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 The latest Street machine magazine Hot Rod Annual 2009 (see Alex's (customFC)  post) features a section on various model Norman Superchargers and the people that have run them.
 Well, last weekend a mate of mine rolls up to my place announcing that he has some speed parts that need moving on and mentions that he has a Norman Supercharger , he was unaware of the current magazine article.So I go over to his place to take photos of the blower as I know that they are pretty cool bits of speed equipment ,both for go and for historical reasons.He ended up letting me take it home to show another friend who is interested.
 Can anyone ID what model it is and the year/s of manufacture,It seems to match up with the Norman Brochure Alex posted here:
Norman Supercharger brochure ($2)
There are no markings as such except for an "A" stamped on the vane housing and of course the name Norman cast in the end housings. The fins are extrusions ,not cast
Also does anyone know what the market value is  (i am informed by the present owner that he got it from the son of a bloke who never ran it)and how streetable is this version as the vanes are  phenolic and the inner housing seems to have a teflon type coating
Here are some pics (brown marks that appear on inlet and outlet faces are bits of oiled paper used to seal the blower for storage)
Cheers RM
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 Very Very nice ..... from my original Norman supercharger book there is a picture of this supercharger and it say it's for the red Holden six it is a vast improvement on the one that Eldred Norman made for the grey engine...My book was printed in 1969 after Eldred retired  so this would be around 1965 I would think ....as for what it is worth in my opinion  the condition it is in price range $1,500 minim up to $4,000 this is a very rare item in the condition it is in [as new] is amazingly rare ....pure gold ......FC427.......

Hi RM
Very cool and looks like new! This one was actually made by Eldreds son, Mike in the late 80's or early 90's from memory. It was a redesign of Eldred's 70 series from the 60's. I've seen them sell a few years back for between 600 to 1200 bucks.Today it could be worth a lot more. Doesn't have the historical value of Eldred's gear but still a much sort after bit of kit.
Mark, the one you are thinking of in the book is the 110 made by Eldred.

Cheers
Tony (aka IhadaV8)

Thanks for the replies fellas.
Anyone else that can throw light on this feel free to have a say.I am pretty sure it is a late model one as FE_225 suggests,and my mate is pretty sure that it was never run.
Cheers
RM

Yeah, it's definatley one of Mike's blowers. I tried to call him tonite but his business number is now disconnected.Keep an eye out for a pm with his other  # and contact details. He's a nice bloke with a wealth of information, but never did say much about his own gear. If you ask him about his Dads stuff, you'll be yaking for hours  :)
HTH
Cheers
Tony

It was made by Mike Norman of "Offroad Automatics" in Giraween in NSW and was made in the late 80's.
It was the biggest one that they made and was to suit a 4.1 litre ford motor.This one is special as it has 2 bearings mounted in the front cover and has a reverse drive flange because i had it made originally to put on a Mazda rotary which is a short engine. I sat in my shed for over 20 Years and has never been used. I fitted the stainless cap screws when i sold it as the originals had rusted. I sold it to a bloke in Canberra in 2009

Stu