Wow!
About 25 years ago I was restoring a 1940 chev six cyl and it had dual
carbs on a McGurk Manifold. They were Stromberg BXOV-2 and I had to resort
to advertisers in Hemmings for rebuild kits.
Antique carbs.
Bob B
At 03:48 PM 4/22/2003, you wrote:
>The stromberg is a downdraft. Molded into the carb body is:
>Stromberg
>Bendix-Tecnico
>Sidney, Australia
>
>Licensed by
>Bendix
>Aviation Corp
>
>
>The body sits on a cast iron throat which attaches to the manifold. On
>this piece is stamped: BXOV-1 (I think).
>Also, the carb is upswing actuated (like the solex) which makes sense as
>that is probably what it replaced (vehicle is a 64 model - ex military I
>think judging from the turnsignals on the wings and that fact that it was
>set up as a full length soft top.
>
>Adding to the curiosity -- I discovered today that by advancing the hand
>throttle a significant amount of power can be found that the foot pedal
>does not unleash. The hand throttle is a semi-curved affair with a knob
>that can be moved to the right or left that ties into the carb linkage via
>a rod coming through the middle of the firewall. I'll have to check out
>the linkage system to figure that one out but the vehicle has much more
>power than originally evident.
>
>Still seems overly rich.
>
>All the best,
>
>Smokey Briggs
>
>
>
>On Tuesday, April 22, 2003, at 10:38 AM, Alan J. Richer wrote:
>
>>
>>--- Smokey Briggs <smokey@pecos.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Are there other than
>>>standard manifolds
>>>that will bolt to a 2.25?
>>
>>Yes, there are aftermarket ones as well. Is this Stromberg
>>a sidedraft carby, or a downdraft like the standard Solex
>>and the like?
>>
>>Curiouser and curiouser...
>>
>> ajr
>>
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