Hot Rods Holley 1904 Glass Bowls

Hey, I have quite a few Holley 1904 Holley glass bowl varbs also know as Visi Flo. Before doing the e-bay thing, I'd like to try and trade some for a large letter glass bowl. I have 2 large letter bowl carbs and 5 small letter ones. Also have 7 metal bowl Holley single barel carbs too. I'd like to trade something for a large letter bowl. I am using these carbs on a 32 rat pickup build I'm doing. Thanks, and glad to be here.

 

I'd like to see pix of those various carbs, they sound interesting....

O BTW don't say rat here.....

 

as fast as I can figure the picture attaching, I'll get them on here, no more rat talk, promise..

 

here are some of the Holley one barrel carbs I have

 

Nice collection. I was looking for a couple of them myself. Guess I need to check the bay.

 

they all came from the same local yard, more there, just haven't found another large letter bowl yet.

 

I hate you, Johhny! I have a half dozen glass bowls, and every one of them are small letter. I wouldn't mind finding just two of the large letter bowls for my "T" build.

BTW...welcome to the 'board.

Roger

 

And now my search begins for the large lettered Holley glass bowls for the three 1904's pictured in my avatar.

 

Wow, last week I found a glass bowl on a 1904 with no lettering, and it has ribs or serrations around the edge,, kinda cool,,

 

im looking to buy some of those carbs , large or small lettering...

 

Pretty cool! Post pics of the non lettered bowl i am curious now

 

Here are a couple of pics of the no name glass bowl taken from a 57 or 58 Fairlane. Enjoy

 

Are you selling any of the bowls?

 

running a little short right now on glass bowls, I will "reload" in warmer weather.

 

I've got a 1904 but it doesen't have the glass ,just a metal bowl, I rebuilt it and I can't get the bowl to seal,it leaks? !

 

first, the bowl is probably warped at the screw hole bosses from over tightening. second, themodern gaskets are usually pretty hard. you want a soft cork gasket.

 

Looks like you hit a small goldmine. Nice collection. Just make sure that the three carbs that you plan on using are in fact 1904s. There were a few different models in the Holley 1900 series. Check out this website for more info, including the service manuals: http://www.carbkitsource.com/carbs/tech/Holley/1900-index.html. Also, make sure the venturies are the same size.

I have a pair of 1904s with the large lettered bowls waiting for a rebuild and to be put onto the engine in my truck. Currently, I have two 1904s with small Holley letters on the engine. Both were rebuilt. I gave about 9 Holleys to the rebuilder and told him to select the two best. He still had to straighten the bowl rim for the glass. He also had to hand-make the bowl gaskets because the kit supplied gasket leaked. If the bowl rim is too warped, the carb is pretty much junk, because it's too hard to straighten the bowl rim and tighten the glass bowl to prevent leaks.




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Those of you looking for small letter bowls, check the classifieds on this forum.

Jon.

 

Heres' one i made for a jeep

 

Beautiful setup!! I want those big logo bowls

 

Awesome pics, and great information about the 1904's, I will check the link you mentioned. I have 3 large letter bowls and I am just waiting to get going on that part of my build, Thanks, John

 

Those large-letter Holley glass bowls are neat. I've never seen them before.

I have a collection of small-letter ones. I got most of mine when no one wanted them. Now the prices have gotten too high for me.

 

looking for a glass bowl for my 1904 carb. just wondering if you might have one?

 

looking for a glass bowl for my 1904 carb.

 

Well here I am, build is going slow, job injury, but getting better, had some funky adapters, so a friend made me 3 new ones, now to fab the linkage. Still have some carbs left too.

 

Artwork.

 

did you find a bowl ? how about the retainer and screws ?

 

thanks for the artwork comment, wait til I get the old boat bilge vents done for tops, and the linkage setup should be another feat.

 

Johnny; I see you're using spark valve carbs in all three positions. I can't say I'm a carb expert, but would you really need that?

BTW; You plan on running progressive linkage?

and I'm jealous as hell......

Roger

 

I'm going to check with my carb guy, I also think progressive is the way to go, I am putting these on a 250 6 cylinder that has had "some work" done on it. I do have other carbs without the spark valves. plus I have 3 new valves and a dozen or more carbs, some glass bowl and some metal. I mounted these to take a picture and get some thoughts. Thanks, John