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What finish on carbs
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rustedorrotting |
03-26-2023 @ 8:35 AM
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I am rebuilding 94 and 97 carbs. What finish would be correct for these carbs? I am considering Zinc plating and di chromate.
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carcrazy |
03-26-2023 @ 9:55 AM
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Why put any plating on them? Why not just clean them to the best of your ability and use them like that?
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kubes40 |
03-26-2023 @ 11:23 AM
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Authentically, they had a dull / satin "zinc" plated appearance. The golden plating we see on the concourse occasionally is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. And please, don't paint them. If you'd like, I could (later) post a photo of a NOS carburetor.
Mike "Kube" Kubarth
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rustedorrotting |
03-27-2023 @ 7:47 AM
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That would be great, thanks.
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kubes40 |
03-27-2023 @ 3:42 PM
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Here ya go. Some of the NOS carburetors I've had had a tiny tint of "gold" on them as does this one. Others, not so much. Mike "Kube" Kubarth
This message was edited by kubes40 on 3-27-23 @ 3:43 PM
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Jacques1960 |
03-27-2023 @ 3:57 PM
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Don’t know why people did this - my ‘36 Phaeton arrived here with a gold painted carb. The ‘38 wagon came with a gold-ish (not painted) carb. Would be interested to find out how this unfortunate trend started.
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kubes40 |
03-27-2023 @ 4:36 PM
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I'm not certain how that trend started. Ignorance? I'd seen some on the concourse that were BRIGHT gold.
Mike "Kube" Kubarth
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3w2 |
03-27-2023 @ 6:28 PM
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Mike, As often as not, that slight "tint of gold" appears to me to be more like a very faint rainbow of colors. That's what I see in your photo. Beats me how that was bumped up to yellow chromate plating in the minds of some.
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rustedorrotting |
03-29-2023 @ 10:25 AM
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just to give some corrosion protection. Zinc looks like original carb i think. I just ordered equipment to do Zinc plating. I have 2 94's in process right now, one is mine, the other a customer's I am going to plate mine and let him decide. Will try to post a picture here.
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rustedorrotting |
03-29-2023 @ 10:27 AM
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thanks for the feed back
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