I bought a 56 Mercury Montclair that has one and not sure if it’s original to the car. I searched the internet and I can’t find a match. Any ideas what car it belongs on originally? I switched to a regular one and no longer need it. Thanks.
If I remember right, (that's always suspect) the stock air cleaner had a round air intake on the side of the air cleaner. I did find a picture.
Sorry I can not speak to the make or year. I will however always, speak of the caution when cleaning those babies. The production practice always left that inside rim edge with a serrated and sharp edge. Casual regard will cause bleeding.
A search shows that the one that Jaracer showed is correct for a 56. As to correct color your guess is as good as mine https://www.google.com/search?q=195...HQJ0D5sQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=1920&bih=969&dpr=1 Having cleaned and changed the oil in a bunch of those during my years as a student in high school Auto shop I can say that Tow Truck Tom gave some real good advice. The insides of those have a lot of sharp edges that will reach out and grab you.
But still, it looks like it was made for a teapot carb, with all that room inside? It sits up pretty high on the Motorcraft carb, I bet
An aircleaer for a T pot carb will have the 90 degree pipe from the carb inlet to the air cleaner on the bottom of it. My guess is that is an air cleaner chosen simply because it is what happens to fit that carb's aircleaner base. Same as Holley 4 barrel. The offset was very often to clear the distributor or clear the firewall. A lot of those oil bath even when they looked round and didn't have a visible inlet were offset for clearance. One thing I forgot earler, It is always best to set the cleaned bottom of the air cleaner on the carb and then fill it to the oil line rather than filling it on the bench and trying to set it on the carb with oil slopping around.
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