NOS Model A or Model B Ford carburetor?

[37 Coupe]

This is currently on Facebook Marketplace,not mine just interested in knowing who actually made this when? Fuel inlet is wrong for Model B.Is it Tillotson?

[Marshall V. Daut]

Yes, the usual Tillotson that everyone has either on his Model A engine or sitting in a box in his garage. No big shakes, although RNOS is nice.
Marshall

[rotorwrench]

New ones are still available at close to $700 but I don't know how many they sell at that price. It's curious about the "Motorcraft" box. I know that FoMoCo supplied them under contract manufacture back in the day but that box is a lot newer. Does the box have a part number tag on it? I can't read the model number on the carb but it should be Model X if it's for an A. Ford went to the Motorcraft name in 1972 but that was 40-years after model A production was over. Ford used the Autolite name before that. It may have been repackaged at some point. Ford dealers kept model A parts on there shelves for a long time but as they sold out or moved, they would sell that stuff off at bargain basement prices.

[Marshall V. Daut]

In 1968 I bought a new Tillotson from J.C. Whitney for $13.95 plus $1.50 shipping. I wish I had bought 100 of them and just sat on them until now. At the prices RNOS Tillotsons in their original boxes are selling for these days, I could afford to buy that fake DeLuxe Phaeton!
Marshall

[Brad in Germany]

You can get new ones in Argentina as well.....but to fit the Model A linkages correctly you need to replace several parts:





Brad in Maryland




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[Joe K]

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The latter history of the Tillotson X carburetor is told at https://files.secure.website/wscfus/...tilly-carb.pdf

More information in "Restorer Magazine" Vol 40 Issue 2 on page 12. (1995) Steve Pargeter's "chart" indicates various brass/non-brass fitting depending on the variant.

Since this came in a "Ford" box one might infer that this is a "Model XF." Be interesting to read on the box.

I might point out that the Zenith 2415N is virtually the same carburetor, but has the gasoline connection pointing "forward" (Model B)

Joe K

[Herb Concord Ca]

Thanks Joe, I knew that article that I wrote was on the internet, but didn't know where! I wrote it in the late 1990's or early 2000's. Somone put it up as a pdf, but don't know who.
Herb Neumann

[400A]

I also have a new Tillotson carb in a Motorcraft box. I bought two at the time (1980's), used one on a car and stashed the other.