Who or what is CREITZ?

Many years ago, when I was wheeling and dealing with superchargers I had a Creitz 4-71 supercharger intake. I wish that I still had it today.

 

Bob Creitz Tulsa Oklahoma Half of the Creitz and Greer AA/FD team and later Creits and Donovan.

 

Got a Creitz Engineering gear drive in my old 392 Hemi...

 

Heres my Creitz 471 sbc intake, i did some horse trading with a buddy and ended up with it.

 

Anymore information on the Oklahoma pattern log intake?

 

Surely you can’t be serious?

 

Of course he was. He also hasn't been here since 2014.

 

Evelyn’s Woodhead sped redding course comes to mind.

Lil C and C reference

 

Please note that CR was joking, as he even mentions in his reply

 

Don't call me Shirley

 

It occurred to me that this reference is over 40 years old !!!and some of you might never know this great movie:

 

FYI...there is a Creitz intake for sale on Western Maryland C/L Auto parts. Gene.

 

Had a Creitz aluminum flywheel for early FE Ford, guy I bought it from thought it was Olds, but it was not, so I sold it.

 

Just picked up this CREITZ oval single 4 air cleaner.

 

wasnt this a pair of air cleaners for sale?
saw them on epay a few weeks ago, sold in a few hours or they would have been mine

 

it was an original top and bottom and what looks to be a fresh casted top.

 

Another pedal!

 

^ Got that pedal in my coupe. Had if for years waiting on my car to be ready for it

 

My Creitz

 

What is the air filter used in those? I have a pair and need filters!

 

Found this old ad

 

Polished for $60! What year was this ad?

 

Too Many years ago I bought a 57 300-C, during the planning in the 90's for a resto (back in the 60's it was the tow car for a C-econo dragster) I decided it would be fun to update the factory 2x4 carb setup.
Over the many years chasing parts for the project I got the wiand drop-in 2x4 intake, and 'suckered' (It didnt Take Much) by a swapmeet vender that I had known for years.
He kept off his tables a single Creitz top/bottom Air filter set until I showed up. The ONLY reason I typed 'suckered' is because it took years before a second pair was found.

Ok to answer a question asking here, they used the oval airfilters from the late 50's Chrysler products.
There was a 'tall' filter and more squat filter. The original airfilter housing snorkled over the valvecovers to locate the filter, and a little later on top of the carbs.

As I understood it they originally were made to fit the WCFB/early AFB's with the small airhorn tops.

maybe 12 years ago at the Carlisle Chrysler show/swap a vender had a box full of tops and bottoms.
I Looked them over and all of them looked a bit crude and THE bottoms were for the large airhorn later carbs. AND were missing the reinforcement ribs on the bottom plate. At least both sets I have have reinforced bottom plates. so the box full I saw was Possible knockoffs????

Side knote! K&N Did make a replacement oval airfilter for the vintage mopar applications.

Further bit of History: The 1955-1956 AAA (later NASCAR) Chrysler involvement was a major influence for the development of the dry element airfilters we all know today. AND they also developed the low restriction elements for the Chrysler 300 Letter cars.

paul
JCI 74145

 

ERROR correction: in the 70's my 300 was the tow car for the dragster

 

Creitz wire wheels

 

I knew Moritz made wheels. Wonder if Creitz stamped his name on them to sell for him.