P3 75 carburetor
Re: P3 75 carburetor
Thank you so much for the reply and info. I'm working on ordering the manual for the p3 but will take a while to get to the states. I have an original p4 manual but I know they very from the p3 in a number of ways. Once I started research on the carb I was pretty sure it's not original but the 1950's mercedes 220 is almost exactly the same engine displacement. Just trying to figure out the mystery.
Re: P3 75 carburetor
Not many P3's to the square mile over there! BUT I saw one advertised in Hemmings recently...a LHD originally exported to Canada for sale in Georgia for $18,000. My guess is that your carburettor was probably fitted as a "nearest available" by a PO. I don't know enough about carburettors to know whether a bigger choke diameter will make a positive or negative difference! Probably better larger than smaller!
You can take the jets out to see what sizes are stamped on them & unless you are unlucky the gaskets will come off intact! If you cannot find a gasket kit I will check it out at the Restoration show here at the end of March. The RSR stores may have a carburettor....
You can take the jets out to see what sizes are stamped on them & unless you are unlucky the gaskets will come off intact! If you cannot find a gasket kit I will check it out at the Restoration show here at the end of March. The RSR stores may have a carburettor....
Re: P3 75 carburetor
Sadly just got info back from state records and they only go back to 1986 but no records before that point. Everything I see has me convinced it's a English car that was imported later but my trial has gone cold now.
Re: P3 75 carburetor
If your car was an export model the chassis number would have started with the letter R
with it being a RHD vehicle and the GB badge I'm going to say that it most likely was first registered in the UK
with it being a RHD vehicle and the GB badge I'm going to say that it most likely was first registered in the UK