this is just some real simple tech that most people have already thought of,but i took a couple of photos and thought i'd share them. i swapped out the stovebolt for a 327 and wanted to keep kind of a vintage look,but with new reliability...it's not gonna be totally traditional because i don't think i'll be opening the hood too much(brakes up the lines on a custom). well most oil bath aircleaners that i had were for two barrels and i'm using a holley 600...so i cut all the guts out of a 54 olds cleaner and cut the hole in the bottom big enough for the holley....well that dropped the unit too low on the carb so i had to build a ring on the bottom. i had to use two rings of round rod so it was tall enough,but still narrow enough to seal on top of the carb....i tack welded the rod to an old pulley and started heating it and turning the pulley to get a smooth ring...then with some welding and hammer and dolly work i had the bottom finished. i used a standard small block air filter and put in some 16 guage steel to keep the inside flat so it'd seal. i could of used an old standard air cleaner and cut the bottom off,but i didn't have one.....i used junk i had and i have 6 bucks into this set up. sorry about such a simple tech without too many photos,but i think it's pretty self explanitory and sometimes the small details make a car cool. george
george, looks good! i picked up an old oil bath cleaner and a late model base at hershey with intentions to fit it onto my holley carb'd 350. thanks for the inspiration to get off my ass! ed!
i'm not sure yet,haven't got it started yet,but there is plenty of gap arond the top,like a quarter inch or so....i did think about that and if it's not,i will put some holes in the back where they won't be that noticable for more flow...maybe louvers would be cool. george
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