Re: Proper air cleaner for 352 V8?

Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2011/3/12 1:23:43

Owen,

Respectfully disagree.

From your post:

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My point exactly, these parts were sourced and were available, (as pointed out earlier regarding the single inlet unit shared with Chevy), to all manufacturers who wanted them.

I did not mean to imply that Packard actually went on a "shopping spree," only that they, and other manufacturers COULD have, and as you point out Packard did in at least one instance: the "Houdaille" unit. Wow, quite a brand name. Did they get them in France or something?

Kidding aside, I'm dead serious about this debate being about apples, oranges, and grapefruit. The "correct" air cleaner is a match to the one that came with the car, which obviously varied during manufacture and was not set in corporate stone. Obviously dealerships could swap out the sexier dual snorkel unit for the single snout.

I also did not mean to imply that the air cleaners' manufacture was mistakenly attributed to the makers of carburetors Carter or Rochester carbs. The people posting these comments probably meant that the vehicles with these carbs "came with" (generally) one or the other type of air cleaner unit.

I was just pointing out, to avoid further devolving the discussion, that these parts were indeed manufactured by outside suppliers, but not by Carter or Rochester. And that Carter or Rochester, to my knowledge at least, did not REQUIRE one or the other type of air cleaner, but (often or usually) "came with" a particular one (Packards somewhat variable choice), which was almost invariably supplied by AC Delco, as your post indicates was the case with one notable exception.

Thank you and good night.