Fit on the left
Fit on the right
Oh this looks good!
You may ask why I didn't weld completely 360 degrees around? Well, for one, the stock air cleaner bases are not made that way, or at least SOME of them are not....and there are tiny little gaps and holes....so I decided to go with that theme....besides, they won't let all that much air in.....and if they bother me, any offensive gaps or holes will get a blop of JB weld before it goes off for powder coating!
What's left to do? Plenty!
I need to bead blast the entire air cleaner body inside and out, to prep it for powder coat. (crinkle black!)
Also do the lid. Not sure how the rubber seal in the lid will hold up to baking in a powder coating oven! May need to figure out how to remove it without destroying it!!!
For now, I'm going to use the stock Ford lid.... It will work. If I decide to have a more stock looking lid made up, I will need to get much more adventurous and have someone spin me something up! But that is an entirely different subject...and I'm not going there now!!!! This project has sucked up a LOT of my time. Now I know why stock air cleaners are worth so much!!! Because they are!!! The fact that this one is totally custom, yet will look somewhat original, will be enough to fool most of the critics....!
More when I get it back from the powder coater!
Ciao!
Steve