R3 supercharger

[brad]

I'm rebuilding the supercharger for the #1 R3, and in stripping the case, I noticed the paint color is different than most I have seen.

It is the original blower and did have the rare full sized elbow still attached!

Anyways, it's neither the orange of the regular blowers, nor the R3 red. It's more like Porsche Guards Red in color.

interesting. It had never been repainted.

[Gunslinger]

Maybe Paxton purchased paint from more than one vendor or a batch was simply mixed slightly differently.

[gwood7]

That is interesting. I assume you are going to try to match its original color as you found it.

[mfg]

This 'color thing' reminded me of the all white Paxton I purchased off of e-bay a few years ago.

[lschuc]

Yes, the supercharger is being restored to its original color. the white paxton you saw on eBay was for a Shelby Mustang.

[plwindish]

In November 2013 at the Muscle Car Show in Suburban Chicago, I saw two Dodges originally outfitted by Mr. Norm that had white Paxton Superchargers.

[ron@crall.com]

I own a prototype R3, 63R-1025 originally sold by Studebaker to Paxton Products where it wore California Manufactureer plates. Nistolgic motors forwarded the factory invoice between Studebaker and Paxton transferring the car to Paxton for $500! Vince Granetelly was the first registered owner when he purchased the factory car in 1965. According to Vince it had a competition blower and was painted black. If you have the Hot Rod Magazine 1st R3 road test it is pictured. It was shipped back to Paxton following a impeller explosion for rebuild and was returned with a fresh coat of black paint. I was told at the time of the rebuild that the impeller and the bearing race spring pressures were different on the competition blowers.

[PackardV8]

According to Vince it had a competition blower and was painted black. If you have the Hot Rod Magazine 1st R3 road test it is pictured. It was shipped back to Paxton following a impeller explosion for rebuild and was returned with a fresh coat of black paint. I was told at the time of the rebuild that the impeller and the bearing race spring pressures were different on the competition blowers.

The competition model Paxton was sold without any warranty. The ball driver life at sustained high RPMs was very short.

Wonder if Paxton/Studebaker was the first to give a national magazine a non-stock ringer test car? It soon became commonplace with Pontiac sending out '64 GTOs for testing with tuned 421"s in them instead of stock 389"s. One Mercury Cyclone furnished to Car and Driver had been built by Bud Moore Racing.

jack vines

[ron@crall.com]

63R- 1025 appears to have been built for that purpose. It was given to Hot Rod magazine as the first R3 road test car and Andy G used to take it to Riverside to race against Hemi's in the 1/2 mile drags. The 299 CID engine was not a 60 over 289 but a stroked 289. The 60 over pistons were off the shelf service parts so the engine was still "stock", there was no stroker kit on the shelf, it was custom made. The longer stroke provided more low end torque, just enough to beat a Hemi! According to Vince and Andy G it was the only one they stroked, all the other 299's were bored.

Andy said that he regularly took the engine to 8,000 rpm.