between a Ford and a Cad or Olds.
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06-03-2015, 02:18 PM | #9 |
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This: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/my-te...f-car-testing/ mentions the original article and gives the issue. I don't know if it is identical to what went in the book.
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06-03-2015, 08:23 PM | #10 |
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Do you suppose they are Grancor heads? Or maybe Federal Moguls?
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I'm surprised the engine ran as well as it did on the stock distributor with the dual carbs.
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