[DeTomaso] original air cleaner

Forest Majors oldveloce at comcast.net
Wed Feb 4 08:25:08 EST 2009


Barry,

My car, 2242 built Oct 71, with the 4V closed chamber heads had the chrome plated lid and the bottom was blue. It was original to this car.

Best regards,
Forest Majors
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Barry Seib 
  To: DetomasoList ; Pantera007 at provamo.com ; Drew, Mike ; bjbstewart at yahoo.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 1:25 AM
  Subject: [DeTomaso] original air cleaner


  There were at least 3 different factory air cleaners used on the 71-74 Ford
  program Panteras:

  It seems the first type was all plain blue, lid and bottom, and came on the
  cars that had the closed chamber heads, the square bore 4300A Motorcraft
  carb and single point ignition. These were the 1971 models with the 4V
  engines (up to car #2292 ?). The air intake snorkel was at about 8 oclock
  pointing rearward on th left hand side. It looks like a standard Ford air
  cleaner with the postions of things moved around to suit a mid engined car.

  The second type had a chrome plated lid and the bottom was blue. It was
  obviously a modified Mustang/Cougar part. The air inlet is at about 8 oclock
  on the left hand side. It and heat stove are both in different locations
  from the Mustang 351CJ. The standard cut outs are blocked with rivetted
  plates. These air cleaners came on the engines from 1972 that had the 4300D
  and the dual points and 4 bolt mains. Both pre-L and L types in 1972 appear
  to have had this type past car # 4000.

  The third type is the same as type 2, except the air inlet snorkel is
  different and everything is shuffled around to allow a big hose to slip on
  the snorkel and lead down to pick up cooler air near the ground at the
  firewall behind the passenger seat.(1973-74)

  I don't have any information about later cars or European models.

  Foolishly, I have spent money buying Pantera air cleaners and spent a few
  hours to root out the truth in this issue and now that I have the exact
  correct one for my own Pantera, I'm not sure I care any more! I have some
  photos somewhere. Most of this can be documented with the photos in old road
  tests, factory shots, genuine survivor cars and the orange Ford parts book,
  but it is more involved than it first seems.

  Barry





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  I have seen some that had the standard blue top, and some that have the
  chrome
  top/lid.

  Chuck




  In a message dated 2/2/09 13 27 23, detomaso at luleweb.se writes:


  > Which air cleaner was original on a Pantera?
  > Which type of lid?
  > Which air cleaner decal?
  >
  > Which other Ford cars and engine have the same/ similar air cleaner and
  > lids?
  >

  Anders,

  Panteras used the standard air cleaner as fitted to the Mustang etc. of the
  day.   There were slight changes from year to year, as the Mustang changed
  due
  to smog laws etc.

  Mike


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