Carbs and Cardys!! 🙂
Oh powerandpassion – you’ve made my day! I’ve been laughing now for the last five minutes and am still chuckling as I write!!! :highly_amused: :highly_amused:
Nothing like a good chat on the subtleties of flanges…! 😉
But so where’s the photo of you? And your cardy?
I’ve had a feeling it is from a radial – though I can’t explain exactly why. Would’ve been lovely for me if it were from a P&W Twin Wasp – and nice & easy to explain the archaeology of….but unfortunately not [!]. The aircraft engine adaptation / tank use is sounding quite promising – am trying to see what I can find along that line now.
Thank you 🙂

Hi Pete, ah yes, it can’t be a “S” 🙂 Sorry, I’m a bit slow on replying – we’ve been having power issues in Darwin today!
You’re bang on; the Venturi size is 3 1/8″. Am I right in understanding now that that’s what the “12” signifies in the model code?
I’ve wondered too if it is instead an automotive or marine engine part. My gut feeling was that it was aircraft, largely due to size and that it seemed too pretty [for want of a better word] to be anything else – looking at the use of safety wire to secure bolts etc. We have actually found some auto parts – including some Australian version universal carrier parts – dumped nearby, but they used plain old Ford V8 engines. It could very possibly a larger vehicle or tank though; I don’t know much about tank engines – I’ll definitely look into that. Thank you 🙂

Thanks heaps BobKat 🙂
I couldn’t help noticing the price estimate on this….I wonder if anyone will be interested in buying my one…!