Prepping the three Holleys for "gold anodizing"



"Gold anodizing" applied......


Hi=Heat primer and "Aluminim Cast" paint applied ...
MAKE-UP!!!!! a little Red paint to make the letters and numbers POP! (Thank you AnnaMarie)

Klick this photo for an expanded view (edited by Admin)
This is my guide ...


This is the rebuild kit ......http://www.carburetor.ca/ Note the Needle and seat are unique to this old style carb...



Here is the Marauder unit "Mocked-Up" ......Sorting out some form and fit and function problems .....

Thanks to..
FORD HOLLEY TRI-POWER (6V) TECHNICAL INFORMATION
http://www.gerlecreek.com/documents/tptechnical.htm
e-mail Mike mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com
JOE BUNETIC CUSTOM HOLLEY CARBURETORS
Joe Bunetic, 65 Concord Drive, Fair View Heights, Illinois 62206 618 397-3580 Contact Joe for availability and pricing. Not on the internet.......Please give me a call days or evenings
and...
The Carburetor Doctor ... http://www.carburetor.ca/

Gold anodizing or spray paint, I'm still impressed. Is the engine bay going to be restored too?

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Don't tell anyone its spray paint ....!!
Actually its Dupli-Color Hi -Heat Engine paint it oil and fuel resistant
They carry Hi -Heat Primer as well .....
The gold is a perfect match to a brand new Holley.

59lincolnrag wrote:ssssSSSsHHhhhhhhhhh
Don't tell anyone its spray paint ....!!
Actually its Dupli-Color Hi -Heat Engine paint it oil and fuel resistant
They carry Hi -Heat Primer as well .....
The gold is a perfect match to a brand new Holley.

not to hijack your thread, but what precautions need to be taken before spray painting a carb? I was always too nervous about painting the venturis and all for fear of clogging something or the paint not adhearing and getting sucked into the engine.

I thoroughly cleaned the outer surface using a Dremel with a tiny wire brush. and masked off the innards....
Looking in the throat of the carbs again cleaned real good with a Dremel and a small piece of scotch-brite pad....plug the vent tubes with tooth picks and lightly primed and colored just what you can see...
I did not do the underside.....
I have many more pictures to post ..... hopefully soon....
Thanks
Anthony

Very nice work. Did you work on the linkages yet? I hope I can figure it out: running off the center carb then WOT will be all 3 glorious carbs at work! I do have some help but photos of successful linkages would be great. Thanks for posting the resto!

John ,
The carbs work off of vacuum. The only time they open manually is at full throttle. Actually they only open ....not even an eight on an inch ..... the velocity of the air will tip them open as needed. Its designed to work that way.

When I did my tripower the center carb doesn't open the secondaries even at wot, only the vacuum. Mechanical opening could cause a stumble. The front to rear carb link should only be to syncronize the front and rear carbs as well as mechanical lift foot shutdown.

IMO

Nice resto!