Ever see Stromberg 97 fittings like this?

Looks like an ancient hose barb style they don't make anymore.

I don't know who used to make these but, they have the number 4305 on them.

 

Common fitting still made today, I have a bin full of them Kar products co supplyed them.
Tony

 

looks like the male fitting of an air chuck

 

Common fitting available at most hose and fitting supply places.

 

That's the front side. The rear will be a bit harder to find. It is a 5/16"-45@ SAE flare

 

Ive found these in the past at CARQUEST.

 

http://www.stromberg-97.com/linkage/fuel_line_components.asp#prodfrm

 

weatherhead brass fitting , sold also thru napa

 

These fittings have a deeper threaded part with a tapered seat. Same as used on the Lucas CAV diesel fuel filter assemblies with a glass bowl.

 

I guess you can't tell in the pic but this fitting is for 1/4" hose.

Stromberg only makes a one size fits all 5/16 & 3/8 size. That works fine but if you have a Model T or Model A hot rod, 3/8 hose looks enormous!

I took it out of the carb and put some 1/4 clear red hose on it, take a look.

 

As I have posted before, the so-called "Stromberg 97" is the Ford variant of the conventional Stromberg EE-1.

This fact is applicable to this thread in that there are a number of different fuel valves that will work with the Stromberg EE-1 that have more conventional outer threads than the one used by Ford. Just from memory, in additional to the Ford version, there are at least: 1/8 male pipe, 1/8 female pipe, male tube, female inverted flare, and one made for ethanol with a much larger orifice that has the hose barb as a part of the fuel fitting.

Personally, I prefer metal lines, but to each his/her own.

Jon.

 

I had the same type of fittings on a pair of 97's I'm using on one of my cars. Removed them and used compression style fittings and ran 1/8 metal line. Works and looks good.

 

They also have fittings with a flare that will take a 3/8 stainless/teflon braided line.
Both straight and 90 deg.