supercharged 289
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supercharged 289
I came accross this 289 with a paxton blower. From what the tag says the blower was built for shelby. Just wondered if anybody has any history on it. Opinions. What it would be worth today, etc,,,
Thanks as always
Thanks as always
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RE: supercharged 289
After market. Is the guy selling the car. If he is and you thinking about buy it, Do you want a blower? Is the car fast? Is that what you want. How much is it worth to you?I would like to have a blower but I can put one on my motor(11 to 1). I would just keep it. It's not worth much to me. I don't know what they go for new.
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RE: supercharged 289
Ya actually i believe the 66-68 or something shelby GT350's had a limited production that you could get with a Paxton Supercharger
But now that i look back....you said a 289, so idk
But now that i look back....you said a 289, so idk
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RE: supercharged 289
That looks like an original Paxton set up from an early GT350. When installed on a HiPo 289, those motors were rated at 360 BHP. As has been mentioned, contact Paxton for more information. Very interesting, especially since it has the Shelby tag on it.
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RE: supercharged 289
I got the skinny on the motor. Granatelli approached Carroll Shelby with the idea of adding a Supercharger on the GT-350's as an option. Shelby lent Granatelli a 289 cobra as a test vehicle. When Granatelli walked away from the Cobra, Shelby was convinced and added the Paxton Superchargers as an expensive 'option' in 1966.
By April,1966 Shelby-American made special arrangements with Paxton Products to install it's Superchargers on GT-350's, both 4-Spd. and Automatic, as a "Special Option". This included the Supercharger Drive Unit and Air Cleaner, 460cfm Autolite carb, Cobra Cast Aluminum Carburetor Enclosure, Paxton Supercharger, Special Fuel Pump, Carbuetor Jets, and Ignition Points. The only other modification required was an air-inlet hole cut into the radiator bulkhead, on the driver's side. The compressor was mounted behind the hole and mated with a mesh grille. The Factory advised dealers this unit would add 46% more horsepower but, it came at a very high price in 1966: namely $670. This also included a Blower Pressure Gauge and Fuel Pressure Gauge mounted in a small chrome panel under the dash. Early Supercharger boxes were painted Black and got Red,White & Blue CS Shelby-American emblems re-attached to them. The first official 'factory' Supercharged car was 6S051 which was painted Green and given a special stripe designation "GT 350S". At that time Shelby was planning on producing Paxton equipped cars as 'special models'. However, it was later decided to offer the Supercharger as an option. Various road tests of the cars in 1966 placed the peak horsepower at 400.
Now paxton made 500 of these units for Ford. But Ford only purchased 200 of these units. Only 11 had been purchased with the car from the factory. The other 189 blowers were sold over the parts counter. I also had a coversation with Craig Connelly. He rebuilds, and sells older paxton blowers. In fact he can sell you the exact blower you see in my pics for $2500.00. Craig has all the tooling to make the blowers, even with the Shelby name. He explained to me that his
blowers are more reliable due to technology changes over the last 30 years.
I have his phone number if any of you want it. pm me.
peace
By April,1966 Shelby-American made special arrangements with Paxton Products to install it's Superchargers on GT-350's, both 4-Spd. and Automatic, as a "Special Option". This included the Supercharger Drive Unit and Air Cleaner, 460cfm Autolite carb, Cobra Cast Aluminum Carburetor Enclosure, Paxton Supercharger, Special Fuel Pump, Carbuetor Jets, and Ignition Points. The only other modification required was an air-inlet hole cut into the radiator bulkhead, on the driver's side. The compressor was mounted behind the hole and mated with a mesh grille. The Factory advised dealers this unit would add 46% more horsepower but, it came at a very high price in 1966: namely $670. This also included a Blower Pressure Gauge and Fuel Pressure Gauge mounted in a small chrome panel under the dash. Early Supercharger boxes were painted Black and got Red,White & Blue CS Shelby-American emblems re-attached to them. The first official 'factory' Supercharged car was 6S051 which was painted Green and given a special stripe designation "GT 350S". At that time Shelby was planning on producing Paxton equipped cars as 'special models'. However, it was later decided to offer the Supercharger as an option. Various road tests of the cars in 1966 placed the peak horsepower at 400.
Now paxton made 500 of these units for Ford. But Ford only purchased 200 of these units. Only 11 had been purchased with the car from the factory. The other 189 blowers were sold over the parts counter. I also had a coversation with Craig Connelly. He rebuilds, and sells older paxton blowers. In fact he can sell you the exact blower you see in my pics for $2500.00. Craig has all the tooling to make the blowers, even with the Shelby name. He explained to me that his
blowers are more reliable due to technology changes over the last 30 years.
I have his phone number if any of you want it. pm me.
peace