{{Use British English|date=May 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{More citations needed|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Eldred Norman | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Eldred De Bracton Norman | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1914|01|09}} | birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1971|06|28|1914|01|09}} | death_place = Noosa Heads, Queensland | other_names = | occupation = | years_active = | known_for = inventor, racing-car driver | notable_works = }} '''Eldred De Bracton Norman''' (9 January 1914 – 28 June 1971) was an Australian inventor and racing-car driver.<ref name=adb>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last=Chittleborough |first=Jon |year=2000 |id2=norman-eldred-de-bracton-11253 |title=Norman, Eldred De Bracton (1914–1971) |accessdate= 11 July 2012}}</ref>
Norman was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the second of six children to Australian-born parents William Ashley Norman (a solicitor) and his wife Alma Janet ''née'' Matthews. He attended Scotch College, Adelaide. On 15 May 1941 Norman married Nancy Cato, then a 24-year-old journalist.<ref name=adb/>
[[File:J150W-Norman.jpg|thumb|upright|Jubilee 150 Walkway plaque]]
Eldred was notably famous for producing sliding vane superchargers. The rare and iconic supercharger started as a base model, the Type 65 and is highly sought after in the early Holden community. The Type 65 was a bolt on performance enhancing product to suit the Holden Grey motor. thumb|Type 65 Norman Super Charger
Norman built and modified cars. He contested the Australian Grand Prix several times; he was leading the 1951 Australian Grand Prix when his twin-engined V8 Ford suffered mechanical failure. He finished fourth in the 1954 Australian Grand Prix driving a supercharged Triumph TR2 sports car.
In 1956 Norman retired from motor racing and focussed on inventing, but his prototypes did not reach production. He died in Noosa Heads, Queensland.<ref name=adb/> Norman's son Bill would also become a successful racing driver and innovative race car constructor.
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==External links== *[http://www.mgccq.org.au/nostalgia5/Memories%20of%20Eldred%20Norman%20-%20a%20larrikin%20innovator.pdf Memories of Eldred Norman] by Bill Norman *[http://www.fefcholden.org.au/techinfo/supercharge/index.html Supercharge] a book by Eldred Norman
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