Re: [HSS] Marvel Carburetors

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Jim, John Meadows makes the carburetor bowl and cover out of silicone

bronze. I have one on my 29 now, no more leaks. He does a really nice job

on them.

----- Original Message -----

From: "James Coats" <jamcoats@uab.edu>

To: <HudsonSuperSix16-29@yahoogroups.com>

Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 4:56 PM

Subject: [HSS] Marvel Carburetors





> I managed to find two Marvel carburetors at Hershey after much

> searching. One was intact with a solid float bowl, and the other was

> cracked up pretty bad. Looked like it had been dropped 20 feet onto

> concrete. It took me three days of rummaging through carburetor piles

> to find them. I bought the one with the solid float bowl, although

> the flat area where the float bowl screws to the cast iron carburetor

> body is rather warped from overtightening the screws, and I can't seem

> to get it to seal up. I would have bought the broken one too for

> parts, but they wanted a ridiculous amount of money for it; more than

> I paid for the solid one. Geoff, was it you that is having the new

> float bowls cast? I would like to get one for the carburetor that I

> have on my car now; it has two broken bolt ears. Then I should have a

> solid carburetor and a spare.

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> Best Regards,

> James Coats

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