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The Cars => 1968 Shelby GT350/500/500KR => Topic started by: azdriver on January 06, 2022, 07:42:08 AM

Title: Carburetor question
Post by: azdriver on January 06, 2022, 07:42:08 AM
So, would date on carburetor be close to build date of 3/14 or is December 67 dated carburetor close enough?

Thanks, Pat
Title: Re: Carburetor question
Post by: Poor Ron on January 06, 2022, 07:47:32 AM
7B is December 1967.
Should be just right.
GT500 carbs were installed at AO Smith.
Title: Re: Carburetor question
Post by: gt350hr on January 06, 2022, 10:28:07 AM
   +1 "I" haven't seen an 81x or 82x date yet 83x would be too late as they appear on April cars.
Title: Re: Carburetor question
Post by: Coralsnake on January 06, 2022, 10:34:10 AM
I would add all GT500s started with an Autolite carb. Not all cars received the Holley carbs..
Title: Re: Carburetor question
Post by: shelbymann1970 on January 06, 2022, 12:30:45 PM
Quote from: Coralsnake on January 06, 2022, 10:34:10 AM
I would add all GT500s started with an Autolite carb. Not all cars received the Holley carbs..
So AO Smith changed them out so the Autolite ones would just be a factory error on AO Smith's workers? Gary
Title: Re: Carburetor question
Post by: Coralsnake on January 06, 2022, 06:04:34 PM
A GT 500 could have either the Ford installed Autolite or the AOSmith installed Holley.

Both are correct. The reason why AOSmith did not change all the carburetors is most likely unavailability during production.