Funky Air Cleaner
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 1:17 am
We're getting ready for our first tour in a long time (Yay!) and there will be a bit of gravel.
A modern aluminum and foam air cleaner just wouldn't look right on my '26 Touring with its shabby '60s restoration. I put together a pretty effective unit from junk around the workshop — definitely not original but kind of fun and right in my comfort zone of "they coulda done it back in the day".
The photos tell the story. The inlet was cut from a reproduction hot air pipe and sealed to the can bottom. Not easily seen but there is an 18-gauge backer in the can to catch the mounting bracket screws. The air-cleaner bracket is sandwiched between the firewall and firewall bracket, no holes required. Three filter elements can be cut from one '90s Caprice unit. Obviously, a tobacco tin from the '20s or '30s would have been even better.
A modern aluminum and foam air cleaner just wouldn't look right on my '26 Touring with its shabby '60s restoration. I put together a pretty effective unit from junk around the workshop — definitely not original but kind of fun and right in my comfort zone of "they coulda done it back in the day".
The photos tell the story. The inlet was cut from a reproduction hot air pipe and sealed to the can bottom. Not easily seen but there is an 18-gauge backer in the can to catch the mounting bracket screws. The air-cleaner bracket is sandwiched between the firewall and firewall bracket, no holes required. Three filter elements can be cut from one '90s Caprice unit. Obviously, a tobacco tin from the '20s or '30s would have been even better.