Thanks carbking, I was hoping you would respond since you seem to be the expert around here. That chart you posted which Iv seen other places, shows the 966s to be an auto choke, but all the 966s' Iv seen appear to be manual choke. Iv also seen the 966 listed as an option for engines with manual choke. Maybe I'll contact the seller and ask him to measure the bolt spacing again. Maybe he measured wrong, or maybe somebody swapped the throttle body at some point. Thanks guys!
That is because the two Missouri hillbillys, one at Carter, the other at the Carburetor Shop, doing the research transposed two numbers!
Thank you for bringing this to my attention. The file has now been corrected. We checked that file several times, but sometimes one cannot see the forest for all of the trees! Note there are a number of numbers on the list that say number issued, but not produced. We went through the complete existing Carter records from carburetor number 1 (which was an experimental unit for mid-teens 4-cylinder Chevrolet, and never built) on up to when Federal Mogul acquired Carter in the 1980's. The list should be complete, and HOPEFULLY there won't be any additional typos.
There are lots of Carter carburetors that were never numbered, as Carter began actually numbering carbs around 1920. The earliest carbs were tagged, with a red cardboard tag! To date, I have seen exactly ONE original red tag! Brass tags came out in 1932. Some service carbs for pre-1932 carbs that were built AFTER 1932 do have brass tags. The first (known) original application of a Carter carburetor was an Austin with a 572 CID engine in 1911.
The 966s is manual choke, the 967s has the Climatic control (auto choke).
Apologies for the error!
Jon.
