Carburetor identification

[furiousgeorge]

I have this 251 sitting in my garage, I was told from a 55 or 56 1 ton. There’s a different kind of carb on it, not the usual ball and ball. I’ve scrapped off some crud (not all though, it’s on there good!), but can’t see a tag or any numbers? Does anyone know what this is? Is it better then the ball and ball? I tried googling it, but that just brought up b&b’s.

Edited May 2, 2018 by furiousgeorge

[furiousgeorge]

[Reg Evans]

Looks like an old Rochester.

[DJ194950]

Looks like a chebby carb. to me??

 

Just a guess but does resemble the carb on a 50 pickup I had years ago on chebby.

 

DJ

[Reg Evans]

1 hour ago, DJ194950 said:

Looks like a chebby carb. to me??

 

Just a guess but does resemble the carb on a 50 pickup I had years ago on chebby.

 

DJ

 

Yes, Old Chevy's used the Rochester.  I did try one on my Dodge flathead once and it did bolt right up and seemed to work just fine.

[furiousgeorge]

Hm, are they any better then the B&B? It seems to have a larger throat, flows more?

[Fernando Mendes]

18 hours ago, furiousgeorge said:

 

[furiousgeorge]

Does anyone know how these run compares to the B&B? I have a good running Carter on my ‘50 right now, but I’ll try the Rochester if it’s worth the rebuild.