Air Cleaner Dating Help Needed

[Neunelfer]

One for the "Collective"...

I have a metal air cleaner housing with a stubby metal snorkle that attaches to the housing with 3 metal clips. Anybody care to put a date on it??

Thanks!

E.

[Robert-Jean]

A picture would help. If it is a three piece air cleaner assembly then it fits Solex carbs. If it is a two piece air cleaner assembly then it fits Weber carbs.

best,

Robert

[preS]

Robert I think what Eric's question is about is the stubby (= short) metal snorkle. Also, I think that a 2 piece can be both weber and zenith.

Richard

[Neunelfer]

There's a couple things that make it unique as I see it:

1. The snorkle assembly attaches with the latch clips, not the two wing nuts.
2. The shorty snorkle, all metal.

This is for sure a Zenith/Weber assembly, not solex. I just can't place the year.

[69S-S/R]

My guess is that this is from a 1966 and someone sawed off the snout. Notice the cut angle, Porsche was more precise when cutting and fitting.
The Shadow knows.

[Neunelfer]

That is SO funny... I had to go out in the garage to check.!!

I N-E-V-E-R noticed that until you mentioned it. I looked at the picture and thought "yeah... that does look a little weird." Ahhhhhhhhh... it is actually worse than the picture. I had it powdercoated and everything and never noticed.

Yup. She's been sawed on. LOL Derpy-Der...

So... 66 cleaner? I'll probably let the new owner source a snorkle for it.

Thanks!

E.

[304065]

Eric, on the top of '66 filter housings there is a brass tag that says "Mann" etc. This has the date stamped into it.

[Fritter]

It's a SWB air cleaner. There should be a date stamp with the month in number format over the last two digits of the year, in a circle, on the bottom somewhere.

I know because I just restored my '68's air cleaner. Date stamp was on the brass spark arrestor also!

Oh, mine had a cut snout also, must have been the thing to do back in the day. I replaced my cut snout with an intact one.

[Neunelfer]

I'll do some hunting. No brass tag for sure.

Film at 11:00

[Neunelfer]

49 over 8.

Thanks much gang.

(who wants it?)