CODE NUMBERS
(Stromberg Carburetor Numbers)
Most production carburetors from 1934 onward have a code number stamped either on the body or on a metal tag attached to the body, which identifies the car or truck and yearly model on which it is intended. In the 1930's this number was sometimes stamped on the throttle body. Most carburetors have the number stamped on the top of float bowl. The code number has the form:
CCC-NNN
CCC is a one to three digit manufacturer code designating the manufacturer that the carburetor was built for, and NNN is a one to three digit number identiying the exact carburetor. Sometimes there is a letter after the numbers indicating an engineering change in production.
17-1
decodes as a carburetor for an Auburn (manufacturer code 17) and happens to be the first in sequence for this manufacturer.
23-108
decodes as a carburetor for a GMC truck (manufacturer code 23). Note that the 23- code was also used for Holden (Australia).
3-95G
decodes as a carburetor for a Dodge (manufacturer code 3) and is the 95th in sequence for this manufacturer. This is the 7th minor engineering change on this model (G).
Manufacturer Code Number List
The first section of the code number designates the make of the car, and is given in the table below.
| Code | Manufacturer | |
| 2 | Ford | |
| 3 | Dodge | |
| 4 | Chrysler | |
| 5 | Oldsmobile | |
| 6 | Studebaker | |
| 7 | Buick | |
| 8 | Nash | |
| 9 | Graham-Paige | |
| 10 | Packard | |
| 11 | LaSalle | |
| 12 | Reo | |
| 13 | Pontiac | |
| 14 | Chevrolet | |
| 15 | Plymouth | |
| 16 | DeSoto | |
| 17 | Auburn | |
| 18 | Pierce-Arrow | |
| 19 | Hupp | |
| 20 | Franklin | |
| 21 | Essex | |
| 22 | Hudson | |
| 23 | G.M.T.C. (also Holden) | |
| 24 | Intl. Motor Co. | |
| 25 | Wisconsin Motor Co. | |
| 26 | Waukesha M. Co. | |
| 27 | Hercules M. Corp. | |
| 28 | Stewart Motor Corp. | |
| 29 | White M. Co. | |
| 30 | Indiana M. T. Co. | |
| 31 | Autocar M. T. Co. | |
| 32 | Intl. Harvester Co. | |
| 33 | Schramm, Inc. | |
| 34 | Continental Motor Corp. | |
| 35 | Buda M. Co. | |
| 36 | London Branch | |
| 37 | Paris Branch | |
| 38 | Maccar T. Co. | |
| 39 | Universal M. Co. | |
| 40 | Lincoln Motor Car Co. | |
| 41 | Lycoming M. Mfg. Co. | |
| 42 | Kermath Mfg. Co. | |
| 43 | Scripps M. Co. | |
| 44 | Gray Marine Co. | |
| 45 | Robert M. Co. | |
| 46 | Red Wing | |
| 47 | Regal Marine M. Co. | |
| 48 | The Foote Co. | |
| 49 | Brockway M. T. Co. | |
| 50 | Riise Eng. Co. | |
| 51 | Climax Eng. Co. | |
| 52 | Viking (Olds) | |
| 53 | Rockne | |
| 54 | S. Kimura & Co. | |
| 55 | Marmon | |
| 56 | Stutz | |
| 57 | Dart Truck | |
| 58 | Peerless | |
| 59 | Duesenberg | |
| 60 | Koehring | |
| 61 | Boat Eng. Inc. | |
| 62 | Dupplex Truck Co. | |
| 63 | Erskine (Studebaker) | |
| 64 | The Corbitt Co. | |
| 65 | General Excavator Co. | |
| 66 | Diamond T. Co. | |
| 67 | Hahn Selden | |
| 68 | Bickle Fire Eng. | |
| 69 | Gottfredson Truck | |
| 70 | Available Truck Co. | |
| 71 | Ahrens-Fox | |
| 72 | Clydesdale | |
| 73 | American Austin | |
| 74 | Parsons C. | |
| 75 | Bridge Port | |
| 76 | Jordan | |
| 77 | Osgood Co. | |
| 78 | Hendrickson M. T. Co. | |
| 79 | Whippet | |
| 80 | Oakland | |
| 81 | Buckeye Traction Co. | |
| 82 | Federal Truck | |
| 83 | Harnischfeger | |
| 84 | Northwest Crane Co. | |
| 85 | Durant M. C. Co' | |
| 86 | Skagit Steel & Iron | |
| 87 | Sanford M. T. Co. | |
| 88 | Thew Shovel Co. | |
| 89 | Byers Machine Co. | |
| 90 | Oshkosh M. T. Co. | |
| 91 | Holt Tractor | |
| 92 | Fate-Root-Heath Co. | |
| 93 | Four Wheel Drive | |
| 94 | Day-Elder Co. | |
| 95 | Kleiber M. T. Co. | |
| 96 | Willys-Knight | |
| 97 | Seagrave Corp. | |
| 98 | Star | |
| 99 | American La France | |
| 100 | Fageol M. T. Co. | |
| 101 | Northwestern M. Co. | |
| 102 | Cord | |
| 103 | McCormick-Deering | |
| 104 | LeBlond-Schacht Co. | |
| 105 | Rock Island Plow Co. | |
| 106 | Kenworth Truck Co. | |
| 107 | Buffalo Springfield Roll. Co. | |
| 108 | Minn-Moline Pr. Imp. Co. | |
| 109 | Twin Coach Co. | |
| 110 | Stearns M. Mfg. Co. | |
| 111 | Standard Gas. Eng. Co. | |
| 112 | Wichita Falls M. Co. | |
| 113 | Sterling M. T. Co. | |
| 114 | Henney M. T. Co. | |
| 115 | Cunningham, Sons & Co. | |
| 116 | Acadia Gas. Eng. Co. | |
| 117 | V. L. Buchanan Ltd. | |
| 118 | Gifford Wood Co. | |
| 119 | Kissel Car Co. | |
| 120 | Nelson Le-Moon Co. | |
| 121 | Clark Tractor | |
| 122 | Sterling Eng. Co. | |
| 123 | Buffalo Gas. Eng. Co. | |
| 124 | Vulcan Iron Works | |
| 125 | New England T. Co. | |
| 126 | Patriot Mfg. Co. | |
| 127 | Oswald Machine Co. | |
| 128 | Allis Chalmers | |
| 129 | Acme Motor Trk. Co. | |
| 130 | LeRoi Motor Co. | |
| 131 | Doman & Marks | |
| 132 | A-C & F Bus | |
| 133 | Vaughan Motor Co. | |
| 134 | Cons. Shipbuilding Corp. | |
| 135 | Ward La France Truck | |
| 136 | Buffalo Gas Motor Co. | |
| 137 | Ross Carrier Co. | |
| 138 | Std. Motor Constr. Co. | |
| 139 | Meteor Motor Car Co. | |
| 140 | Palmer Bros. Eng., Inc. | |
| 141 | Cleveland Tractor Co. | |
| 142 | Westinghouse El. & Mfg. Co. | |
| 143 | Wellman-Seaver Morgan Co. | |
| 144 | Republic M. Truck Co. | |
| 145 | Minn. Steel & Mach. Co. | |
| 146 | Brennan Motor Mfg. Co. | |
| 147 | Whitcomb Loco. Co. | |
| 148 | Coleman Truck Co. | |
| 149 | Bucyrus-Erie Co. | |
| 150 | Milwaukee Loco. Co. | |
| 151 | Titan Truck Co. | |
| 152 | Hall Scott Motor Co. | |
| 153 | Lima Loco. Works | |
| 154 | Douglas Truck Mfg. Co. | |
| 155 | Minn. Thresh. Mach. Co. | |
| 156 | Sayers & Scoville Co. | |
| 157 | Star Drilling Mach. Co. | |
| 158 | Acme Road Mach. Co. | |
| 159 | T. L. Smith Co. | |
| 160 | Lange Motor Truck Co. | |
| 161 | Chandler Motor Car Co. | |
| 162 | Locomobile Co. | |
| 163 | Szekeley Eng. Corp. | |
| 164 | Fordson Tractor | |
| 165 | Universal Crane Co. | |
| 166 | Gardner Motor Car Co. | |
| 167 | Orton Crane & Shovel Co. | |
| 168 | Myers Sherman Co. | |
| 169 | Automatic Machine Co. | |
| 170 | Amer. Mtr. Body Corp. | |
| 171 | Wright Machine Co. | |
| 172 | Bowen Mtr. & Ry. Co. | |
| 173 | Superior Trl. Mfg. Corp. | |
| 174 | Cullen-Friestedt Co. | |
| 175 | Amer. Hoist & Derr. Co. | |
| 176 | Gramm Motor Co. | |
| 177 | Reiland & Bros. Truck Co. | |
| 178 | Relay Motor Truck Co. | |
| 179 | Hug Truck Co. | |
| 180 | Thompson Mach. Wks. | |
| 181 | Walter Mtr. Truck Co. | |
| 182 | OK Clutch & Mach. Co. | |
| 183 | Van Blerck M. Co. | |
| 184 | Ingersoll Rand Co. | |
| 185 | Fairmont Railway Motors Co. | |
| 186 | Garford M. T. Co. | |
| 187 | Foote Bros. Gear & Mach. Co. | |
| 188 | A. C. Ernst | |
| 189 | Keystone Driller Co. | |
| 190 | Chain Belt Co. | |
| 191 | Moon Motor Car Co. | |
| 192 | Biederman Motors Corp. | |
| 193 | Gabon Iron Works | |
| 194 | Grass-Premier T. Co. | |
| 195 | A. H. Warmington | |
| 196 | Link Belt | |
| 197 | N.Y. Yacht, Launch & Eng. Co. | |
| 198 | Gardner-Denver Co. | |
| 199 | Huber Tractor | |
| 200 | Erd Motor Co. | |
| 201 | Elco Works Elec. Boat Co. | |
| 202 | Lathrop Eng. Co. | |
| 203 | Larrabee Motor Truck Co. | |
| 204 | Miller | |
| 205 | Cadillac | |
| 206 | Clyde Iron Works | |
| 207 | Hale Fire Pump Co. | |
| 208 | Modern Marine Eng. Wks. | |
| 209 | Gravely Motor Plow | |
| 210 | Flint Motor Co. | |
| 211 | Velie Motor Car Co. | |
| 212 | J. G. Brill | |
| 213 | Caterpillar Tractor | |
| 214 | S.K.F. Industries | |
| 215 | Winton Engine Co. | |
| 216 | Fay & Bowen Eng. Co. | |
| 217 | Kalamazoo Railway Supply | |
| 218 | King-Zeitler Co. | |
| 219 | Austin Mfg. Co. | |
| 220 | Western Austin Co. | |
| 221 | Peter Persch & Sons Co. | |
| 222 | Kelly-Springfield Truck Co. | |
| 223 | Fairbanks-Morse | |
| 224 | J. C. Jarrett Mtr. & Fin. Co. | |
| 225 | Peerless Marine Motor Corp. | |
| 226 | Avery Mfg. Co. | |
| 227 | Barber-Greene Co. | |
| 228 | Clark Bros. Co. | |
| 229 | Automatic Transportation Co. | |
| 230 | Mianus Motor Co. | |
| 231 | Star Marine Eng. Wks. | |
| 232 | Speeder Mach. Co. | |
| 233 | Euclid Road Mach. Co. | |
| 234 | McKiernan-Tarry Corp. | |
| 235 | DIVCO Truck | |
| 236 | United Parcel Service Co. | |
| 237 | Lombard Traction Engine Co. | |
| 238 | American Foundry Equip. Co. | |
| 239 | Linn Mfg. Co. |