Holley carb date stamp

[Roger G.]

Hello, does this stamp look consistent, or possibly a restamp. It is a secondary carb for a 69 tripower

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[Joe L.]

Re: Holley carb date stamp

Hello, does this stamp look consistent, or possibly a restamp. It is a secondary carb for a 69 tripower

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Roger-----


It looks legit to me. The date code is the first week of January, 1969.

[Roger G.]

Re: Holley carb date stamp

Roger-----


It looks legit to me. The date code is the first week of January, 1969.

Thanks Joe, I am missing one of the secondaries, and this is a perfect match. Are the secondaries interchangeable? In other words can a front be made into a back or vice versa?

[Joe L.]

Re: Holley carb date stamp

Thanks Joe, I am missing one of the secondaries, and this is a perfect match. Are the secondaries interchangeable? In other words can a front be made into a back or vice versa?

Roger-----


Yes, it can be used either front or rear.

[Roger G.]

Re: Holley carb date stamp

Roger-----


Yes, it can be used either front or rear.

Thanks again Joe

[William C.]

Re: Holley carb date stamp

Not a Holley expert, but the lack of a registration plane on the part number stamp characters would leave me scratching my head. Is this normal in Holley carbs?

[Patrick N.]

Re: Holley carb date stamp

Not a Holley expert, but the lack of a registration plane on the part number stamp characters would leave me scratching my head. Is this normal in Holley carbs?

Ditto- seems a bit wavy

[David L.]

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The date code has the letter "I" instead of the number "1" ("9II" and not "911").
The links below (Ebay) show Holley carbs with the number "1" in the date code stamping, not the letter "I".
These Holley carbs on Ebay are not mine.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1969-302-Z28-CAMARO-4053-DZ-GM-HOLLEY-CARB-CAMARO-COPO-/190815339298?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessorie s&hash=item2c6d7b0322&vxp=mtr

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-3902353-EU...p2047675.l2557

[William C.]

Re: Holley carb date stamp

I like in your picture that the part number characters are all in line, tends to verify my thoughts that the posters decision to purchase or not might be pretty easy in the negative?

[David L.]

Re: Holley carb date stamp

I like in your picture that the part number characters are all in line, tends to verify my thoughts that the posters decision to purchase or not might be pretty easy in the negative?

Bill,

I do not understand your comment (or is it a question) at all.

Dave

[William C.]

Re: Holley carb date stamp

Comment, not a question. I would RUN from the carb in the original post and find a better example, just to be clear.

[David L.]

Re: Holley carb date stamp

I found a photo of my 66 Corvette 3367 Holley carb dated "613". The number "1" is a real number "1', not the letter "I".

[Wayne M.]

Re: Holley carb date stamp

Here's another 3 carbs off a late 1969 400 hp car, with dates similar to OP, and 3 (bonus) examples of the stamped "1". I bought the complete setup w/air cleaner and "795" manifold back in early 90's.

[Wayne M.]

Re: Holley carb date stamp

Not a Holley expert, but the lack of a registration plane on the part number stamp characters would leave me scratching my head. Is this normal in Holley carbs?

Bill --- could you explain "registration plane" ?

[Joe L.]

Re: Holley carb date stamp

Here's another 3 carbs off a late 1969 400 hp car, with dates similar to OP, and 3 (bonus) examples of the stamped "1". I bought the complete setup w/air cleaner and "795" manifold back in early 90's.

Wayne------


Notice how the first character of the part number ("3"), the second character of the broadcast code ("U") and the first character of the word "LIST" ("L") are heavy stamped. This is virtually the same as the carb pictured in the original post. I doubt that a restamper would have gone this far. Yes, there are certain minor differences but I think they're within manufacturing variation.