Normally, someone I’d call a “Rat Bastard” wouldn’t be considered worthy of my company.
I think I could bend that rule with these guys
More flatheadedness and six-cylinder mills
And a tri-powered Olds Rocket engine. Not too common these days.
But by far, my favorite two fenderless rides of the Hot Rod-A-Rama were this truck
Complete with hard hat intake
And this conglomeration of what looks to be an early version supercharger on top of a small block mill.
I was too wowed to remember to stop and ask questions.
Stop by tomorrow for a game with more of these pics.
I’m pretty sure I had a Rocket engine on my 1972 Oldsmobile 98. What does it mean that it’s “tri-powered?”
Tri-Power is three single barrel carbs.
Like the other day on the duece that had a SixPack, which is three two barrels.
That early supercharger looks like either a “Paxton” or a “McCullough” depending on the year it was made. They were used on Studebaker Hawks, among others.
Merle
The Pontiac and Chevy “Tri-Power engines in the mid fifties were all three “duces”(three two-barreled carburetors). Chrysler called their version a “six-pack”.