Longchamp Air Cleaner Photos Needed

I will post some pics but I believe it is not modified from the Ford standard.

Wellis! Greetings!

Would very much like to see your pic's! I think this is one of those cases where "your mileage may vary"...perhaps a lot!!!

The Longchamp pic's I have show a unit which was rotated 90degrees CCW, a new clearance "notch" was cut/welded in for dist cap clearance, and the holes for one snorkel and vacuum valves appear to have been closed off, or were not there at all.....(not enuf detail in pics to tell for certain!)

I believe that they started life as a 5.0L/5.8L 4V HO air cleaner with or without dual snorkels!

Cheers!
Steve

My experiance say that there are a few different style of Ford aircleaner boxes used on the Longchamp's
Simon

Mine. Not sure if it’s original but everything else underhood seems to be.

Mark,Steve
I try to make some pic's today , end send it to your Private address .

I have troubles whit post them.

Simon

Mark,
What a sanitary engine bay!!! That air cleaner lid is WAY TOO SHINY to be stock....!

Steve

look on the registry from Chuck on GT5 #9268

This Pantera GT5 has also the aircleaner whit the twisted snorkel.
I have seen this on other Longchamps too.
photo's are following.

Simon

Simon,

Is it possible that DeT used Mercedes Benz air filter units????

Those clippy things on the top look like what I have seen in the wrecking (breaker) yards on the big MB's!! Or is it a Euro Ford thing???

So many questions, so many shiny things to distract one.....

Cheers!
Steve

Stev, maybe MB or Australian Fords?
maybe Chrysler?

I dont know , the twisted piece is produced from plastic.

Simon

FWIW here's a picture om my Longchamp when I bought it

Thanks! That looks like an early version, same as 71-73 "CJ Mustang, or perhaps HO or Boss.....with the auxiliary air inlet on the left side....a "mini-ram-air" so to speak!

I guess the units I am looking for were sourced from 80's Mustangs.....

What year was this Longchamp?

Cheers!
Steve

quote:

What year was this Longchamp?

1978

Steve, the plastic twisted part has a Ford number ; 78-PA-9B627-AB
that is what I found on this part.

the steelaircleaner box whit the ( MB ?) clips has no number.

Simon

Thanks for the numbers guys!

So as late as 78, the LC got a 71-72-73?
Pantera/Mustang style air cleaner.

After that in the 80's, a mid 80's Ford 4V-HO air cleaner body was used....modified or not....

Some late cars also got a Mercedes Benz (MB) base or "inspired" base...as the 4 clips look very MB-ish. Some bases, based on pic's received) look like Ford bases with the clips added....or they simply were MB bases that resembled Ford bases..... jury is still out on that one......

BUT on these MB clip air cleaners, some got straight snorkel of Ford origin, and some got this crazy 90 degree plastic adapter which Simon posts has a Ford number on it!

I am guessing that this piece is an Aussie or Euro Ford piece, as that number format, while Ford like, is different than US books use.

The 78-PA thing is curious...1978? THe PA would likely translate into some model line and perhaps a warehouse sorting code.... The 9B627 is straight out of the Ford doctrines, and the -AB is revision level, also Ford like.


The versions that I seek are the mid 80's crinkle black painted version that typically had a spun natural aluminum lid, with a decal denoting "5.8 LITRE 4V H.O." origin. In the US, this would be a van or truck engine.

The search continues! Interesting stuff!!!

Steve

The silver air cleaner assemblies with the lids held down by clips and the twisted snorkel are sourced from XD and XE Australian Falcons (1979 - 1984). The engines were painted black, the valve covers & air cleaner assemblies were silver. The air cleaners had a "5.8" decal on them. The engines were equipped with Bosch electronic distributors which have a smaller distributor shaft, the Autolite/Motorcraft distributors won't fit.

Well boy howdy!!! That esplains a LOT Lucy!!!

George, thanks for that monster "fill in the blank" bit here!!!!

That explains a couple of things....
1) why the bowls look like they were Ford stampings...similar holes in them for bits and stuff...
2) the odd Ford number on the twisted plastic pieces
3) "when" these may have been used by Ford and by deductive reasoning....when they could be showing up on a Longchamp! (I failed the history test on DeT cars...."when were Longchamps produced!?".... )


I'm going to go out on a limb a little bit and say that the 83-84-85+ Longchamps with the black units, spun alluminium(!) lids, and straight snorkels were sourced from Mustang or Truck/vans with the 5.8L engine. I know these match in some ways, the 5.0L Mustang engines for certain.....just haven't seen any pictures of 5.8 Bronco/truck/van air cleaners yet...!

Cheers!
Steve
Thanks for the input!!!
Steve

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Yep! That's the Mustang one for certain!

Steve

My 85 Deauville aussie engine. Don't know what kind of decal is missing there. It's got the bosch distributor and Thermoquad carburator.

Thanks!

If what George says rings true, that would be one of the Aussie air cleaners!

What a packed engine compartment!
Steve

Espen, its hard to read the decal in this picture, but it originally read "Four Barrel"

Thanks George. That's really something to brag about.

Wow!

That reminds me of the story of the famous Norwegian King, Eric I Haraldsson (also known as Eric Bloodaxe c. 929–934).

It is a little known fact that he had 5 penises.

Legend is that his pants fit him like a glove!



Rocky

PS> Hi Espen!

Hi Rocky,
We didn't learn that in school. But thanks, now I know.