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Old May 8th, 2021, 05:16 PM
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Air cleaner id

I'm stumped, this was on a Cutlass for sale. I've never seen one of these on any make. Anyone know what it's from?

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Old May 8th, 2021, 05:23 PM
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That is the air cleaner for a ram air hood.
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Old May 9th, 2021, 01:01 AM
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It looks like a Pontiac dual snorkel air cleaner base that has had the snorkels cut off just inboard of the Thermac vacuum actuators and has had a repro Ford rubber seal added to the rim.

The stock Pontiac air cleaner looks like this (note the angle of the snorkels):




The Ford rubber seal looks like this:



It looks like this was an attempt to fabricate a clone of a Camaro dual snorkel air cleaner base, but you'll note that the real Camaro base has the snorkels at a different angle and the ends are flared, not straight cut.




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Old May 9th, 2021, 03:38 AM
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I agree the GTO is close, but this one heavily clearance on the passenger side underneath, also there is something protruding inside on the drivers side, could be aftermarket,here's the ad.
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sf...314173160.html
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Old May 9th, 2021, 06:06 AM
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Originally Posted by dragline
I agree the GTO is close, but this one heavily clearance on the passenger side underneath, also there is something protruding inside on the drivers side, could be aftermarket,here's the ad.
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sf...314173160.html
The notch on the "passenger side" is actually in the back to clear the HEI when the unit is clocked properly. Sounds like mid-70s Chevy. It's not Olds in any case, and it's definitely been modified by cutting the snorkels off.
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