I have a 67 mustang with a 289, 3 speed. I'm in the process of trying to make the car more reliable after waking it from a 30 year slumber. I've had the car running and decided to clean all of the old fuel out of the gas tank and rebuild the carb since it had a bunch of trash in it. I was in the middle of tearing down the carb and I couldn't get the jets out of the carb. After searching the net I decided to try a method of drilling a small hole in them, tapping a torq bit into the hole, then removing them with a small 1/4 inch wrench on the end or the torq bit. This worked very well, I had the jets out in no time. However upon inspecting before reassembling the carb, I noticed the brass threads from the jets are embedded into the threads in the carb. Is there a way to salvage the carb? I thought about chasing the threads with a tap, not sure if that would make the situation better or worse. If the carb is trash what would be a good replacement and a reputable place to purchase from? I've seen really cheap carbs on ebay, walmart and amazon, but I'm not thinking I trust those. Also should the carb have a coating on it? The carb parts are gray, and don't feel smooth. There isn't any id tag on it so all I know is that it is a 2100 with a out an electric choke.