New Edelbrock carb
It would be awesome IF they simply made replacement s parts for the carbs instead of searching classifieds and swap meets for parts carbs.
Ha, that's pretty much what I did.
I was at the local yard and saw a 1406 electric choke that looked like new.
I moved the linkage and it shot fuel that smelled fresh, so I went up front to the desk and asked what they charged for carbs and they said $40.
Any carb is $40? and they said yes.
I immediately went back and pulled it and the chrome air cleaner on it.
$50 bucks total.
Then one of my friends had a 1406 calibration kit he didn't need and gave that to me for switching his 454 from points to the large cap HEI for him.
A few months later I found another 1406 complete on CL for $100 for my neighbors Pontiac.
His existing carb was a super old Q jet with no choke or hi idle and barely any linkage on it besides the throttle plate shaft.
I would hear him out there on cold mornings starting that thing over and over and revving the heck out of it to try and keep it running.
He bitched a little about the 100 bucks till I told him what they cost new, and he started driving it with a working choke and hi idle system.
He got it then.:D