The specimen up for restoration. I bought this off a guy in Huntington Beach for $40. I'm hoping it provides a lower profile atop the Ford V8 so that the air cleaner doesn't interfere with the hood. I really don't like the look of a Willys flatfender with a hole in the hood for cleaner clearance.
It's really quite a solid part. No structural rust, and all the parts are there. Usually the extension on the left is gone. Note what's left of the V8 cubic inch displacement sticker on the main housing right next to where the "snorkel" extends out.
The underside, showing some of the minor scaling and surface rust.
But look how clean and solid the main housing is.
The air filter element goes in this part.
The right hole (with the black paint inside) goes over the top of the Autolite 2100 carb. You can see the small hole where the threaded rod from the carb slides through.
This is the only 'damage' on the housing. It's a riveted on black plastic hose that functions as a heat riser from the exhaust manifold, allowing warm air to circulate back into the engine upon start up to warm the engine more quickly.
A better angle showing its rather problematic condition (and the rivets holding it in place).
I drilled out the rivets and pulled it. I'll get a new hose and use some clamps to hold it on.
The Ford Motor Company part number number. The first letter (hard to see) is a "D" followed by a "3," so going by FoMoCo's casting system, this is an air cleaner from a 1973 Ford Bronco.
This strapping holds the two halves of the extension together. It's thin, flat metal stapled through the end of the extension. You can see the staples in the far side. It was rusted and lousy, so I removed it. Not sure what I'll replace it with, perhaps a few discreet loops of safety wire.
The grinder with the wire cup attachment again. I'm getting a lot of mileage out it.
I wasn't feeling the need to get down to raw metal entirely since I'm painting the same color over the top of it. Just wanted to get the loose stuff off, as well as some of the surface rust.
The "snorkel" end was easily in the worst shaft, so I took it down to bare steel.
More silicon bronze welding material here. Always interesting to uncover such tidbits. It's a little like archaeology.
Primed and ready for Old Ford blue.
Ditto.
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