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ID this Carter carb????

Posted By: an8sec70cuda

ID this Carter carb???? - 11/11/09 06:47 PM

Can someone tell me what this Carter carb came on? Year model, engine, cfm size, etc?

It has Carter written on it like this... CARbureTER with the "bure" being a lot smaller and inset.
Also says WCFB.
It has a cast iron base, it's HEAVY!

Anyone know what it came off of? Thanks, CHIP

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Posted By: an8sec70cuda

Re: ID this Carter carb???? - 11/11/09 06:48 PM

pic 2

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Posted By: an8sec70cuda

Re: ID this Carter carb???? - 11/11/09 06:48 PM

pic 3

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Posted By: hemiheadNC

Re: ID this Carter carb???? - 11/11/09 06:54 PM

...looks like a WCFB (Will Carter Four Barrel) mid to late 50's some gm and Mopar apps. They were really heavy
Posted By: HotRodDave

Re: ID this Carter carb???? - 11/12/09 02:15 AM

Looks like a WCFB (White cast four barrel) 4bbl from an old mopar around the 1950s, mabey another make used them also.
Posted By: ScottSmith_Harms

Re: ID this Carter carb???? - 11/12/09 02:53 AM

Quote:

Looks like a WCFB (White cast four barrel) 4bbl from an old mopar around the 1950s, mabey another make used them also.



Actually WCFB does in fact mean William Carter Four Barrel as mentioned above.

Many of the 50's WCFB's lacked stamped in identification numbers, they usually had an attached metal tag to ID them. Does yours have a metal tag?

Here's a pair from a 57/58 Mopar. I restored them for a guy who put them on a 62 Vette, there were allot of them used on early GM's and Mopars that looked VERY much alike.

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Posted By: ScottSmith_Harms

Re: ID this Carter carb???? - 11/12/09 03:27 AM

Compare the top view with yours

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Posted By: minivan

Re: ID this Carter carb???? - 11/12/09 05:30 AM

Brought back a tinge of nostalgia looking at those... I remember opening up the hoods of many cars seeing those carbs.....

Scott, are they a decent carb or only something for a nostalgia look or stock??????
Posted By: ScottSmith_Harms

Re: ID this Carter carb???? - 11/12/09 06:28 AM

Power wise, no, not great carbs, they have a small CFM rating (most max out around 500cfm) which is why 2 were often used to give stouter 50's V8's enough go juice. That being said when built properly they can be very smooth and dependable on an old cruiser. The cast iron bases make them quite heavy as well, I'd say for a single 4 barrel they are the heaviest of ANY 4 barrel, combine 2 of them with a cast iron intake and it's anchors away!
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