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Air cleaner mystery

Started by jwwseville60, August 02, 2022, 12:49:44 PM

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jwwseville60

Can anyone identify this air cleaner? Is it GM?
Its on a 1961 Caddy I just bought.
It looks almost better than the stock version.
Thanks!

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1960 Eldorado Seville, Copper, "IKE"
1961 CDV, gold, "Goldfinger"
1964 Eldorado, Turquoise, "Billy the Squid"
1963 De Ville Station Wagon Vista roof, silver blue, "Race Bannon"
1963 Fleetwood 60S, turquoise, "The Miami Special"
1959 Sedan Deville flat top, tan, "Jupiter-2"
1947 Caddy Sedanette 62, black, "Johnny Cash"
1970 ASC Fleetwood wagon, dark blue, "Iron Maiden"
Lifetime CLC

jwwseville60

I think its a 65 Oldsmobile one?
1960 Eldorado Seville, Copper, "IKE"
1961 CDV, gold, "Goldfinger"
1964 Eldorado, Turquoise, "Billy the Squid"
1963 De Ville Station Wagon Vista roof, silver blue, "Race Bannon"
1963 Fleetwood 60S, turquoise, "The Miami Special"
1959 Sedan Deville flat top, tan, "Jupiter-2"
1947 Caddy Sedanette 62, black, "Johnny Cash"
1970 ASC Fleetwood wagon, dark blue, "Iron Maiden"
Lifetime CLC

TJ Hopland

What carb does it have?   Didn't both the Carter and Rochester have a different size inlet which was also different than the 70's 4bbls like Holley, Edel, and the Q jets?

If its a later carb perhaps its got the matching later air filter? 
StPaul/Mpls, MN USA

73 Eldo convert w/FiTech EFI
80 Eldo Diesel
90 CDV
And other assorted stuff I keep buying for some reason

3210mar

Other than pointing to the other side, it looks the same as what is on my 61 Eldorado .

Dave Marmon

TJ Hopland

His looks too shallow to be from the early 60's at least from Cadillac.    The pic of that 61 is what I remember from that era.
StPaul/Mpls, MN USA

73 Eldo convert w/FiTech EFI
80 Eldo Diesel
90 CDV
And other assorted stuff I keep buying for some reason

fishnjim

If I had to guess, I'd say SBC. 
The top profiles are different if the other '61 is correct, so it's not of that vehicle.   So many air cleaners, common to swop parts.  Also repro.
If it's not repro, it's had a rattle can job for sales appeal, common to do.
You can reverse search by the filter number, what it might have come from but tedious and wide fitment possible.
Usually, there's no numbers on the shells and without decals, pre-smog era, are only varying by the throat size, which only changed once and the notch for orienting the snorkle.  That fine point stuff isn't well documented anywhere.
I bought an era Olds one and it fit the carb but the snorkle was out 90 deg.  Who cares, I changed to tri power...

TJ Hopland

I'm just wondering if its got a Holley or Edelbrock on it so that is why someone then had to change the filter to match.
StPaul/Mpls, MN USA

73 Eldo convert w/FiTech EFI
80 Eldo Diesel
90 CDV
And other assorted stuff I keep buying for some reason