Gary,
If you don't see the canister above and rear of the distributor, it doesn't have one. It's just a bypass filter and is commonly thought to be just a little better than no filter at all. I suspect W.M. will jump in here and tell you about his high-flow bypass set-up or you might consider watching for my Full Flow conversion available in the near future.
www.vintagefullflow.com
This will be interesting.............
Frank

E-mail Walt Mordenti at hetwaltmordenti@aol.com, drop the het as that is there to fool the spamers. I will sent you a photo for location and looks. Walt.

Frank - looked at your project. Looking forward to seeing more. I was close when I mentioned taking off the oil pump cover!

Walt - you seemed to be very knowledgable and I would like to get the same life out of my Hudson as you have got from yours. When I drained the oil I saw what looked like some silvery relics of an oil additive (maybe some old slick 50). I was hoping to just drain the oil and refill. Do you think I should drop and clean the oil pan? Oh the things we find en route to fixing other things! Thanks. Gary

Did you receive my 2 messages? Walt

Gary- Oil filters were usually accessories that cost extra, my Wasp didn't have one so I added a partial flow unit. They were all basically the same, either Fram #4 or #3 filter element. Mine was from a Studebaker; I cleaned and painted it in "Fram" orange and black.

Bruce,

My Pacemaker did have the oil filter installed, but I did the same thing. Just look at any number of pictures of these engines and you can see where they are installed. usually with a bracked using head bolts on the driver side closer to the firewall. Naturally, kind of hard to mount it on the side with the intake/exhaust manifold.

Thanks for the assistance. I feel less foolish now that I understand why I could not find something that was not there. Will be putting on a filter. Gary