Off Topic Once Again! Mopar Curiosity

Hudsy Wudsy
Hudsy Wudsy Senior Contributor
edited November -1 in HUDSON
I only offer this as something of a distraction... I have a pair of '36 Dodge and Plymouth coupes, so I often browse the vintage Mopar stuff on ebay. I've seen this item listed occasionally in the past and have yet to figure out it's specific purpose or how it even operates for sure. Do you guys have any knowledge or experience with this thing?



http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mopar-35-36-37-38-39-40-41-42-46-47-48-55-heater-acc_W0QQitemZ140187113864QQihZ004QQcategoryZ46098QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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  • Unknown
    Unknown
    my dad told me to stay away from old mopars, or he would disown me....
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    it looks like an adjustable thermostat ?? bet you could adjust engine temp. from inside the car while driving down the road . surely someone will tell us what it really is and make me look stupid for my wild guess!!!!



    Kid - dad gave you bad advice, mopars have been $$$$$ for me the last few years !!!!!!!!!!!
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Stateline,
    I don't kow the first thing about Mopars, but would think you may be correct. At first glance it resembles a motorcycle carb with the cable operated slide then I thought it could regulate the waterflow through the engine, or divert it around the radiator for a faster warm up.
    Either way I'm just speculating. As I said, I have no knowledge of Mopars.
    Bob
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    If that isn't a carbuetor, an accessory manufacturer sure missed a bet. It looks like a piece of fuel line on the top of the "float chamber". Doesn't look like the mounting flange would mate up to any water pump or head I've ever seen, but a MOPAR guy should be able to tell. The intake slide looks like an early AMAL motorcycle carb that I had on my '34 Morgan Matchless powered trike. The covered stub on top of the float chamber is a "tickler" to hold the float down and prime the engine before start. If it is a water temp regulator, what could be the purpose of the "float chamber"? Need to query the seller on the source of his info.

    Joe
  • Hudsy Wudsy
    Hudsy Wudsy Senior Contributor
    I've puzzled over that cable, too. It just occured to me that maybe the cable doesn't operate the device, but, rather, the device operates the cable. I know that some old cars had thermostatically controlled shutters, though I don't know exactly how they functioned. Maybe that's all this is. It doesn't matter much. I just thought it might be something you guys would enjoy pondering, but I see I've already offended the Hudsonkid because it was about another make other then Hudson.
  • Hudsy Wudsy
    Hudsy Wudsy Senior Contributor
    51c8Joe wrote:
    If that isn't a carbuetor, an accessory manufacturer sure missed a bet. It looks like a piece of fuel line on the top of the "float chamber". Doesn't look like the mounting flange would mate up to any water pump or head I've ever seen, but a MOPAR guy should be able to tell. The intake slide looks like an early AMAL motorcycle carb that I had on my '34 Morgan Matchless powered trike. If it is a water temp regulator, what could be the purpose of the "float chamber"? Need to query the seller on the source of his info.

    Joe



    The seller has no idea what it is. He only knows that it's Mopar and maybe he's wrong about that.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    I dont really know the old mopar stuff , Ive got 68-70 muscle stuff ,I looked at the auction again , it could be some kind of carb , wish there was a pic of the other side too, I think the upper water outlet ( and I said think ) is rectangular like that on the earlier flat head 6 motors . maybe thats why he thinks it mopar cooling system part . it really has to many parts to be just an adjustable thermostat. I give up what is it ????????
  • Jon B
    Jon B Administrator
    Well, I'll make a wild guess: it's some sort of water heater (thus the water pump tie-in). The cable is either an electrical wire (to power a heating element in the gizmo) or a fuel line (if there's some sort of gasoline heater involved in heating the water). Anyway, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it...
  • Geoff
    Geoff Senior Contributor
    I reckon its a hydrosolator for scrambling the digital rejiggerator.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    No doubt it is a motorcycle carburetor. But what brand is it? One of the pictures shows some lettering. If we could see the rest of it, we would know the answer.



    Have a nice day

    Steve
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    I agree with Geoff!!!!!!!!!
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    No doubt it is a motorcycle carburetor. But what brand is it? One of the pictures shows some lettering. If we could see the rest of it, we would know the answer.



    Have a nice day

    Steve[/QUOTE]



    HATS OFF TO STEVE!!! It appears to be an early Amal, although the legible writting doest't look like it. I have a very similar carb on a 1956

    James motorcycle.
  • Hudsonrules
    Hudsonrules Senior Contributor
    :eek:Looks like one of those dohinkys that went somewhere,got lost, was found and put on ebay.
  • Hudsy Wudsy
    Hudsy Wudsy Senior Contributor
    I sent this gentleman a link to this discussion. He was quite grateful to all of you and said that he would relist it with the words "motorcycle" and "carburetor" in the title. I can't tell you how long it's appeared with "Mopar" in the title. Maybe now it will find a home.
  • Hudsy Wudsy
    Hudsy Wudsy Senior Contributor
    Hudsonkid, I hope that this hasn't distressed you too much.
  • Clutchguy
    Clutchguy Senior Contributor
    Hudsonrules wrote:
    :eek:Looks like one of those dohinkys that went somewhere,got lost, was found and put on ebay.



    Looks like an early ka-nouter valve for sure,and only availible on the senior model,equipped with the V-13 air-cooled engines.:D
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    James P. wrote:
    Hudsonkid, I hope that this hasn't distressed you too much.



    nope, hudsondad warned me at an early age, to stay away form the mopars, they're nothing but trouble. When we used to go to the junkyard, we used to pee on all the fords and mopars.... sometimes, I didn't even have to go, just did it to make a point.... :p
  • Hudsy Wudsy
    Hudsy Wudsy Senior Contributor
    hudsonkid wrote:
    nope, hudsondad warned me at an early age, to stay away form the mopars, they're nothing but trouble. When we used to go to the junkyard, we used to pee on all the fords and mopars.... sometimes, I didn't even have to go, just did it to make a point.... :p

    Perhaps you would like to share with us (you always do) the reasons that your father finds Chrysler products so objectionable.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    James P. wrote:
    Perhaps you would like to share with us (you always do) the reasons that your father finds Chrysler products so objectionable.



    he's on here, he can speak for himself. Actually, I bet neither of us dislike them. It;'s kinda one of those fun things to beat on. Seriously, what really beats Hudsons or Oldsmobiles of the 50's???



    Yeah I got a soft spot for 55-60 chryslers, desoto's and even maybe, just maybe a 57 dodge, 56-58 plymouths, but that's about it. Some of the stuff from the 30's make good street rods.
  • Hudsy Wudsy
    Hudsy Wudsy Senior Contributor
    You really should try to restrain yourself from making little passive/agressive remarks. I'm sure other's, like me, find it tedious.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    James P. wrote:
    You really should try to restrain yourself from making little passive/agressive remarks. I'm sure other's, like me, find it tedious.





    tedious, ahh... just don't read it, I guess. :rolleyes:
  • Hudsy Wudsy
    Hudsy Wudsy Senior Contributor
    It's difficult not to. You saturate the forum with opinion.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    James P. wrote:
    It's difficult not to. You saturate the forum with opinion.



    well, that's just your opinion.... :D
  • Hudsonrules
    Hudsonrules Senior Contributor
    :eek:There is nothing wrong with true Mopars. I like many of the various makes from the sixties and into the mid seventies. Sure I lean towards Hudsons and always will, I do enjoy seeing Hudsons and Mopar products at car shows more than tri-five Chevies, you can only paint them so many colors. I like Internationals also, we all have our opinions, likes and dislikes and I am sure that all agree that Hudsons are Great. I ahjd a great uncle who has long since left this earth who always told me to stay away from Hudsons because the early ones had a tendacy to throw rods. Of course he was talking about cars from the teens and twenties. Have a grat day! Arnie
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