"Supercharger" ? Looks like two 2 bbls to me.

[Greg Myers]

Highway Patrol episode with hot rod roadster  

[Skip]

May not have been supercharged, but very sweet example of a really nice mid-50's Hot Rod!  Like I remember seeing in the early 60's, not too shines not at all rusty.

[disabled modeler]

Id say maybe ether 2 2-barrels or a pair of Strombergs ?

[pharoah]

Sweet car!  Dan Matthews nails another  bad guy.

[Greg Myers]

May not have been supercharged, but very sweet example of a really nice mid-50's Hot Rod!  Like I remember seeing in the early 60's, not too shines not at all rusty.

Certainly no rat rod. 

[espo]

It looks like an early Olds engine with 2-2's. A common after market manifold for Olds at the time. The CHP talked about a super charger, but the roadster didn't have one. From the sound when he was shifting he probably had an early Ford transmission with a bad second gear synchronizer.   

[Bob Ellis]

No sir, that's no supercharger. Maybe 2-1s?

[Bob Ellis]

It strikes fear.....

[Maindrian Pace]

Nice channeled Deuce roadster. Early Rocket for sure, Olds wheelcovers (three, at least) Still had the banjo rear.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Definitely 100% positively Oldsmobile. At 8:15, the carbs look like Stromberg BX one-barrels, which had the float bowls on the side, opposite the linkage.

Familiar Stromberg carbs like the 94 and 97 had their float bowls on the end, typically mounted towards the front of the vehicle.

I can't see float bowls either in front of or behind the venturis, but at the time indicated, the float bowls appear to be facing the camera...consistent with the BX design.

Definitely NOT a supercharger, or anything remotely similar.

Two little one-barrels wouldn't make a lot of sense as a performance mod though, so I may be mistaken about the carb ID.

EDIT: And on closer inspection, the rear carb appears as though it may be different from the front carb. ID is made more difficult by the logo on the screen, and the grainy quality of the video.

Edited March 4, 2016 by Ace-Garageguy

[Art Anderson]

Mebbe that mamifold has those little "whirligig" thingies below the carburetors that Warshawski/JC Whitney used to sell, that were sopposed to "beat" the gasolne vapors into molecues, to "supercharge" the engine?  (All the gimmicks that that company used to sell!)  

Art

[Ace-Garageguy]

Mebbe that mamifold has those little "whirligig" thingies below the carburetors that Warshawski/JC Whitney used to sell, that were sopposed to "beat" the gasolne vapors into molecues, to "supercharge" the engine?  (All the gimmicks that that company used to sell!)  

Art

Good call, Art. Whitney / Warshawsky sold a boatload of BS carp, that's for sure.

Love the old roadcrusher Buicks and Oldsmobiles the patrol ran in this episode too. Sure wish somebody would kit some.

[Greg Myers]

Notice the Isky cam decal with part of it taped off ? 

[cobraman]

That was fun to watch.

[Greg Myers]

The lip sync was a little off. 

[oldnslow]

Have a Maisto 55 Century,