Carter's ad copy also claimed that the copper screen inlet "filter" that some carburetors used was there to strain out "rocks, marbles, and bowling balls"! Something with a much finer media was needed to effectively filter gasoline.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!