I was looking at the 85 Parisienne ad listed here in the Kijiji section. It occurred to me that the air cleaner snorkel appears similar to the 427 air cleaner from the 60's B body. I'm hoping 2kwik2c will see this and post a picture here so we can compare.
I want to make a "427" air cleaner for my GP so if the snorkel looks correct on the 85 I will be hunting for one of these air cleaners. I know the snorkel is too long on the 85 but the shape and size of the oval must be similar?
I found this:
-- Edited by Carl Stevenson on Saturday 16th of March 2013 11:55:20 PM
The 85 snorkel end looks real close from the pics, length looks abit long but no one will notice that. Off to the wreckers for Carl.
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1967 2dr Biscayne. L36, M40, G80, K05, F41. #'s. 1967 Impala convert. 283, glide. Parked in the garage since 74 and hasn't moved. Soon to be BB 4speed.
Easy to shorten up and re-do the inner end of the snorkel I'm thinking.
It does look pretty good, doesn't it? I was surprised to see it. I thought I'd looked at pretty much air cleaner ever made when I was searching!
It sure looks like it would work well, time to go to the wreckers.
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1967 2dr Biscayne. L36, M40, G80, K05, F41. #'s. 1967 Impala convert. 283, glide. Parked in the garage since 74 and hasn't moved. Soon to be BB 4speed.
Jeez, i had one of those for the longest time, off an 86 caprice. I thought it looked close to a 60s one so i kept if for over 10 years, but i got rid of it a few years ago, Oh, well, those should be easy to find
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MY BEAUMONT HAS 4 STUDDED TIRES AND 2 BLOCKHEATERS......AND LOTS OF OIL UNDERNEATH. The other one has a longer roof.
Jeez, i had one of those for the longest time, off an 86 caprice. I thought it looked close to a 60s one so i kept if for over 10 years, but i got rid of it a few years ago.
That's the way it always seems to work....
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
Been lookin' for this for my 66 Impala 427-390 (L36)
Here's a repop sold by Summit for $135 that is really close
-- Edited by bjburnout on Friday 29th of March 2013 10:32:33 PM
The lid and base look to be the same but the snorkel is way off. I have one of those 327 units like in your picture. I plan to "de-snorkel"it and make a 427 air cleaner out of it. See the bottom picture in my opening post on this thread. That is what you need/want.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
If you are sure about that then you may have answered an age old question. Somewhere in my research I found that the 327 and L36 427 air cleaners in 66 were one part no out.......no longer have the number but maybe nailhead can look them up...........I didn't buy the Summit one cause I suspected the snorkel too small. thanx for the info bj
-- Edited by bjburnout on Saturday 30th of March 2013 08:50:06 AM
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......big block, 4 speed, bench seat, it doesn't get much better
I am very sure on that but I must give credit where it is due. 2qwik2c on this site Andrew) knows these cars very well and he is the one who educated me on these air cleaners.
For the record, 396 is different as well, there's 3 choices of snorkel in 66.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
