If you have the original air cleaner and another that fits the carburetor,
could be a used one, you can scribe a circle near the attachment base to
the carburetor on the new air cleaner. Cut it out using the scribe as a
guide with a cutting wheel. Set it on the original and scribe a line around
the cut edge of the new plate, cut the original air cleaner on the scribed
line, spot weld the two together ( about 1/3" between spots) and you have
the original that fits and looks right. Take into account any change in
height of the two after they are welded together. You can even clean it
with a coarse sand paper and fill the weld with body filler and repaint it
so the weld or splice will not show. If you don't fill the weld, seal it
with a sealer so you won't allow air to pass unfiltered to your engine. I
hope you have the access to the equipment. If not it will cost a few bucks
to get the job done. Hope this helps. Val
----- Original Message -----
From: <imperial59@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 6:30 AM
Subject: Re: IML: My new '59
> > It is sad that I have not been able to enjoy driving my renewed
> > 1959 Imperial, since I have not yet been able to find any auto shops
> > which have the adapter rings to raise the air cleaner.
>
> Why don't you buy a chrome one for ten bucks until you find what you need
to make the original work. All the auto parts stores have the chrome air
cleaners sitting on the shelf. I don't think you are going to find an
adapter to make the original work... They have adapters to be able to use
the 4bbl sized air cleaner on a 2bbl carb. You need one that will raise the
aircleaner and then go to a smaller opening of the '59 air cleaner. Usually
these are made of rubber and the rubber would soon fail allowing the air
cleaner to drop down and sit on the choke plate holding it closed. I have
tried to do this on several cars and never found anything that works. I
hope you have better luck than I have!! Please let me know if you do find
something that works.
>
> Steve B.
>
>
>
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