NOS HiPo Air Cleaner

Wow, check out the BIN price!!!! Pity the owner doesn't ship to Australia, I would have bought it with BIN

RP

Quote from pony65k

Wow, check out the BIN price!!!! Pity the owner doesn't ship to Australia, I would have bought it with BIN

RP

I'll bet he gets it. The value of our kars may be softening but parts keep going up...

Please note that this air cleaner was only used

for very early 65's. Personally, I believe this one

is for a 64 Fairlane and used by Shelby for the Cobra.

The color of the filter seems to be red instead of burgundy.

Maybe Bob Mannel can comment on this one.

/Bo

Bo is correct - this is the early style air cleaner lid - only correct for early 64 1/2 HiPos.

This lid was also used on the Cobra, 63-64 Fairlanes, and some full size Galaxy big block cars.

I'll bet he gets well over $1000 for it, but not sure it will reach $2500 - it will be interesting to see how high it goes.

I will see if the seller will get some detailed pictures for us before it sells. It looks like an early piece. The lower tray has the nipple for the choke heat. This was not used on the HiPos and dicontinued by 1964 production, although Ford prototype pictures showed the nipple being used. The decals for Autolite spark plugs and use FoMoCo parts look correct, but I want to see about the High Performance decal. It might have been added later. Generally, I have not seen these decals until the 1965 production year.

That kind of fading is more typical of carb cleaner. Perhaps the assembly was cleaned in an effort to shine it up.

Determining the transition from round top to flat top air cleaners is difficult. I believe the round tops made it into 65 production, but I don't know for how long. This would be a good topic to get input on from original owners. Perhaps we can nail down the month.

I am in touch with the original owner of my car and recently discussed that with him. The car has the original flat lid assembly with a blue (yes, blue, not gold) base.

SJ car.

12/30/64 scheduled build date.

12/17/64 engine assembly date.

Delivered to the Eagle Rock, CA dealership on Jan. 7th, 65.

65A air cleaner with flat lid and blue base.

I have the round top lid on my Jan 65 Detroit built car. Was on the car when I bought it in 76. could not say if or why it would have been changed.

Quote from round2K

65A air cleaner with flat lid and blue base.

Not sure if that was a typo... do you mean '5A' ?

You are right - that's a typo.

Good information. Keep it coming....

I have a late 65 model year, Metuchen built, low mileage hipo. It has the rounded double hump lid that is normally associated with early cars. The original owner is long gone. The individual that I purchased the car from told me that he did not change anything on it or take anything off of it during his ownership. I have no real way to verify if this unit is "original" to this car or not. I too will be watching this thread to learn more about this. Original owners please contribute your input to this. Thank you.

Quote from fourspeed

I have a late 65 model year, Metuchen built, low mileage hipo. It has the rounded double hump lid that is normally associated with early cars.

Mine is an early (February, 1965) Metuchen built HiPo, and still has the original air cleaner assembly. It is the later style with the "flat" top and a gold base...

I've got an early July 1964 built car and it has the chrome double hump air cleaner on it.