Old Grancor Automotive receipt

[sidevalve8ba]

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.

 

[Bruce Lancaster]

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.

 

[sidevalve8ba]

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.

Bruce, I can believe that because Dad was an avid reader of McCahill's articles in Mechanix Illustrated. I would like to read that article sometime. Is it available online?

 

[Bruce Lancaster]

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.

 

[51 MERC-CT]

Curious, wonder if it was indeed an 8cm backdraft carb

 

[Bruce Lancaster]

Yes...he wanted more carburetion, and did not like duals.

 

[barnfind]

That was a fair amount of money in 1950 - about $2K in today's dollars.

 

[Bruce Lancaster]

But it was a lot less than the difference between a Ford and a Cad or Olds.

 

[Bruce Lancaster]

This: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/my-ten-years-of-car-testing/ mentions the original article and gives the issue. I don't know if it is identical to what went in the book.

 

[sidevalve8ba]

Do you suppose they are Grancor heads? Or maybe Federal Moguls?

 

[Tim Ayers]

Do you suppose they are Grancor heads? Or maybe Federal Moguls?

I would assume Grancor; especially after the magazine article came out. Did they make Federal Mogul in 8BA style?

 

[SofaKing]

This: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/my-ten-years-of-car-testing/ mentions the original article and gives the issue. I don't know if it is identical to what went in the book.

Thanks for the link, never heard of him before but thoroughly enjoyed the article, a great read!

 

[Ol' Ron]

I'm surprised the engine ran as well as it did on the stock distributor with the dual carbs.