Original A212CW AC Air Filters

[m22mike]

Originally Posted by Rixls6

So, if a 6/69 built 69 Chevelle has the square mesh originally, might there have been both styles of filter used in the 69 model year, square and diamond mesh?

Back when I posted that photo of the air cleaner on Grady's Blue COPO Chevelle I figured it was the original air cleaner. In later talking to Grady in general about these air cleaner types he could only confirm that this one was on the car when he bought it as a used car.
So it is possible it my not be the born with one ? But it looks good with the rest of the patina.


Mike

[JohnZ]

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Our 68 L72 Impala has the original A212CW filter, which the original owner saved when he installed the cowl plenum air cleaner. It is square mesh, but the wire goes on a diagonal (45* angle) unlike any NOS ebay filters I have ever seen, early issue or late. It has the screen print just like the one Rixls6 posted, and element is very oiled down. Also, in Hi-Perf Cars mag in 1968 they did a test of the "Street Racers Special" 68 L72 Biscayne and there is a closeup of the engine, showing this same filter with the diagonal wire. The car hadn't been to Motion at this point. The Biscayne the Impala were both built at Tarrytown, NY cars built in Late November, 1967. I'd get a picture on here, but I am away for school.
Steve

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That's exactly the A212CW element outer screen we expect to see in NCRS '67 Corvette judging - square mesh, oriented diagonally, of solder-dipped round wire. $2K is a common asking price these days for originals. Photo below.

[Tarrytown SS427s]

That's exactly the A212CW element outer screen we expect to see in NCRS '67 Corvette judging - square mesh, oriented diagonally, of solder-dipped round wire. $2K is a common asking price these days for originals. Photo below.





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That's the one. Wow 2K for a filter..Sweet! I'm gonna hang onto this one.
Steve

[67L78conv]

So since everyone is on the subject, exactly which one would be considered correct for a 67 L78 Camaro form a judging point of view?

[Tommy_Mathison]

I have a question for those who have been around longer than I have. Was the oil-saturated filter paper in these elements yellow when they were new or is the yellowing something that comes with age?

[midyr]

I worked on these puppies in dealers back in the mid 60s when they were new, said it somewhere in the Forum before and will again: Initially cars were coming off the truck with the solder-dipped diagonal mesh filters, although occasionally we would see the solder-dipped square mesh, and if ordered from the parts dept a solder-dipped square mesh would arrive; then at some point I cannot precisely remember, everything began to arrive with solder-dipped square mesh. For anyone really interested in getting it right, bottom line from somebody who was there, is that 1965 through 67 either diagonal or square mesh were original and are correct, provided they are solder-dipped. When new, the paper was very slightly yellowed, with age the yellowing darkened.

Lance Hill

[JohnZ]

Here's another distinguishing feature of a production-line 1967 A212CW; the overlap joint of the screen was very uniquely done - reproductions and later service replacements weren't done this way. Photo below is of an original '67 element.

[Rixls6]

Here's an ac212cw still in the old original box. It's been on a shelf since the 70's from the appearance of the box.

[70 Forest Green Zee]

Hey Rick... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/Can-I-Have-It.gif[/img]

[RPO LS7]

Just curious, has anyone ever seen this type of filter with the print on the inside?

I purchased it a few years ago from a GM dealership out in the boonies, it was hanging up in the attic.

It doesn't have &quot;BEST WAY&quot; or &quot;AC 212CW&quot; imprinted on the ring, however it does have &quot;MADE IN CANADA&quot; stamped in the ring.

Please disregard box as it did not come with one.

Any guess as to what year or even decade it was produced?

Thanks in advance. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/youguysrock.gif[/img]