carburetor date

[lilfighta]

Kurt i was just giving example. But your opinion it would be september but what about august or july
would that work or is it to far away
thx

[Mike S]

 The carb date code is a month/year format so you don't really know when in the month it was made. First day or last? That can work in your favor if trying to match up a date. Looking at my 04B LOS car (build date April 17th, 67) with the L35/TH400 MZ (smog pump) motor, the 7037210 carb tag date is C7.

Mike

[KurtS]

From the factory, it probably had a Sept carb on it.

I'm saying what most cars would have come with. I'm not saying right or wrong. You can put on whatever date you want.

My 10B LOS 68 SS has a September 67 date on it  my 2 cents

Exhibit A.

[lilfighta]

Kurt how do i post picture of my desktop.
thx

[lilfighta]

I posted before but now it says error and its to big
thx

[1968RSZ28]

I posted before but now it says error and its to big
thx

You need to resize the photo(s)...

http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=7809.0

Paul

[69Z28-RS]

It could have been on the carbs themselves, but I don't recall that.

It WAS on some of the advertising...

That's probably what I'm thinking of, the blending of their name into the carburetor word. 
Yeah, Gary if you see that on a carb itself please take a picture! It seems like that's where I saw it.

I KNEW I'd seen that 'wording' on an actual Carter Carburetor before because I've never had a NEW ONE IN the box and didn't recall ever having any Carter brochures/info in my hands...

Yesterday I was over in my shop; didn't have my camera with me unfortunately, but I remembered to check some old WCFB carbs I had.. and sure enough..  right on top was the cast in word... "CARbureTER"...  I'll try to get a pix next time I'm at that shop, but I have several of the fifties Carter WCFB carburetors, and I'm fairly certain that they all had that wording on the carbs.

Several (maybe 30?) years ago I was down on the MS gulf coast visiting wife's relatives and I always check out the Auto Ads in their local paper when I'm there.. and I saw an ad for some Classic Chevy Parts.. I called and spoke to the seller, got his address (Long Beach, MS) as I recall.. and went over there.  In talking with him, I found out that his father working for Carter actually was the mechanical engineer designer of the Carter WCFB carburetor..

In the interest of helping educate our younger members a little...     WCFB which stands for 'Wrought Cast Four Barrell' was the standard type of 4-barrell carburetor used on Chevys (and all GM's I believe and Chryslers) during the fifties.   In the early 60's, a larger/lighter carburetor was introduced and becoming used on the higher performance cars of that era... That carb was the Carter AFB, which stands for 'Aluminum Four Barrell'...

I've also read that WCFB also represented the company founder's name.. 'William Carter Four Barrell'...  but in view of the later naming of the AFB, I'm still of the opinion that WCFB stands for Wrought Cast Four Barrell' due to the nature of it's construction..

[Z28Project]

Great info!  I thought I remembered seeing that logo on an actual carb at some point.

Thanks!

[lilfighta]

Thats funny i have a carter afb on the camaro now but i believe it is a 1966 chevelle carb. The carb works perfect and actually is
a great carb but im looking to put a rochester back on it. I believe thats what it came with. Ill tell you it looks better than the rochester
and i believe it gets better mileage
thx

[69Z28-RS]

Attached is a photo of a '62 Carter WCFB that I photographed the 'logo' of today...

[Z28Project]

Bingo!!  That's what I thought I had seen on a carb many years ago.

Thanks for posting the pic!