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Camaro Research Group Discussion => Decoding/Numbers => Topic started by: MQ on July 16, 2011, 10:29:12 PM
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Hi all,
Always reading, rarely posting, but I've started to make a detailed inventory of all the more special Camaro crap I have laying around and have gotten to my Holley carbs. I have 2 that I want to make sure I have figured out correctly. Any help would be appreciated.
#1 - 3959164, list 4348, BD1. This date code makes no sense to me. It is pretty clearly stamped, but I'll check it again when I get back over to the shop. I am pretty serious when I write numbers down. By the number it codes as a '69 L-78, L-89, L-72 carb. Oh yea - vented primary bowl, manifold coil style choke.
#2 - 3923289 DZ, list 4053, 0523. This should be a service carb made in February 1973 for '68 L-78, 68 L-72 and '68 & '69 DZ service. Non vented bowl, manifold coil style choke. Am I correct here ? This is the carb off my '68 L-78 car. Bummed it a service replacement, but I've owned the car since '81 so it's been there forever.
Thanks,
Dave
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Cheverolet By The Numbers:
1. Do you mean 4346? That is what is listed for the applications you list... 801 would be a better date. I know you said you typed correctly...
2. That is what the book says. My center carb on my 3X2s is a service replacement, too. Oh well...
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My notes do say 4348 and I looked at that date several times as I knew it was odd. But, old eyes and maybe not the greatest light. I'll go over and check again and even take a pic that I can blow up Helen Keller size to really make sure.
Amazing what you find when you go digging into piles of stuff that you haven't looked at in years. I found a pair of 660 center squirters that I have no idea where they came from. Tach & gauge clusters I forgot I had. I'd just pick up stuff as I found it and just stash it away. Pleasent surprise to find dash clusters for both 67s & 68s with all 3 redlines. Puts a smile on my face.
Dave
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You know, with the right sauce crow really isn't that bad... Direct sunlight really helps ! Correct info.
3959164
List 4346
801 - 1st week October 1968
Primary Block - 5583 4053
Secondary Block - 4519 4053
172 butterflys all around
I didn't follow my #1 rule. If it doesn't look right, figure out why. ugh.
Dave
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Cool!