Vic Edelbrock Sr.
A Los Angeles mechanic whose flathead manifolds started a performance brand that outlived him by generations.
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Vic Edelbrock Sr. was a mechanic in the Los Angeles area during the 1930s. Like many of his contemporaries, he raced and experimented with Ford flathead V8s, and he began producing intake manifolds to improve their performance.
He founded his company in 1938. Edelbrock products became familiar sights on the dry lakes and, later, at drag strips and on street rods around the country.
A family business
Edelbrock Sr. died in 1962. His son, Vic Edelbrock Jr., took over the company and led its growth over the following decades, expanding into products for the overhead-valve engines that had replaced the flathead.
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