![]() ![]() And they're not cheap, either: rebuilding a complete set will set you back about $2000 or more if you have them refinished to look like new. Louis area, who is virtually retired, has been having a hard time finding someone to correctly plate/refinish carb bodies and parts another person who has a Facebook page in Mississippi does his own plating along with rebuilding, but is out about half of the year on an ocean-going tugboat. In fact, my 'go-to' rebuilder in the metro St. There are specialists who will restore these to look like jewelry, but be aware that you may be without them for months as turn-around times are very long. I have seen carbs off of '63s with an 'A' for the month code of November 1962, which was very close to the tail end of the run. Oddly enough, most of the carbs I have were dated '222' - I'm wanting to track down what others have to determine if there was a massive build-out of these towards the beginning of "M" production with enough inventory to last for most of '62 or early '63 production. The first character is the year of the decade, the second character the month, and the last character the week of the month. Make sure you have all the parts including the PCV setup (tube, cover plate/hose nipple, basket, wire mesh filter, etc.), along with the correct crossover and throttle rods.Īlso, in case you're not aware of it, carbs with a '222' date mean they were assembled the second week of February 1962, so they're more correct for a '62 than a '63. ![]() It all sounds harsh, but you already own the car and there's just no sense in deluding you.Ī word of caution from someone who has accumulated several sets of "M"-series carbs and a couple of intakes over the years, one of which currently is on my '63 hardtop. YOU have to know, and keep on you, the correct part numbers and date codes during your searches. It's a hard and very definite search for things so obscure a 45 year tbird owner won't have a clue, let alone a common parts seller. Your M code is not a Catalog Queen Camaro. Too few of them around.Īgain, put one, any one, in the car for now.(if you have a trans, post,a pic,of,the drivers,side,numbers pad)įind a mentor here you can ask about the major and the minor aspects. The correct trans, if you don't have it, will likely never be found. Put the car together, get it running, build a separate and correct engine on a stand and install it years from now when it's as close as you can get it to correct.(I'm building an M code engine on a stand as a spare) This has since been remedied.īe aware that 'correct' isn't correct if the date codes on your parts are wrong.įinding the correct date block and heads will not be fun.įinding the correct distributor is going to be close to impossible. My m code carbs were correctly dated, matched, C1's. You may be farther away than you think, or you have the crown jewel. Post pics here of the intake and the numbers on the air horns of all three carbs. You'll sort them over the years into do and don't. The passenger side clearly shows all the fuel lines say 'not for fuel'.). Some will be correct, some will be wrong(there's a beautiful picture of a tripower, all detailed up. ![]() Gather THOUSANDS of reference pictures from websites and make a folder. Not one, not some, ALL resources available. Its an extremely small percentage of your ultimate car cost. Buy ALL the books/manuals available for sale on this site. ![]()
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