Mostatechamp
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Every once in a while the thought appears here of getting rid of tank on a flathead. Cleaning shop up I came across some of my solutions. I took a clone carb, sawed the top off, drilled main jet passage out so the pickup tube would pass through it. Took a piece of aluminum flat duplicated hole pattern on carb. Drilled out where short pickup tube would pass through. Pulled both tubes out of carb. You have two choices cut long tube off and place it where short tube was or use brass part swell to fit and seal with jb weld. I tig welded cut off clone piece to aluminum plate and sealed with jb weld. Actually I waited til this step to drill and tap three mount holes in aluminum. Test fit til you get pickup tube length right. I also used part of brass pickup tube to create a vent for bowl. It's short crooked piece in photo. Assemble float and bowl and you now have a float controlled flathead carb. I also included pic of a animal carb bowl mount idea. Don't be afraid to think out of the box! Visit Hamilton Brothers Racing on YouTube to see what else we do when bored. You'll find our Frankenbriggs video and look on top of valve cover you will see a fuel pump mount that I used this carb but not in video.