Both the Edelbrock and Carter carbs are now manufactured by Weber USA.
I have an Edelbrock and friend just purchased the Carter variety. The
Carter
was the first that I had seen with the Weber casting mark.
Dan Jones
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> From: Kevin & Deana Brown[SMTP:MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com]
> Reply To: Kevin & Deana Brown
> Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2000 11:27 AM
> To: MGV8 list; buick-rover-v8@autox.team.net
> Subject: Eldelbrock 1404 carb on sale (500 cfm)
>
> Hello,
>
> Here is a bit of info that some of you may be interested in: This
> morning while researching carb prices I found that the Edelbrock 1404
> carb can be purchased from www.partsamerica.com for $176.73 including
> shipping - they have a 25% sale going on for online purchases right
> now. Just insert 1404 in their part number search - it does not show up
> in their carbs under 600 cfm category. The Edelbrock 1404 is one of the
> carbs recommended in the Vol. VI Issue 1 of the MG V8 newsletter.
> Apparently this carb is a 500 cfm carb that is essentially the same as a
> Carter AFB 9503, except that the Edelbrock comes with a warrantee, where
> the Carter does not.
>
> Kevin Brown
> Odessa, MO
>
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