I need to replace the carburetor manifold on my car. I have two spares, both donors from old engines (engines of unknown origin). Both look the same. Questions are: How Many different types of manifold are there? Which is the right one for a 1987 D*lly? If you had a picture that would be dead handy.
Thanks

its probably going to be ok given how relatively rare anything else, other than a twin barrel M28 manifold, is.

how about a photo of yours?

Thanks Sean, I'll take a picture for you tomorrow.

Yours should look like the pile on the left:



Or any of the ones in this pic:

You might find your spares have the insulating flange still attached which look like this:



It's worth replacing that and buying new gaskets too.

War of the Worlds

Picture as promised. Spare No1:

I guess it looks like the ones on the left of Sam's 1st picture? Would this be the right one for me?

Yep, that's an M28 twin choke manifold.

Thanks for the confirmation

Few more questions

1/ Is it worth me painting the manifold with high temp engine lacquer to make it look posh, or will it just peel off and look shite?

2/ Is it any easy/straightforward job to swap, or should I get a proper mechanic on the job? Don't want the car laid up for too long if I'm doing it, but I do fancy having a go

Nah don't bother painting.

Swapping over is straight forward, but depends on the condition of your existing manifold nuts.

How do they look?