WTB '68 Stock 327 4-barrel Air Cleaner - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

stllookn · 01-22-2007, 03:00 PM

Yep...got the wrong one at the swap meet and I would like to have a stock original. Bad paint is fine since I will be repainting it anyway.

Bob Moore · 01-22-2007, 03:14 PM

I have a very early one just down the road here in T-Town. Do you know what they look like/what they don't look like? Let me know the details here or by PM.

Bob

stllookn · 01-22-2007, 03:29 PM

Bob, Here is a picture of the engine with it mounted. The snout is very skinny. There is an original 327 posted in the truck forum with some shots of the engine from a different angle and it appeared to have the same air cleaner.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=224159 This '68 does not appear to have the correct aircleaner...it has the heat vent mechanism on top.

BTW...you still have my fiber optic units for the shift indicator? It's only been a year...LOL!!!!!!

Bob Moore · 01-22-2007, 05:22 PM

Mine has a VERY skinny snout - long and skinny. No heat stove provisions anywhere and NO emission devices or holes. I got this from a 68 BB GMC C20 or 30. Don't know if it original or not.

Yes - I still have 3 fiber optics with your name on them.

stllookn · 01-22-2007, 06:15 PM

Bob, I just finished looking in the '68 factory manual and it says that the '68 had three different types of air cleaners, paper/oil, paper/oil/foam and oil bath. The shop manual shows nearly 15 different configurations on V-8's and I-6's. Most of the ones that are close show a heat stove arrangement with vacuum actuator on top to ensure 80 - 100 degree air entering the engine. In retrospect I see why I picked the unit I did. It looks pretty close but it still rattles and pisses me off...LOL!

OK...I just noticed that the picture above, from the truck brochure, shows air injection that was not on my 3/4 ton. It might have been on the 1/2 tons but not the 3/4 and 1 ton trucks. I recall my C30 (now oldiron's...boo hoo) did not have injection.

Bob Moore · 01-22-2007, 09:51 PM

Yes - as I compared mine to the pictures you posted, I came to the conclusion that mine is a little earlier. The snout is almost 90 degree to the side. It has a partial AC foil sticker stating "A392C" filter. Sorry.

Would like to figure it out (application wise). Any hints, anybody?

TIA - Bob

01-22-2007, 03:00 PM	#1
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	WTB '68 Stock 327 4-barrel Air Cleaner Yep...got the wrong one at the swap meet and I would like to have a stock original. Bad paint is fine since I will be repainting it anyway. __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

01-22-2007, 03:14 PM	#2
Bob Moore Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Tacoma WA Posts: 1,365	Re: WTB '68 Stock 327 4-barrel Air Cleaner I have a very early one just down the road here in T-Town. Do you know what they look like/what they don't look like? Let me know the details here or by PM. Bob __________________ 67 C-20 LWB, tilt, speed alert, vac, 454, T400 67 C-10 SWB, factory air with more to follow

01-22-2007, 03:29 PM	#3
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	Re: WTB '68 Stock 327 4-barrel Air Cleaner Bob, Here is a picture of the engine with it mounted. The snout is very skinny. There is an original 327 posted in the truck forum with some shots of the engine from a different angle and it appeared to have the same air cleaner. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=224159 This '68 does not appear to have the correct aircleaner...it has the heat vent mechanism on top. BTW...you still have my fiber optic units for the shift indicator? It's only been a year...LOL!!!!!! Attached Images __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary) Last edited by stllookn; 01-22-2007 at 03:37 PM.

01-22-2007, 05:22 PM	#4
Bob Moore Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Tacoma WA Posts: 1,365	Re: WTB '68 Stock 327 4-barrel Air Cleaner Mine has a VERY skinny snout - long and skinny. No heat stove provisions anywhere and NO emission devices or holes. I got this from a 68 BB GMC C20 or 30. Don't know if it original or not. Yes - I still have 3 fiber optics with your name on them. __________________ 67 C-20 LWB, tilt, speed alert, vac, 454, T400 67 C-10 SWB, factory air with more to follow

01-22-2007, 06:15 PM	#5
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	Re: WTB '68 Stock 327 4-barrel Air Cleaner Bob, I just finished looking in the '68 factory manual and it says that the '68 had three different types of air cleaners, paper/oil, paper/oil/foam and oil bath. The shop manual shows nearly 15 different configurations on V-8's and I-6's. Most of the ones that are close show a heat stove arrangement with vacuum actuator on top to ensure 80 - 100 degree air entering the engine. In retrospect I see why I picked the unit I did. It looks pretty close but it still rattles and pisses me off...LOL! OK...I just noticed that the picture above, from the truck brochure, shows air injection that was not on my 3/4 ton. It might have been on the 1/2 tons but not the 3/4 and 1 ton trucks. I recall my C30 (now oldiron's...boo hoo) did not have injection. __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary) Last edited by stllookn; 01-22-2007 at 06:31 PM.

01-22-2007, 09:51 PM	#6
Bob Moore Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Tacoma WA Posts: 1,365	Re: WTB '68 Stock 327 4-barrel Air Cleaner Yes - as I compared mine to the pictures you posted, I came to the conclusion that mine is a little earlier. The snout is almost 90 degree to the side. It has a partial AC foil sticker stating "A392C" filter. Sorry. Would like to figure it out (application wise). Any hints, anybody? TIA - Bob __________________ 67 C-20 LWB, tilt, speed alert, vac, 454, T400 67 C-10 SWB, factory air with more to follow

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