Demolition of Carter Carb Plant

50C8DAN
50C8DAN Senior Contributor
in HUDSON
I believe Hudson only used Carter, at least post war.


Another industry that failed to see the future of their industry.  Holley still at it though.

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  • railknight
    railknight Expert Adviser

    It's always interesting to find out about the automotive facilities used for so many years to manufacture parts or even assemble cars.  Thanks for sharing this information about the fate of the Carter carb plant.  So it was basically "fuel injection" that killed it. 

     I suppose that even if there had been a present day demand for Carter carburetors, the company still would have eventually shut down this factory moving production to China.

    Dan

  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    That's true.  

    I found it interesting reading some of the reader's comments below the article.  It's always ironic to me how some folks get all riled up just because this has progression has come into the current media.  The factory has actually been empty for over 30 years.  They're just finally getting around to coming up with the funding to tear it down and make use of the land again (after toxic clean-up).  

    I hate to see our production end as much as the next car guy, but Carter being gone is actually very old news.  And yes, Fuel Injection did them in simply because they didn't stay current with modern trends.  
  • Lee ODell
    Lee ODell Senior Contributor
    Carter built some good carburetors. About 1970 I removed the holly carb and replaced it with a Carter 625 carburetor and gas mileage improved from 13 MPG to 20 MPG with my 1964 327 c.i. El Camino and driveability was greatly improve.

    To bad Edelbrock Carters carburetors do not have the same quality I was expecting . ( But they are prettier. ) The new one I put on my car didn't run right. Took it to my friend Bob at Jennings Dyno to have him check it out. It had a few problems but the two most serious were it had the wrong metering rods and one float was adjusted to low and the other side was adjusted to high.

    Maybe I should also get out of old school and invest in fuel injection.
    Lee O'Dell
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