Looking for History on “Giant Speed Equipment”

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Looking for History on “Giant Speed Equipment”

Post by blauvelt » Sat Jul 12, 2025 12:11 pm

Hoping to build a thread with any history on the “Giant Speed Equipment". I’m guessing they were active in Los Angeles area in the 50s or 60s? I picked up a Gemsa flathead for my T, and noticed how similar the lettering was between the Gemsa and the Giant.
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Re: Looking for History on “Giant Speed Equipment”

Post by ModelTWoods » Sat Jul 12, 2025 1:20 pm

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Re: Looking for History on “Giant Speed Equipment”

Post by blauvelt » Sat Jul 12, 2025 1:56 pm

Yep! The heads use the Haibe patented combustion chamber. Chaffin sold a Giant Power sump a while back, missed it.
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Re: Looking for History on “Giant Speed Equipment”

Post by ThreePedalTapDancer » Sat Jul 12, 2025 5:01 pm

This old Giant Equipment brochure was posted on Facebook back in may. Judging by the early phone number it’s 1950s, since they changed to the 7 digit phone numbers in 1958-59.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Fordmod ... 146720548/
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