[AT] OT: Carbruators

[Gerald Johnson]

Your sure owned a classic Phil!  Bet you wish you had it back now!  I read
somewhere that the  '62 409/409 Impala SS is one of the most desirable
muscle cars there is now.  It guess it is kinda like the UDLX of cars! I
know the feeling since I swapped my 1969 Camaro Super Sport for a VEGA...and
I paid boot!  That was over 30 years ago and my wife has never let me live
it down yet!  It was during the gas crunch in the early 70's and seemed like
a good idea at the time.  Oh well....

Gerald
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil M. Vorwerk" <pvorwerk at newulmtel.net>
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Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 8:32 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] OT: Carbruators


> I owned a '62 Impala SS ragtop with the factory 409/409 combo &
> Borg-Warner 4-speed that was my passion for about 15 years.  Nothing I
> have ever owned before or since matched the sound of that engine when
> you would get on it and have all 8 barrels of those AFB's open.  Good
> thing, too, because it probably helped drown out the sound of gas
> rushing out of the tank.....   I envied the mpg that motor homes can
> get.  Yep, sold it at a weak moment.
>
> Phil
> Courtland, MN
>
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> Johnson
> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 9:16 PM
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> You're right Ralph.....an AFB is a Carter carburetor.  I remember they
> were
> used on the  1961 Chevrolet Super Sport  409 engine.  The single 4 bbl.
> engine was rated at 360 hp. but in 1962 they came out with the dual
> Carter
> AFB's that brought about the 409 with 409 hp.  Strong!
>
> Gerald
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> From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
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>
> > Wasn't the AFB just a Carter four barrel carb? I don't know too much
> about
> > them being more of a quadrajet man myself.
> >
> > Ralph in Sask.
> > http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: R Mull <rbobmull at comcast.net>
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> > Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 8:44 PM
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> >
> > > In the 60's I heard about four barrells , 3 duces etc. One I heard
> about
> > was
> > > "AFB four barrell". Just what was this. What was so different
> between a
> > > "AFB" and a Holley, or Quadrajet or Carter four Barrell.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Robert Mull
> > > Woodstock, Georgia
> > >
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