Real/Restamp

[Ethan1]

Ethan, You lost me on that one. Are you saying re-stamping was done at the factory? Example, If someone does a re-stamp on a Bonneville carb and then tries to pass it off as a Ram-air carb then that's wrong.

Cliff, Do you get any of these "correct" & high dollar carbs from e-bay and where ever in your shop? I would hope for 2 grand they should be spot on and not a butchered mess like the re-man units.

 No, I am saying the re-stamp was done by the rebuilder. Like I said, each stamp was done one at a time. Nothing was perfect and if the person stamping it was slightly off, the indention of the number wouldn't be so good. And of course, how corroded or dirty was the carb, before it was cleaned as well. Which also, could have ate away at the casting. It was definitely re-stamped, like you said, but I am not entirely sure it is misrepresented. Though, I can be wrong. I am not perfect by any means.

[73ss]

I gotcha now, A re-stamp of the original numbers. I wasn't aware this was done. Although I would think that a original, hard to read worn number would be better than a re-stamp. This would indicate all original and less likely to question. I know I'm not perfect by any means either....

[Ethan1]

I gotcha now, A re-stamp of the original numbers. I wasn't aware this was done. Although I would think that a original, hard to read worn number would be better than a re-stamp. This would indicate all original and less likely to question. I know I'm not perfect by any means either....

 I agree. I would leave the worn numbers alone as well. At least, it would make it more clearer to the buyer, of how it is being represented.

[Cliff Ruggles]

"Cliff, Do you get any of these "correct" & high dollar carbs from e-bay and where ever in your shop? I would hope for 2 grand they should be spot on and not a butchered mess like the re-man units."

I get a LOT of "high dollar" carbs sent here, but most of the stuff from Ebay are re-stamps.  Sellers also do the "bait and switch" thing, where they show you a real Ram Air part number then send a re-stamp.  LOTS of shady stuff going on there.

You also have to read the adds VERY CLOSELY.  Sellers of Ram Air and other high dollar Q-jets have tricky wording in their adds and are actually telling you that the carb isn't the real deal, but built to be the real deal from something else.

Buyers should also be aware that they made a LOT of Ram Air Service Replacement carburetors, part numbers 7028276, 7029270 and 7040270.  They will NOT have a Plant Code after the number and later Julian Date.  They also don't fetch the big money that original dated units do.

They also did NOT make the manual transmission Ram Air carburetors as Service Replacement, so if it's for a manual trans Ram Air and dated later than the model year, it's going to be a restamp.

I would advise anyone who is looking to purchase a very expensive Q-jet to to post a link to the add or send a link to my email and I'll gladly take a look at it BEFORE you buy it.

Also be aware the most of the nice/shiny q-jets for sale on Ebay and NOT going to work well right out of the box.  We get hundreds of them sent here when the new buyer finds out that they are full of crappy parts and poorly calibrated.  This happens because a high percentage of them are built from miss-matched parts, and they get cheap kits installed in them from Pep Boys or Autozone, so doomed from the very start.......Cliff