Dan

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Frank's brackets are for the VR (original '57 factory) blowers, will not work with the VS.  However, your suggestion about the pulleys is good, may be adaptable for Dan's project.  By the way, Frank's bracket plus a simple spacer will work with a SN type blower on a Y.

John in Selma, IN

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

my original post on the Fordbarn late v8 swap page has yielded a few results that look promising. I will let you know how it turns out -- Jessup

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Thanks John.  I’m reasonbly ignorant to the Y-Block blower differences even though I’ve got a complete VR Paxton blower setup sitting in the back of the shop on a Y engine.  Probably should have realized that different brackets would be required for the different blower housings.  Also have a McCulloch setup that I’ve pretty much figured must be for a Flathead Eight and still trying to figure out a use for that one.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

The VS57 website has a classified section and photos of the old style brackets. Study how they moubted them on other cars

A few guys have built really nice looking brackets and pulleys themselves for their special applications. 

A VS or SN(the newer versions like of fox mustangs) style blowers can still be rebuilt and parts are avaliable. Paradise Wheels in California is the source. The VR57/58 is a special blower and no new parts exist for rebuilding, without a complete internal conversion to the SN internals.

I would run a later SN(90-93) blower because they are still easliy avaliable, unless I you building a 57 Ford with an F-clone. 

I used Franks Rice's parts to peice together a complete factory looking F-style motor using a converted VR57.  It is fairly reliable, look svery correct and runs great.

If I was to build anything other than a F-code style car and original looks was not a concern I would choose the later SN 90, newer style paxton, vortec, or powerdyne blowers with rigid handmade aluminum brackets and pulleys.

Pat Fleischman

      I still have a couple of UNMACHINED pulleys, so I could do a single belt setup from one. Crank pulley. You're on your own on the other pulleys.

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart)