For Sale 1969 Factory 440 Holley Carburetor.

[challenger6pak]

This has been stored for years in a dry place. All it will need is a kit to fix dry seals and it should work great. Due to lack of use, the throttle shafts are tight for no vacuum leaks. I am asking $50 + actual shipping costs from south Florida. I can be reached by PM.
Thanks.


I can't post photos. It says the upload file is empty, yet I can see the photos that are loaded there.

 

[saforwardlook]

This has been stored for years in a dry place. All it will need is a kit to fix dry seals and it should work great. Due to lack of use, the throttle shafts are tight for no vacuum leaks. I am asking $50 + actual shipping costs from south Florida. I can be reached by PM.
Thanks.


I can't post photos. It says the upload file is empty, yet I can see the photos that are loaded there.

Not to rain on your parade, but those Holleys can rarely be rebuilt. After time and some heat and cool cycles, the metering blocks and bowls warp, rendering them useless. Even professional rebuilders say they will rebuild just about any carburetor, except the early Holleys.

 

[polara71]

I've never heard that....I'm not a Holley fan but I've never heard that Steve...

 

[detmatt]

It's been said many times on this site but I don't know if I buy it 100%. I'm not looking to change any bodies mind around here though so carry on.

 

[polara71]

Thanks Matt, I only read half the threads , I obviously missed it. Surprised to read it now...

 

[saforwardlook]

I've never heard that....I'm not a Holley fan but I've never heard that Steve...

I started working in the fuel systems lab at Chrysler in 1969 and even the Holley carburetor rep at the time told me just that - I had problems with the Holley 4 bbl on my 1970 Chrysler 300 that I owned a couple years later in 1971 with only 28K miles on it (the one you see in my avatar at the left) and sought his advice. He said they weren't worth trying to rebuild, because of all the warping problems due to cheap metal castings, and just handed me a new one to use. In order for Holley to compete with Carter on a cost basis when the Holleys were more expensive to build, they had to cut corners somewhere. For the 4bbls, there was a reason Carter took over Chrysler's business and Holley went by the wayside as a result in successive years. But today's Holleys in the aftermarket are good carburetors and well built. But the old junk was just that. I still tried several times to rebuild the old Holleys anyway, but not once was successful. And I have been able to rebuild any Carter 4 bbl (AFB, AVS, etc.) except for some warped plastic bowls on Thermoquads almost every time. All my 1969 - 71 Chryslers have a Carter AVS on them - and none have the original Holleys - and most of you know how much of a purist I am otherwise. Good luck.

 

[shooter65]

I was confused by this post for a while. So Holleys were used on the std 440 C-bodies in 69 but Carters were used on the HP 440. I was mistakenly under the impression that all 69 440's had Carter carbs. Learn something new every day here.

 

[bluefury361]

The inability to rebuild the early Holley carbs has been covered here a couple of times. Jazabelle's seller was unable to get the carb rebuilt and the car sat for years. I made two attempts to rebuild it with no success, (I've been around Holley carbs a lot), My cure was a 750 Edelbrock with electric choke. The 440 woke right up.

 

[saforwardlook]

1970 was largely the last year for widescale application of the Holley 4 bbl carbs within Chrysler for the reasons I stated. Too many problems in the field. Carter took over the 440s in 1971 and later.
Unfortunately, Holley still made the 2 bbls that lasted beyond 1973 as I recall. They too warped. A "fix kit" was released for the air horn in 1972 but even after some upgrades in 1972 to that 2 bbl, problems persisted. Even when you acquire a rebuilt Holley 2 bbl from the local parts store today, it is hit and miss whether it will work right. Very frustrating carbs. But when they ran correctly, they ran well. It is just that they only did that for awhile before the heat and cool cycles ruined them.

 

[Dobalovr]

Unfortunately, Holley still made the 2 bbls that lasted beyond 1973

Yup I have 5 sitting on the shelf from several 75-79 Cordobas in various states of assembly. Right next to the TQ's i hate. God bless the Carter AVS and pass me the Eddy please..

 

[challenger6pak]

Not to rain on your parade, but those Holleys can rarely be rebuilt. After time and some heat and cool cycles, the metering blocks and bowls warp, rendering them useless. Even professional rebuilders say they will rebuild just about any carburetor, except the early Holleys.

I have never had this problem with one. I have never had problems with the Thermoquad either. Maybe the carbs some have been trying to rebuild were old worn out carbs with high mileage, bent throttle shafts, etc. I don't know. I haven't seen the carbs that are trying to be rebuilt. I still get the message upload file empty when I try to load a pic. I have to move from where I live. I don't want to be and am not in the parts business. If I can't sell the parts they will have to go to a recycler. The recycler got a load of B body parts today. I hate doing it but I have no choice. If anyone wants pics, I will gladly send them to you.

 

[70bigblockdodge]

It will leak internally because of warped metering block mostly due to over tightening gorillas, if the float bowl screws have evidence of ever being turned you can bet the metering block is warped.

 

[challenger6pak]