Nice pick up with this Holley List 4088 with 7A2 date code. The ebay listing was only active for a few minutes before someone found it and bought it.
Metering blocks are 4906/4841. Correct is 5169/4841, so one of them is probably original.
Hopefully someone on the forum got it!
Wow, great buy! I would have bought it in a heartbeat if I’d seen it, perfect date for my car. For now the service replacement will have to do. I’ll keep searching though. Congrats to the lucky new owner. If anyone knows of one for sale, please let me know.
I bought it. I offered him $350 and he countered with $465. I said yes. I have another one with the '69 date code and correct metering blocks. The plan is to have Joe build/restore a perfect version. There’s another one on ebay right now with this 7A date code being sold by Last427.
I looked for a 7A2 dated List 4088 for 18 months before I found one. Now there are two on ebay at the same time!
Often times, but not in this case, it has to do with what I refer to as the “Parts Hoarders” People that have these parts develop a perspective that the longer they hold out selling, the more the stuff is worth. While this has happened, I believe that the market is mostly made by a person needing a part for restoration, not the passage of time. Dave (Last427) is a reasonable guy that is selling the core 7A2 4088 core because he recently sourced a rebuilt one at Spring Columbus. My wish is that people that are “3 deep” in items others need for their cars would cut the stuff loose.
I’m restoring a 1967 R code Comet Caliente. I had a mid 1966 distributor and found an early 1967 unit that was more correct per the date code. I cut the mid 1966 unit loose on ebay to a guy that needed it for an R code 66 Fairlane. I was pleased with what it sold for. My point is, make the stuff available to the people with legitimate need.
Many folks treat these items like commodities and the hobby suffers. This is part of the reason nobody knows about GTEs and other such rare cars.
The real shame is when the old hoarded man dies sitting on his pile of parts and the family scraps the stuff.
The 7A2 4088 came today. It’s certainly a nice, restorable unit.
I’m offering up to the community a Pony Carbs restored/replated 4088 with date code 834. I think that translates into 1968, March, 4th week. It’s too late for either of my cars, but perfect for late March through the end of production. It probably has about 200 miles on it. Still looks beautiful and fully functions like new although it has had gas in it. Taking offers and/or people telling me what it’s worth. I have the receipt from when Jon Enyeart was still running the show at Pony Carbs. His restoration costs (work performed) were $500± at the time. Ray Bischoff 248-867-3522.
The above captioned 4088 is sold. It’s going to a perfect place…on an April built car. It’s a good day for the hobby.
I am seeing at least 3 x very happy GT-E owners out of this sequence of events!
uggh. I had to settle for a service replacement carb dated in 69. I have the correct metering blocks, but still. oh well, mine’s never gonna get back to all numbers matching anyway. congrats to everyone that scored these carbs.
Are these the only known date codes?
774 - unconfirmed
781
705
7A2
7A3
833
834
934 - service replacement
962 - service replacement
964 - service replacement
There has to be at least one earlier date, anyone have one? Or one that isn’t on this list?
There is an earlier date code, I think it is 774. Very rare, there were only a handful of factory show units that were built early enough to need one of these.
There is also the service replacement 4088 carburetor date coded 934. I have one of these surplus to my needs.
Yes I am painfully aware as I’m sure you know. I just didn’t know what the actual date was. I can keep holding out for a miracle though. Maybe there is one out there somewhere.
Yes, your car is one of the few. I’ve never seen one, it’s going to be a small miracle if you ever find one.
Skinners GT-E book lists the secondary metering block as 4861. That’s an error right? Shouldn’t it be 4841?
4841 is correct.
All,
I have the 1979 REV 2 edition of the Holley parts book, part number 36-51. I can tell you every part number and all sizes of jets, power valves, squirters and so on. This book covers almost every muscle car Holley carb ever manufactured.
Rob
There is a pair of metering blocks on eBay if anyone needs them. I’m not sure how to get a link on an iPad.
i have two of the 4088 with Date code 7A4
