I wanted a auto choke carburetor for a custom car I'm building.

I picked up a Rochester 2GC carburetor, with automatic choke.

and the Speedway three bolt to four bolt adapter
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/p/808,...r-Adapter.html

I read they used the Rochester 2GC on 1953 Mercury Flatheads and Speedway recommended it for the adapter I bought on their Web site.

Hopefully this will work on a stock 1935 Ford flathead engine. It has the Mallory electronic distributor on it also. Thought I would post this for any comments before I blow the engine up for trying, or possible problems... anyone else use other type carbs?

 

I don't know why your plan wouldn't work but I haven't messed with the early engines very much. For the mother-lode of flathead information and another bunch of great guys try this:

http://groups.msn.com/FordFlathead19...3/general.msnw

Especially browse thru the links on the left side margin and pay special attention to rumbleseat's tips and the techno page.

 

I use a 2GC on my '30 Tub with a 302 and it works great. I turned it around so the bowl faces the backward - that way there is room for two additional "dummy" carbs for a faux tri-power without them hitting the front mounted distributor. Good luck.

 

Sounds good, I picked up a 2CG but see the base is too large to fit the flathead adapter...I guess there must be a small model. Any idea if those where called something different or different application I should look for?