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So what did you learn about my carb with the photo of the tag?
That it's a standard 49 State model so it most likely wasn't on a California emissions compliant engine. This was known as a K19 package. This makes sense as you would have had a bunch of extra plumbing and components if it was a Cali car. You never know though, sometimes that stuff gets removed but then you would have likely still had the 7036250 Cali emissions Qjet with the square hole punched in the White PN medallion. Seeing as though you have a 7026250 with the round hole, I'd bet that your car has the 100% original carb on it. Which I believe is pretty rare for those 66's as they got swapped out for aftermarket ones pretty often it seems. My 1966 Toronado came with the 7036250 as it is a Cali car.
I think I'm probably the only person in the world who cares about this stuff (early Qjet details I mean). I have no idea why but it fascinates me. No one else seems to care. Probably because these 1965-66 Qjets were so bad and developed such a bad reputation that people wanted to just forget about them. Unfortunately, us 1966 Toronado owners are somewhat stuck with them. They were changed for the better when 1967 rolled around and they just got better and better from that point on.
You'll see this chart on page 6M-43 of your 1966 CSM.
Last edited by ourkid2000; Jun 6, 2026 at 03:47 AM.
That it's a standard 49 State model so it most likely wasn't on a California emissions compliant engine. This was known as a K19 package. This makes sense as you would have had a bunch of extra plumbing and components if it was a Cali car. You never know though, sometimes that stuff gets removed but then you would have likely still had the 7036250 Cali emissions Qjet with the square hole punched in the White PN medallion. Seeing as though you have a 7026250 with the round hole, I'd bet that your car has the 100% original carb on it. Which I believe is pretty rare for those 66's as they got swapped out for aftermarket ones pretty often it seems. My 1966 Toronado came with the 7036250 as it is a Cali car.
I think I'm probably the only person in the world who cares about this stuff (early Qjet details I mean). I have no idea why but it fascinates me. No one else seems to care. Probably because these 1965-66 Qjets were so bad and developed such a bad reputation that people wanted to just forget about them. Unfortunately, us 1966 Toronado owners are somewhat stuck with them. They were changed for the better when 1967 rolled around and they just got better and better from that point on.
You'll see this chart on page 6M-43 of your 1966 CSM.
That's interesting stuff. You're right, there probably aren't many who care. Now that I've got it running very nicely (knock on wood), I have no plans to change anything.
This car was first brought in to Eastern Canada. Ontario. I am actually going to meet the previous owner (he was just the second owner and had it for decades) for the first time tomorrow. He's coming to Winnipeg to visit family. He donated it to a car museum and I bought it when they held a fundraising auction, more than 20 years ago. I recently tracked him down and he just happened to be coming my way. Will be an interesting reunion, I expect.
