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Occasionally ebay has brass tags for carburetors for 1934 models, how do I know which number is correct for my carb, is it the same as the part number?

See if this site helps you.

http://thecarburetorshop.com/

This link will explain the numbers that should be on the tag that would have originally been on your carburetor (assuming your carburetor is original):

http://www.thecarburetorshop.com/CarterChevroletW1.htm

Jon.

What holes are they talking about when they say 2-hole or 3-hole airhorn? Carb. could be 34 or 35.

Jon, looking thru the pictures that you have posted of the W-1,
I notice two things about your rebuilt carburetors.
One is the die castings appear to have been bead blasted, do
you do that to all the die castings?
Two is the cad plating on the steel rods and arms, do you
replate all of the steel parts if I were to buy a rebuilt
from you?
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL

Denny - many companies would glass bead zinc alloy castings to remove the casting residue for cleaning prior to dipping them in the chromate solution for protection; which is why we did the same thing.

As for the plating of steel pieces: Carter was located across the street from Howard Crown plating, and steel pieces were shipped across to Crown after they came from the stampings shop, AND PLATED WITH WHATEVER CROWN WAS RUNNING THAT DAY FROM YELLOW OR WHITE ZINC, OR YELLOW OR WHITE CADMIUM.

In the earlier years, Crown ran a lot of white zinc, which is the finish we used on Carter items UNLESS the customer had a preference for one of the other finishes.

So, if you purchased a restored carb from us then that is what you would receive. HOWEVER, we have been forced to cease carburetor restoration. Our primary focus has always been on the manufacture of carburetor rebuilding kits, while the restoration of carburetors a secondary focus. Thanks to the deathanol in our fuel, the demand for our rebuilding kits is now at a 40 year high! We have not restored a carburetor in over 2 years. We do have quite a few Chevrolet W-1's on the shelf that we had restored, but sold out of 483's and 574's (maybe others).

Jon.

Thanks for the inside info Jon. Hope the kits keep going as they
are for ya. Are you distributing to any of the vendors that
we're dealing with for old truck parts? I've used you kits in
the past and would gravitate towards retailers that handled them.
Thanks again,
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL

Denny - I hesitate to post such a list on this forum. If you will send me an email, I will be happy to send you such a list; or if the owners of this forums do not object, I would be happy to post it here. Just don't want to post something that might be objectionable to the owners.

There is a very fine line between answering questions, and advertising, that I do not wish to cross.

Jon.

Sure Jon, I understand that, just was wondering if
you were the sole source for your kits.
I'll pm ya.

Denny G