It was a tough decision, but after weeks of debating, test fitting, consulting experts and looking for patterns in tea leaves I decided to go with a Weber 28/36 DCD that I got from Conrad in exchange for some valuable emergency brake components as used on cars with the big Veloce gas tank. One local expert posited that a 1300 normale with this carb and ‘decent’ cams will out perform the stock Veloce set up of 1959. We shall see. In the interest of thoroughly documenting this rebuild I plan on running this thing on a dyno to dial the carb in and try out a few cam options I have. Anyone care to donate a little dyno time to a good cause? I’ll give you endless accolades in my write ups.
As always, the teaser picture is actually the near final product. This carb looks pretty good but required $130 in new parts from my local Weber parts dealer. With the phenolic insulator block taking up about 6mm you can see the mounting nuts don’t fully engage the studs. Oh well, this is not a suspension component.
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