Is This 67 Air Cleaner Cover Original?
Can anyone tell me from the pics whether this 67 air cleaner cover is an original? Are there any other pics that might help? Thanks.
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Re: Is This 67 Air Cleaner Cover Original?
Hi Kirk
Good Pics. It does appear to be original.
One more shot showing the underside chrome finish and the silk screen should be convincing, one way or the other.
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Kirk, You have pictures of my 67. I have my original 67 air cleaner top in front of me. In picture #1 it looks the same. In picture #2 the outer lip is different, where the lip is bent down and then up it has a slight ridge at the top of the outsde lip. Picture#3 looks the same. Picture #4 the inside groove that you show is not there. The printing on the inside is black. This cover still has the original decal on it but has had battery acid on someones fingers on it and several dents. It was on the car when I bought it in 1971. I hope this helps you as your help to has been a blessing on the A/C cars alt. bracket. DaleComment
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Kirk, i have a cover i bought new in 1971. It has the black printing in a straight line. My original cover has the printing in a semi-circle saying "Air filter service instructions". "Do not wash,tap or blow with air". "replace with AC type A 212 CW".( AC in a circle) "When plugged or visibly worn". " NOTICE" '* this engine equiped with'" "POSITIVE CRANKCASE VENTILATION" " check system every oil change". I hope this helps. DaleComment
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Re: Is This 67 Air Cleaner Cover Original?
Kirk - As Mike indicated photos of the underside and the silk screened instructions if there would be helpful in answering your question. Original equipment lids for sb 67s came with the silk screen instrictions that followed the curvature of the lid. If there is no evidence of the silk screened instruction, the lid could well be a GM SERVICE item; but would not be OE. PeteComment
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Re: Is This 67 Air Cleaner Cover Original?
I see no evidence of the instructions on the underside of the lid. I am really pretty well convinced at this time that it is not an original lid. I will be posting the base for a similar discussion. Thanks.
KirkComment
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Re: Is This 67 Air Cleaner Cover Original?
Here's the silk screen from my 67 327/300 air cleaner cover, guaranteed original but cleaned with Simple Green (very carefully):
Jerry Fuccillo
1967 327/300 Convertible since 1968Comment
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same as mine Jerry. DaleComment
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Re: Is This 67 Air Cleaner Cover Original?
Kirk,
The GM service replacements lid did not come with the silk screened instructions on the underside. So, yours could be an original GM service replacement, but not an original production item. In any case, if your lid is a GM service replacement it still has value since it should not be show chromed and it should have the correct rolled lip at the center hole. If this is true, it can have a new silk screen applied. You should contact Richard Fortier, ex-owner of Paragon, for details. Richard is in Michigan and he advertises in the Driveline.
GaryComment
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Re: Is This 67 Air Cleaner Cover Original?
Kirk,
If you take a look at the silk screen on my original below, that is the way it looks today after 41 years on the car. Wish the outside chrome looked as good as the inside, but it is pitted and corroded along the inside valleys in the top. But it still judges well as an original.
A couple of years ago, the inside was covered with soot, grease, dirt, to the extend that you couldn't see the silk screen instructions. I carefully cleaned it off with Simple Green and synthetic steel wool, and what you have is in the picture. I wonder what kind of paint they used to last so long subjected to gas fumes, heat and cold?
If you get yours silk screened, make sure the silk screening is curved with the cover as in the picture below. Other years and replacements may have the silk screening straight across.Jerry Fuccillo
1967 327/300 Convertible since 1968Comment
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Gerry,
It isn't paint -- it is silk screen ink. Real tough stuff to get out of ones clothes, although, like so many products -- what they used years ago is no longer available in the same formulation.TerryComment
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Here are some additional pics. I must admit that compared to the other lids I have this one seems different.
1. The way the lid rolls around the carb stud hole is completely different from the repro I have. It is a very nice rolled edge, whereas the others look like flat sections bent around the hole (hope that makes sense).
2. The large depression for the stud hole is slightly broader and seems a bit more shallow than the repros.
3. The chrome is definitely not as bright on the top or bottom as the repros.
Obviously, the one thing that bothers me most is the missing silk screen.
Here's the additional pics requested by some.Comment
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Re: Is This 67 Air Cleaner Cover Original?
My service replacement air cleaner top (A/C boxed ) from 1971 has black silk screenimg on it. It is straight across not in a semi cicle as my original. It says, " Service instructions, Use AC (in a circle) A212CX filter, AC filter elements are pre- oiled for greater dust capacity. Do not wash or blow with air." The inside center hole where it is rolled under has 2 breaks in it. The base that came with this top has 3 rubber plugs in it. DaleComment
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