mockingbird812
02-09-2006, 07:57 PM
I am a bit disappointed in this article as I believe it exposes some ignorance on the part of the author as he attempts to put down the new owner of the rare Q-Jet:
Muscle Cars
Q-Jet craziness?
So, you're watching one of the televised Barrett-Jackson auctions and you think the prices paid for complete cars is nuts. Well, here's one for the books: Somebody recently paid $3,906 for a rebuilt 1970 Rochester carburetor for a 1969 Ram Air IV GTO.
The seller, Chad Brousseau, sold the rare item on the Internet, and after 24 bids, somebody bought the carb with GM number 7029273 on it. Brousseau said in his ad that the carb was great for that concours restoration and had an NOS choke pull-off included. We don't doubt that. But used Rochesters are a dime a dozen and at most cost $50 in any junkyard.
Brousseau is no dummy, but we question the sanity of the buyer of this carburetor. After all, unless he owns the long-lost car this carb came on from Pontiac way back when, this carb will never be matching numbers correct, will it? In 1969, you could buy a brand new GTO, albeit without options, for about $3,400.
- By George Mattar
this line sums it up: After all, unless he owns the long-lost car this carb came on from Pontiac way back when, this carb will never be matching numbers correct, will it? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif
It was probably too tempting to want to say that the carb price today exceeds the total car price back in the day.
My guess is, this is the ultra rare 4 speed carb for RAIV apps only. BTW, anyone finds a correct coded RAIV carb in the junkyard (for $50), I'll double your money. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif
Muscle Cars
Q-Jet craziness?
So, you're watching one of the televised Barrett-Jackson auctions and you think the prices paid for complete cars is nuts. Well, here's one for the books: Somebody recently paid $3,906 for a rebuilt 1970 Rochester carburetor for a 1969 Ram Air IV GTO.
The seller, Chad Brousseau, sold the rare item on the Internet, and after 24 bids, somebody bought the carb with GM number 7029273 on it. Brousseau said in his ad that the carb was great for that concours restoration and had an NOS choke pull-off included. We don't doubt that. But used Rochesters are a dime a dozen and at most cost $50 in any junkyard.
Brousseau is no dummy, but we question the sanity of the buyer of this carburetor. After all, unless he owns the long-lost car this carb came on from Pontiac way back when, this carb will never be matching numbers correct, will it? In 1969, you could buy a brand new GTO, albeit without options, for about $3,400.
- By George Mattar
this line sums it up: After all, unless he owns the long-lost car this carb came on from Pontiac way back when, this carb will never be matching numbers correct, will it? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif
It was probably too tempting to want to say that the carb price today exceeds the total car price back in the day.
My guess is, this is the ultra rare 4 speed carb for RAIV apps only. BTW, anyone finds a correct coded RAIV carb in the junkyard (for $50), I'll double your money. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif