Help..32 B model carb substitute ?

Has anyone had any luck with a carburetor other than stock downdraft on the 1932 model B 4 cylinder engine. I have a dysfunctional choke cable and cannot find a replacement for the stock one, so am looking for possible carburetor change.???? Thanks for any help...Ted in Michigan. Tjbwmn5@cs.com

 

I don't know a whole lot about the model b 4's but i do know that for the A 4 there is a manifold that lets you run a Stromberg or Holley 94 or other 3 bolt carb. I believe that the two motor's share a lot of parts so it might be a direct fit.

 

The most obvious carbs all have the adjustment...there are lots of old Zenith models for non-Ford updrafts and Model B variants from Ford powered combines with no GAV, but random oddball carbs might well be hard to deal with.
Two ideas:
Purchase a repro B knob and thoroughly clean an old Ford speedo cable. Put a repro Model A choke driver on the car...do some creative fitting and soldering to affix cable housing at dash end, insert cable into knob...with some basic tinkering you could come up with a decent replacement for an impossible to find part.
Other way...buy a universal choke cable from NAPA. Burn off knob, install repro B one. Hook it to choke lever directly, use no choke driver. Make a couple of test drives and get GAV set so car is happy when warm, use choke like on a later car as your cold running enricher.
Third way...get into the NAPA accessory catalog...can't think of exact title of that. I think they have some heavy duty control cables made to both pull and turn. These, with a knob swap, would be essentially a direct replacement for B stup after drilling and soldering or otherwise affixing cable to a Model A choke GAV driver.

 

we used to make an adapter to weld on a stock manifold and bolt on a stromberg 97. ran great