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Has anyone seen this carburetor before?

Post by Mark Osterman » Sat Nov 27, 2021 9:51 am

[image][/image]I bought this Holley carburetor at Hershey last October and before I rebuild it I’d like to know if anyone has owned / used one before? I can’t find any pictures or drawings of the exact model. Not sure if it’s a variant of H model.
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Re: Has anyone seen this carburetor before?

Post by Norman Kling » Sat Nov 27, 2021 11:41 am

That carb is an updraft where the majority of T carburetors are side draft. If that intake manifold is spaced to fit the ports on the block, then it could be used on a T. However the choke and throttle linkage would not line up so you would need to figure out some of sort of adaptors. That carburetor is either made for a different car, or the manufacturers wanted to sell you a whole package of parts to make it work on a T.
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Re: Has anyone seen this carburetor before?

Post by Mark Gregush » Sat Nov 27, 2021 3:06 pm

There are a few like that on eBay listed under Ford Model T parts, don't know if brass bodied, but look the same.
I know the voices aren't real but damn they have some good ideas! :shock:

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Re: Has anyone seen this carburetor before?

Post by Mark Osterman » Sun Nov 28, 2021 6:46 pm

I have not seen another like this on ebay or any other post.


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Re: Has anyone seen this carburetor before?

Post by Scott_Conger » Sun Nov 28, 2021 8:33 pm

I've seen Holley Bros carbs with similar shutter-type intake hot-air bypass but they were a different model. Earlier than our cars and will not likely perform with any improvement from later puddle-type carbs. Unless you're particularly adept at such things, the float valve may well present a decent challenge, along with reworking the main jet needle (casually chucking it in a drill and sanding on it may not bring improvement you seek...define the angle of the taper and then do everything you can to re-point it dead true and straight). Everything else should be straight-forward, with decisions all along the way, as in "should I replace the throttle shaft and rebush the body?" (the answer being "yes"). Should be an interesting project but do it for the enjoyment, not for any planned improvement over anything else you have on the car right now.
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Re: Has anyone seen this carburetor before?

Post by Bruce Compton » Sun Nov 28, 2021 9:19 pm

I'd be polishing it up to be a conversation piece and putting one of your U&J's on that manifold and go "zoom- zoom" as Stan Howe would have said......lol


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Post by Scott_Conger » Sun Nov 28, 2021 9:59 pm

exactly...
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Re: Has anyone seen this carburetor before?

Post by dlmyers » Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:16 am

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That is a very early Holley bros carb.
This one came with a 1913 Empire touring parts car we got to go with the restored car that is in the Greenville Area Historical Society’s museum.
Dykes manuals from the early teens have some information about them.
The carb on the restored car is slightly different than the one pictured but is the same vintage.
The old forums are a gold mine of information.


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Re: Has anyone seen this carburetor before?

Post by ThreePedalTapDancer » Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:18 am

Similar Holley carb of the era
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