Unbelievable. Simply unbelievable.
When I first rescued Macho T/A #46 from down in Melbourne, Victoria, the first thing I saw straight away was the rubbish Holley carb they threw on it and the aluminium intake on it. I had asked the owner what happened to the original carb and intake, and he said he might still have it, but he had the engine re-done over a decade ago and wasn't sure what happened to it. Either way, after I had brought the car and got it home, he didn't come up with those two. Decided well that's long gone, might as well look for another.
Searched through FB Marketplace, a couple of those Quadrajet reco specialists, found some with extremely high price tags for date codes that didn't really match anyway. Two weeks ago I throw 17058263 into the search bar, here's Bert's post. I look at the pics and think jeez that really looks like it was pulled off my motor. Too bad the guy's probably in the United Sta-- wait, he's in MELBOURNE!
What are the chances that a matching W72 intake and 4-speed W72 carb are here in Australia in the same city from where my T/A came from? Imagine if the date codes lined up, that could only mean....
Cut to today, and i'm just tearing the box open now to discover the original W72 4-speed carb from this Macho T/A in my hands. A spectacular thanks to Bonniebird
for selling the carb, and while the intake may have gone missing before I had a chance to grab it, he has certainly given me some clues to track down where it went!
