Hey Bruce, I've heard of FISH Carbs. They were a fad with the local
dirt trackers back in the sixties here in Dallas. Wasn't that a
one-barrel carb? As I remember, you could get one of these things to
flow like crazy. Jerry Foster
FastmetalBDF@aol.com wrote:
>
> I think one of the great things about living is you can' t really go
> a day without learning something or other new or interesting ......
> I recently got three old issues of Motor West Magazine on eBay,
> and they are from the years 1935 / 36 / 38 . This was an automotive
> trade publication for the Pacific Region, and they are loaded with the
> automotive shop talk, news, statistics, and procedures, tools and
> equipment from that era . I came across an ad for Perfect Circle
> PISTON EXPANDERS, for cars with aluminum pistons, which was
> 47 % of the cars in service, it stated . These are a spring steel deal
> that appears to be about 3 " wide, goes inside the piston, and has a
> hole on both opposing sides where the wrist pin goes through .
> I had never seen or heard of these before, and guess they would
> have only been for the split skirt type of piston . Looks to me like
> just more reciprocating weight .... any of you long time engine gurus
> on our list have any experience with, or comments, on these ......
> have they gone the way of the buggy whip ?
> I also learned that Jahns Pistons was in business in 1935 ......
> the year of my arrival ..... and 25 years before I bought that brand
> for my first Chev small block . The ad shows their address as
> 2662 Lacy Street in Los Angeles ( NO zip, of course )
> Lots of neat reading here ......
> makes these COLD winter months a little better !
> Bruce
> who also found out that, for 1935, La Fayettes, and SOME model
> Buicks, came equipped with MARVEL carburetors ......
> I' ve seen, owned, and tampered with a whole bunch of
> different carbs in the last fifty years ...... but can' t recall EVER
> seeing, or hearing of, a MARVEL carb .......
> THE OLDER YA GET THE MORE YA REALIZE
> HOW LITTLE YA KNOW !
> PS : For everyone EXCEPT my pal Tony RACE427 Greco ......
> who HATES carbs .......
> Anybody out there own a FISH carburetor ???
> ( once proclaimed to be THE ANSWER to your mileage worries )
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