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[[File:1950 Italmeccanica IT 160 Prototype with Stabilimenti Farina body.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''1950 Italmeccanica IT 160 [[Prototype]] with [[Stabilimenti]] [[Farina]] body''']] | [[File:1950 Italmeccanica IT 160 Prototype with Stabilimenti Farina body.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''1950 Italmeccanica IT 160 [[Prototype]] with [[Stabilimenti]] [[Farina]] body''']] | ||
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| + | '''Italmeccanica''', known by various names; Italmeccanica, I.T. Superchargers, S.Co.T., Supercharger Company of (Torino), Italy was one of the most popular "Roots"-style blower kits available in the 1950s. They started producing [[supercharger]] kits for all sorts of US and European brands right after the war. Some info on Italmeccanica is found on Ford flathead-sites and it turns out that Italmeccanica got in serious trouble in 1952/53...and eventually the company was restructured and renamed. It became the brand S.C.o.T. sometime during 1953 and "SCOT blowers" later became a "household" name for roots-style blowers for the V8-engine market. These bigger units for US-cars are now reproduced in the State | ||
Revision as of 14:57, 4 May 2010
Italmeccanica, known by various names; Italmeccanica, I.T. Superchargers, S.Co.T., Supercharger Company of (Torino), Italy was one of the most popular "Roots"-style blower kits available in the 1950s. They started producing supercharger kits for all sorts of US and European brands right after the war. Some info on Italmeccanica is found on Ford flathead-sites and it turns out that Italmeccanica got in serious trouble in 1952/53...and eventually the company was restructured and renamed. It became the brand S.C.o.T. sometime during 1953 and "SCOT blowers" later became a "household" name for roots-style blowers for the V8-engine market. These bigger units for US-cars are now reproduced in the State
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