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Re: [T3] Weber 34's and which dizzy to use!


On 6 Jan 2004 at 10:24, Hal Sullivan wrote:

> At 07:02 PM 1/5/2004 -0800, you wrote:
> >Where exactly does the 09 originate? Was it a vw used dizzy at one time? And
> >I mean was it used in the 60s and earlier on German produced vw's, not in
> >the 70s in Brazil and Mexico.How did it become so prolific and not the 10 or
> >the 19? I thought the 10 and 19 were populr with the big motor crowd and
> >considered better.
> 
> I'm not sure where it originates, but IIRC it has a connection to aircooled
> industrial engines from Brazil.  I suspect that the "current" 009 actually
> predates the 010 and 019 .. which would explain why the 010 and 019 are in
> the Fisher book and the 009 isn't.  The 010/019 seems to be preferred by
> quite a few of the big-motor crowd over on the cal-look.com forum, and for
> what it's worth I've seen 010's at swapmeets going for around $100-125.

Did you mean "postdates?" Otherwise it could have been in the Bill Fisher book.

Just from the part # I was guessing that it actually predated the other 2, but 
then again I don't know the WHOLE part #.

-- 
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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