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crotex · 04-24-2011, 03:25 AM

Today at the new braunfels, tx swap meet I found a carburetor to appeared to fog a model a. It was weird looking and different than anything I have seen. It was lightweight with two sight glasses on either side of the bowl and a screen external filter. The car had " air-friction" a tamped on it. Does anyone know what this is or anything about it?

Tom Wesenberg · 04-24-2011, 04:23 AM

Any pictures?
Sounds like an antique experimental that probably not too many were sold. I have an odd one that is made of all brass, has a square throat and a valve that snaps closed if the engine backfires. After 10 years I did see one more like it at a swap meet. Mine is an aftermarket sold as an anti-backfire carb, or flameproof, or whatever they called it. I'll have to find it and take a picture. I posted about it years ago on Shelly's Fordbarn but got no information.

Hope you bought it, if it wasn't too much. Sometimes these oddities are just neat to have and seek information on.

Mike V. Florida · 04-24-2011, 04:37 AM

YES YES pictures pictures!!

Mike V. Florida · 04-24-2011, 04:41 AM

Is this it?

roccaas · 04-24-2011, 05:38 AM

Want one!

Ray in La Mesa · 04-24-2011, 09:44 AM

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I've got one too, it's kind of neat. Might do OK on a "T".

redmodelt · 04-24-2011, 10:25 AM

Yes ti was made for the Model T. There are more then a few out there and are some people that use them. That is a very nice looking carb in the photos.

04-24-2011, 03:25 AM	#1
crotex Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 28	Air friction carb. Today at the new braunfels, tx swap meet I found a carburetor to appeared to fog a model a. It was weird looking and different than anything I have seen. It was lightweight with two sight glasses on either side of the bowl and a screen external filter. The car had " air-friction" a tamped on it. Does anyone know what this is or anything about it?

04-24-2011, 04:23 AM	#2
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Re: Air friction carb. Any pictures? Sounds like an antique experimental that probably not too many were sold. I have an odd one that is made of all brass, has a square throat and a valve that snaps closed if the engine backfires. After 10 years I did see one more like it at a swap meet. Mine is an aftermarket sold as an anti-backfire carb, or flameproof, or whatever they called it. I'll have to find it and take a picture. I posted about it years ago on Shelly's Fordbarn but got no information. Hope you bought it, if it wasn't too much. Sometimes these oddities are just neat to have and seek information on.

04-24-2011, 04:37 AM	#3
Mike V. Florida Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: South Florida Posts: 14,054	Re: Air friction carb. YES YES pictures pictures!! __________________ What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them. - Henry Ford II

04-24-2011, 04:41 AM	#4
Mike V. Florida Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: South Florida Posts: 14,054	Re: Air friction carb. Is this it? __________________ What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them. - Henry Ford II

04-24-2011, 05:38 AM	#5
roccaas Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 1,300	Re: Air friction carb. Want one! __________________ 20 years ago we had Johnny Cash, Steve Jobs, and Bob Hope. Now we have no Cash, no Jobs, and no Hope...please don't let Kevin Bacon die!

04-24-2011, 09:44 AM	#6
Ray in La Mesa Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: La Mesa Ca Posts: 1,167	Re: Air friction carb. Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I've got one too, it's kind of neat. Might do OK on a "T".

04-24-2011, 10:25 AM	#7
redmodelt Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Portland OR Posts: 6,342	Re: Air friction carb. Yes ti was made for the Model T. There are more then a few out there and are some people that use them. That is a very nice looking carb in the photos.