![]() (Am I correct that the 1848-2 Holley in #3 above will work with the original air cleaner without needing to make any modifications in order to get it to fit?)įirst, I’m aware that there are non-Holley options, but I’d prefer to stick with Holley at this stage. Getting a new-model Holley carb - I’m considering this one, which I’ve read good things about on this forum and elsewhere. Buying a rebuildable original ‘57 Holley carb (that would be the List #1271 model, if memory serves) from somewhere and then sending it to the Holley shop or elsewhere to be fully serviced and rebuilt orģ. Repairing or rebuilding my existing carb Ģ. I’m curious as to your thoughts between:ġ. I don’t remember the exact year (1966?), but it doesn’t matter: for present purposes, what matters is that it isn’t an original ‘57 carb.Īnyway: given that I know that my carb isn’t original to the car (and therefore doesn’t have any particular authenticity value, at least from my perspective) and that I’ll incur some - and perhaps a lot of - parts and labor costs to deal with it, I’m also exploring other options. From my very quick research, that indicates that it is not the original carb that would have come with a ‘57 rather, the code indicates that this is a mid-1960s model carb. I believe it is a 4150 the List # stamped on the front is 1273-2N. At maximum, they’ve said they might recommend sending it out to a rebuilder. And I don’t know for sure, but suspect that the person I bought it from also was using regular gas). ![]() At minimum, they suspect the power valve needs to be replaced and that there is some ethanol-related gunk clogging the works such that they’d need to strip it down and thoroughly clean and inspect it (I’m now a firm believer in ethanol-free and have been using it for the last couple of tanks, but was just using regular pump gas before that. I’m at the point where my shop suspects I need to have some not-insignificant work done on my existing Holley carb.
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