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Jul 01, 2011 1:10 pm
Jul 01, 2011 1:10 pm
Subject: Re: Help identifying SU carbs
Thanks Peter.
Im restoring a 1954 Aston DB2/4Mk1. However it never had its 3.0 litre unit. I managed to source a motor in the UK, but its a 2.6 Litre unit. LB6/49/48, which I believe was from a 1949 2.6 Litre Lagonda. I think the one set of carbs came from there, but need to determine the exact SU part number. I'm not sure where the other's came from. The two sets I have are pretty much the same. Neither have the choke mechanism, both have the thermo relay. The long necked ones have a longer body and the vents are in a slightly different place. Other than that there is not much difference between them except for the different length bodies. They may well have come from and Aston, but the engine number suggests a Lagonda, and since they are pretty much the same, I have assumed they both came from a Lagonda. In addition the Aston carbs had a little spur on the neck of the dash pots. And most astons had a choke control.
Thanks Peter.
Im restoring a 1954 Aston DB2/4Mk1. However it never had its 3.0 litre unit. I managed to source a motor in the UK, but its a 2.6 Litre unit. LB6/49/48, which I believe was from a 1949 2.6 Litre Lagonda. I think the one set of carbs came from there, but need to determine the exact SU part number. I'm not sure where the other's came from. The two sets I have are pretty much the same. Neither have the choke mechanism, both have the thermo relay. The long necked ones have a longer body and the vents are in a slightly different place. Other than that there is not much difference between them except for the different length bodies. They may well have come from and Aston, but the engine number suggests a Lagonda, and since they are pretty much the same, I have assumed they both came from a Lagonda. In addition the Aston carbs had a little spur on the neck of the dash pots. And most astons had a choke control.