Rob Voska wrote:Most of you old farts will be dead! Who cares?

Remember that statement the next time one of us 'old farts' nerfs you into the hay bales !

...a dead giveaway that they were not Vintage. Russ, I realize that now. But the old eyes, just are not what they used to be. Or the urge to buy it over powered common sense.......... I would leave this guy a neg feedback, but that will just get me one also. (great system you have there eBay !) Eve...

Be informed...... The guy selling 'NOS 580 West Bends' on eRip (sargismotors - Bob Sargis) fails to mention that they are not the original Westbend 580, but the late production US Motors version. If he had mentioned anything about them being the late version, that US Motors recently dumped on the ma...

On the flow bench, the Mac carb is better, but I have to agree on the inconsistency point about them. Too many little passages that can be effected by a small stray drop of oil, or atmosphere conditions. And the needles seem to be much more coarse. That is, they can go from rich to lean with less of...

That is why they call it 'eRip' !!

The same guy has a pair of 'NOS' vintage 820s, that supposidly are all original Westbend manufactured, not from US Motor.
But they have modern constant radius venturi carbs on them.......

Laissez l'acheteur prendre garde !

Very interesting McBob.
What if you had 3 Macs, and 3 bars ?
You would not have to make 3 passes through the log !
Just one pass, and the cut would be done.
The only downside is if one didn't start...........

Now, with that said,
I will be waiting for when you build a Mac V8 !!!