Slant 6 air cleaner lid

rmchrgr said

I'm looking at an Early-A Slant 6 unsilenced air cleaner (no tubes) and thinking it looks exactly like the chrome 273 ones, 'cept it's not chrome.

Was wondering if I got the lid, what kind of base and air filter is available to use it and fit it with a Holley carb, let's say a 4160 or 1850 - one of the small ones that are around 600 cfm. Might be cool to paint one wrinkle black and set it on top of the 318 in my Dart.

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I had been wondering the same thing for a long time, but never measured the diameter of both. Yeah, getting the cheapie 4 barrel base and cutting it down is a good idea, because the real commando base (for the correct AFB) is too small of a diameter for all the Holleys and later AFB's.......you really don't want the original correct base.

Yeah, very cool idea and very easy to find those slant 6 unsilenced tops. I know I've got 1 or 2 laying around.