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Anyone have pics of the support bracket/brace for a 4 barrel air cleaner? Or maybe even have one for sale?

There are at least two air cleaners available for 54 models and the cleaner used on the 4 barrel 359 engine is a different cleaner than used on a 53 and maybe a 54 327 engine with a 4 barrel. They each take different brackets. Over the years someone could have also installed an air cleaner from another year or engine. To get the correct bracket you kind of need to know what cleaner you have.

All the brackets mount with a single bolt to the side of the head in the same location but the bends and the direction the bracket extends from the engine depends on the cleaner in question.

Here are a couple of examples. First is a 54 359 cleaner. Note the bracket has a single angled 90 degree bend which extends toward the carb because that cleaner assy is shorter than the others. The second photo is a 54 327 style cleaner which in this case is on a 2 barrel. Except for the size of the carb opening, the 4 barrel cleaner is the same. Both cleaners are longer than the 359 version meaning the bracket extends the other direction and has two bends.

The service article photo is of the 54 359 bracket. It basically shows how they were all made -- the bend height, number and angle was the variation. The criteria of the bends and their angle is to keep the cleaner level and bends angled to support the cleaner at fairly close to 90 degrees across the engine.

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Wow! Thank you very much! Exactly what I needed to know. Mine is the 327 4 barrel style. Now I know what to look for. Very grateful for the pics and the detailed write up. If I can't locate an original for sale I may attempt to fabricate one. Thanks again!

I sent you a PM as I may have a spare. In the meantime I had a look in the parts book and see two different types so does anyone know the difference? There was #426500 that fits all 24th; 2501; 2601-33 and there is #443527 that fits 2602-06-26-31; 5402 and also fits 2613; 5401-11 with 4-brl carburetor. There was, of course, a different one yet for the 1954 359 but that is expected as the silencer is far larger in diameter than the other models.

My bracket is from a 1951 300 which should normally fit your model. However, since yours has been converted to a 1953 4-barrel setup, you will need to get one for that year and model. I'm not sure the difference in the bracket but your filter differs in appearance from the 2-barrel unit which is shown here of the bracket.

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