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Finally have had some time to go back to building some of the earlier carburetors. Just finished a group of 259s (1933) and have included some pictures with the article. In the coming weeks, hope to finish the early W1's and get pictures of each on the website.

Here is the article URL:

Carter W1 article

Check back as I will be adding pictures.

When using the pictures to aid in identification; REMEMBER that Carter sold W1's to other manufacturers than Chevrolet. The Essex carbs especially resemble the Chevrolet carbs from the same year.

Jon.

One other item added (WITH WRITTEN AUTHORITY FROM CARTER CARBURETOR COMPANY) is a PDF file of the original Carter W1 service instructions.

This is a copyrighted document, but we have written authority to distribute copies.

Jon.

Hi Jon,
I could use a little more of a history lesson on Carter. I thought they went out of business in the mid-80’s according to these articles.
http://www.builtstlouis.net/industrial/cartercarburetor.html
http://chrysler300country.com/carter_carburetor_company_2.htm
Not clear what you mean when you say you have Written permission from the Carter Company? Who owns the copyrights now and haven’t they run out yet? I see an awful lot of documentation posted out on the Internet, are they violating the copyrights? I believe you had mentioned before that you had bought some of their tooling and inventory, is that correct?
I’m interested in all that I can learn about these early carburetors so thanks for the articles.
Even though I would like to use NOS or parts made with the original Carter tooling, I’m not a big buck operation and in most cases I can’t justify the cost so I’m usually forced to use aftermarket parts or kits.

Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL

Denny - Federal Mogul, at least to my knowledge, currently holds the copyrights which, in this country last 75 years if kept up to date. I always assume that any large company has sufficient attorneys on staff to keep the copyrights up to date.

MOST of the copies posted on the internet violate copyright laws. However, it seems that many of the large companies are currently "looking the other way". Doesn't mean they always will. Look at what happened with some of the downloaded music.

I did acquire a lot of Carter documentation along with some tooling and parts prior to their sale to Federal Mogul.

Jon.

Today added pictures of the 1932 truck W1. The cast "T" is visable on the end of the bowl in both the front and back view. Externally, the passenger unit looks exactly like the truck unit except for the cast "T". Internally, the carbs are very different.

Jon.

Do you have cores of all the models of the W-1 Jon? I didn't see any reference to Federal Mogul in any of the online articles, must have been a real low profile purchace.
Hey, thanks for the pictures and descriptions.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL

Carter for years was a division of ACF industries.

Federal Mogul purchased Carter in the mid-1980's (corporate raider on FM's board of directors). As to the on-line articles you mentioned; in spite of what many of the younger generation may believe, VERY LITTLE of mankind's knowledge is currently on the web. Those who use the web as their only source of knowledge miss a lot! Maybe in a few hundred years!

We have 150,000 cores; including at least one of most of the W-1's. Of those used by Chevrolet, there may be one or two of the "fleet" units that we don't have, not sure. Still have more apart that will be finishing and adding to the article.

Many enthusiasts have not seen the 222s with the "T" nor the "fleet" units, many of which were painted a different color. While most W-1's were painted black, many of the fleet units were painted brown. Gray was used on some other makes.

Jon.