external oil filter: really needed?

[Tod59]

Hey guys, previous owner installed an external oil filter on my 59 with a six cylinder engine. Is it really needed? Did they come from the factory with these filters? I only drive to local ice cream joint occasionslly, or for a ride out to dinner. Not a daily driver.

[Apachemike]

Option on our trucks. But if it's already there....

[_Ogre]

the alternative is no oil filter and like apachemike said ''it's already there''

[Tod59]

It was leaking, so I took it all apart. Think I got it fixed. Thanks.

[1project2many]

I'd say leave it.

I have a '36 Plymouth that spent most of its life without a filter. I had to drop the pan a couple of years ago and it took a day to clean the garbage out of the pan and block. I installed a filter when I put the car back on the road. I wish you could have seen the garbage that I took out of the filter canister after one summer. It made a heckuva difference.

[_Ogre]

i hate the mess they make when changing the filter :/
if it's leaking out the top gasket, make sure the old gasket is removed
they can get so hard you thing it's cast iron