I just acquired a couple black Twin H air cleaners for the 52 Hornet. All I've ever seen are red which I believe to be correct for 52. I was thinking someone painted these black but there's no trace of ever being red. Now I see a picture posted of a 54 with black air cleaners. Fellas, were there any sold that were black?
Thanks, Doug
Doug, Twin H air cleaners were red. The single oil wetted air cleaner was always black. Likely you got a pair of straight 8 air cleaners . Check for the hole diameter at the bottom where it attaches to the carb. 2bbl carbs that used black air cleaners had a larger bore than a WA-1 twin H air cleaner. Likely you had to reduce the hole size on your air cleaners to make them work on a twin H.
Yes, that picture is from my car and they should be red. Someone repainted these black at some time.
That's what I thought. Will have to check the bore Lance. Maybe they were media blasted. Apparently other twin h filters got the black treatment such as Tim's. Must have been a fad. Lol
I almost bought a pair of air filters at a swap meet that were painted like Twin-H filters. Fortunately I checked the size that fits the carb and found they were two barrel air filters.
Lee O'Dell
I'm going to bet these are not Twin H and glad I investigated before doing anything to them and fortunately I don't have anything invested. Will check for sure when I get home to AL next week. Thanks!!
Walt here. Never bed blast an air cleaner as you will not get all the beads out as there is a packing inside that acts as a muffler to quiet the incoming air which can be louder than the exhaust. When you install the cleaner the engine will suck those beads right into the engine and engine can be ruined. Use paint remover and rags. Walt.
Walt is absolutely correct... and do not powder coat them either. There is sound deadening material that will quickly disintegrate with the heat from the ovens.
Do not bead blast or sand blast an air cleaner. There was on national meet where a 1954, I think it was, Hudson was raffled off. In the process of restoring it they blasted the air cleaners. Later grit from that blasting job got into and ruined the engine.
Hudsonly,
Alex B
Had one of these air cleaners on the caddy that had a big dent, so my body shop removed the skin and replaced it. It was aluminum. you can take them apart and repair if necessary.
I've seen similar black air cleaners used on some Studebakers. They look very much like Hudson.
AC in Flint made a lot of air filters for the independents as well as in house GM cars. The other air cleaner producers were United in Chicago , Burgess, Handy, and Donaldson
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