I found my Holley carb....think it was on the Titanic....scary pics....

650 Holley DP carb, bought it new 10 years ago, been working awesome for the last 9 years since installed on my 340 4-speed....left me getting home last fall Fred Flinstone style....figured "9 years of use with no tweaking is pretty good" so I got a rebuild trick kit and tore it apart...was shocked to find the amount of crust found inside......all parts appear to have a date code of 2005, but the bowls, and main body are toast!!! I have seen and rebuilt better carbs from junk yard cars where the carb was exposed to the elements for years!!! Always run good gas in this engine too, often mixed with race fuel and additive for winter storage (car sleeps during the winter in heated shop)

No rot on the metering blocks, base plate (except light rust on steel butterflies), jets, power valves, acc pump housings...etc.....anybody else ever see this? My friend who can rebuild these in his sleep says he thinks he can remember a batch that had bad metal? I have never seen this before, car ran awesome for the last 9 years...pics soon....