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The rare supercharged Graham

Looks mundane, packs a punch. You would admire the old car, think some old guy has a cool 4 banger or maybe a flatthead under the hood, but drool to see an original supercharger if the cowl came up

Image copywritten by Dave Lindsey, http://socalcarculture.com/ view the full gallery at: http://public.fotki.com/wackydave/car_shows/car_shows_2006/the_brucker_collect/

Shelby parts and accessories advertisements

For more you've never see: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/05/possibly-earliest-shelby-sports-sars.html

Turbonique ( bolt on 850 HP ) advertising, the Turbo Axle and the "AP" supercharger, plus a couple that were in the classifieds

Jack McClure's go kart at the 1964 Louisville Auto exhibition, powered by twin Turbonique t-16 jets, it turns 152mph in the quarter. 400 lbs of thrust.

This is more info on Turbonique than I've ever seen in all of my searching on the internet... all that I've posted before is here: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2006/12/once-men-were-allowed-to-be-men-crazy.html and http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/03/turbonique-1000-horsepower-bolt-on.html

Superchargers, ones that failed to survive against the competition

More fun per pound than a fun park, supercharged Nash Metro

Turbonique, the 1000 horsepower bolt on

Would you pilot this to 215 MPH?

In Dec '06 I posted about the Turbonique bolt on power adder, http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2006/12/once-men-were-allowed-to-be-men-crazy.html#links And with the links in that posting you can get to the websites that have more about these monster power boosting gadgets, but I have come across a couple other photos and links if you like to be amazed once more: here are pics of a go cart with the Turbonique boosters.... connected to cars, motorcycles, go carts, boats, practically anything with an engine that could use an extra 1000 horsepower.

Via http://horsepowersports.com/turbonique-rocket-kart-for-sale/#more-81 who found this on Ebay, the fuel for these? Thermolene rocket fuel, a combination of nitromethane, propane and oxygen, they were essentially a rocket powered turbine.

for a good video about the heir to the RJ Reynolds tobacco company's Galaxie 500 with a "rocket drag axle" from Turbonique

For all the advertising I've came across about Turbonique: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/06/turbonique-advertising-turbo-axle-and.html