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Re: Holly/Q-jet

Posted: 12/7/12 8:44am Message 11 of 15
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Ash Fork, AZ - USA
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Off topic here, sorry...do you guys remember going to a junk yard and getting performance parts?  4 barrel carbs, posi rear ends...  Now the best "junk" yards that carry that stuff sit on my pc desk and are only a couple clicks away.  I used to love digging for parts, ah the memories.


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Re: Holly/Q-jet

Posted: 12/7/12 11:40am Message 12 of 15
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Vette(s): 1972 conv, 4-speed, 350, 200hp, numbers match, rally wheels, war bonnett yellow w/white top. good condition, nice driver.
Thumbs Up Yeah, we brought our own tools and the shipping was WAY WAY less expensive. The bee stings and chasing rattle snakes was not much fun, but the stuff we took home ALWAYS fit.


Re: Holly/Q-jet

Posted: 12/7/12 12:51pm Message 13 of 15
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Vette(s): #1-1974 L-48 4spd Cp Med Red Metallic/Black deluxe int w/AC/tilt/tele./p/w-p/b/ Am-Fm/map light National/Regional/Chapter NCRS "Top Flight" #2-1985 Bright Red/Carmine Cp.L-98/auto Member: NCRS, NCRS Texas, Corvette Legends of Texas
I used to work in a "Wrecking Yard", as they were called back then. Now they're "Salvage" yards. WhatEVER...lol I had access to any part I needed, for whatever car I needed parts for....and they were dang cheap, too! lol I weren't all that excited about crawling under a car with a cutting torch while fighting off rattly snakes, and Black Widders, but I learned a LOT about a lot of different kinds of cars from there. With that said...let's try to veer back to the actual topic....lol.


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Re: Holly/Q-jet

Posted: 12/7/12 8:55pm Message 14 of 15
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Grapevine, TX - USA
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Vette(s): 1972 LT-1 convertible with factory air. 2017 Black Rose Grand Sport convertible.
Shoot, I thought it said Holey Quadrajet. So much for the Batman reference.

LT-1's had a Holly 4150.


   

Re: Holly/Q-jet

Posted: 12/8/12 8:53pm Message 15 of 15
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Overland Park, KS - USA
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Vette(s): 1973 Orange Metallic Coupe (orig owner), L82, 4 spd (WR), PS, (A/C & PW (I installed from wrecked 73)), leather, AM/FM Stereo, ran with '65 FI unit earlier & will again some day. 2023 Accelerate Yellow HTC Stingray
I knew a guy back in the 70s that put a Holley spreadbore on his SBC and he said it had all of the bad features of a Holley and none of the good features of the Q-jet.


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