Good things come to those who wait.

^ Thanks Tommy, they (Carburetor rebuilders of Oshawa) did a super job rebuilding this Carb I am pretty jazzed up to see this vehicle up and running shortly.
 
Magellann said:
It certainly looks like its brand new again, hopefully you will have it running perfectly real soon.
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Carb Rebuilders did a lot to bring this thing back to spec, I truly did well taking it to them. Now I have to dragoon my mechanic neighbour into becoming the official Kettenkrad Demonstration Teams, Maintenance Staff.
 
Carb Rebuilders was one of the better shops back in the day & they are one of the few left today. They had an amazing stock of NOS parts for just about anything the last time I visited their old shop. Looks like they went to town with the detail & corrosion mitigation work.
 
Unfortunately there are very few who actually rebuild or fix mechanical items left..it's fortunate you were able to source some with the expertise..
 
Back on the Kettenkrad and good for another 70 years.



And.

My ad hoc gravity feed fuel system. The snow blower had to give up its tank for this endeavour.
 
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Very nice...and yes, finding a good carb shop for this kind of work is not easy. I trusted my Carter carb to The Canadian Carb Company and they made a right balls up with it...Never ran properly, but that's another story....Looking great with the Kett.....
 
tommyinbc said:
Very nice...and yes, finding a good carb shop for this kind of work is not easy. I trusted my Carter carb to The Canadian Carb Company and they made a right balls up with it...Never ran properly, but that's another story....Looking great with the Kett.....
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Tommy, I will praise Carburetor Rebuilders to the rooftops, It may be worth while to mail your carb to them and have them sort it out. NV Shooter at #31, the little kettenkrad has had that indignity done to it already by "Euro Bubba" back in the immediate post war years.


^ This is my vehicle info for its display sign.
 
Sorry for the diversion from primary topic, but I restored a 1952 Famall Super A tractor last year that had the misfortune of shipping with a carter UT model carb very similar to yours. Best thing I ever did was replace it with a Zenith, which was the other type that was randomly used in 1952.

The Carters are notorious for a lack of decent parts support today and for being very hard to tune so they run right.
 
Neat vehicle! Does it have steering clutches that disconnect power to either track, in addition to the motorcycle wheel?
Was it used as a utility tractor for pulling artillery and ammo to emplacements?
 
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