What carb is correct for the car?
Iirc these got Holleys unless they were cap(California) cars which had Carters. Since it will be some time before this car will actually be a driver again I will probably just grab the carb off the silver car because I know it works well for the break-in run after which I have an older Edelbrock universal carb that looks decent sitting on the shelf that I’ll go through and get in working order. I haven’t even gotten the silver car out of winter storage yet this year….
It’s not an impossibility but now would be a good time to remind all that I’m not really going to do any cosmetics on the outer body with the exception of cleaning and polishing the paint that is left on it. At least not until I address the under body rust issues on the back half of the car.
My '68 is all original and it came with a Carter and I don't believe it's a cap car. Do only cap cars have a PCV valve and breather hose to the air cleaner? It has the 440-dual package, so maybe that's why it has a Carter.
Does it have a triangular shaped tag on it with a part number?
I’m pretty sure the tags were on the carbs, distributors, alternators etc. from new. They had the full part number on them with the last 2 numbers being larger for quicker correlation to the broadcast sheet.
What’s the stamped number on the base of the front? It’ll be something like 4637S.
Looking very nice!
If that says 4640S it’s from a ‘69 HP 440.
My 68 has a Carter. The FSM shows both carbs but I don't remember which one is specific to CAP and of course my manual is packed away so I can't check. For what it's worth, my car was purchased new in Tempe, AZ. I'm not sure if AZ cars got CAP spec emissions.
Yes on the linkage and the fuel line/tubing was different as well. As I stated above about the bad rep the Holley‘s had, they often didn’t last but a few years from new and to rebuild them was futile.
I'm not one for being interested in all the power toys, but power wings would be cool to have in my NYer.
