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Old 01-29-2024, 07:29 PM
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Anyone know the deal with the 90 degree vertical tag bend seen on many carbs?

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Anyone know the deal with the 90 degree vertical tag bend seen on many carbs?
Asked by Stewart in 2012 but not answered.
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Something I've always wondered about on the carburetor tags...when the car first came down the assembly line, were the tags nice and flat or were they bent down over the corner of the carburetor body? At this point, they're all kind of bent up and wrinkled, but I don't know if that just happened over time or if they were that way right from the beginning.

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