I'm so proud of my air cleaner!
Thanks for the positive comments, everybody. Perhaps a very small ray of hope with all the craziness right now. And yes, it was Krylon Fusion 2372 satin black. Nice stuff, eliminates the need to apply a primer coat. Couldn't be happier with the result. Unfortunately, it now makes the rest of my engine compartment look pretty bad. I'd love to detail my engine compartment, but I'd have to pull the motor - which I've never done and don't have the equipment to do. I've added a photo of the air cleaner prior to restoration. I really pondered the orientation of the snorkel, and concluded that the rectangular recess faces exactly to the front. When you do this, the snorkel creates a straight line with the hose for the oil breather in the valve cover. The air cleaner directions decal always seemed to be carelessly applied to the rear of the air cleaner from the factory. There's no way to read it this way as it faces the firewall. So I logically concluded that the design engineers placed a rectangular recess on the front of the air cleaner, which drives the orientation of the snorkel, and that the designers intended for this recess to be the location of this decal. Right up front where you can read it as you face the motor. The exact decal is not available as a repro. They make one that looks very close, but has the wrong part number for the air filter on it. I called them and they say the demand just isn't there for a slant six version of this decal. So I had to bite the bullet and installed the 318 version of this decal. It would take a very keen eye to catch the wrong air filter part number on it. Anyhow, it looks absolutely great in the front recess - very factory looking. Any thoughts out there?
Thanks for the positive comments, everybody. Perhaps a very small ray of hope with all the craziness right now. And yes, it was Krylon Fusion 2372 satin black. Nice stuff, eliminates the need to apply a primer coat. Couldn't be happier with the result. Unfortunately, it now makes the rest of my engine compartment look pretty bad. I'd love to detail my engine compartment, but I'd have to pull the motor - which I've never done and don't have the equipment to do. I've added a photo of the air cleaner prior to restoration. I really pondered the orientation of the snorkel, and concluded that the rectangular recess faces exactly to the front. When you do this, the snorkel creates a straight line with the hose for the oil breather in the valve cover. The air cleaner directions decal always seemed to be carelessly applied to the rear of the air cleaner from the factory. There's no way to read it this way as it faces the firewall. So I logically concluded that the design engineers placed a rectangular recess on the front of the air cleaner, which drives the orientation of the snorkel, and that the designers intended for this recess to be the location of this decal. Right up front where you can read it as you face the motor. The exact decal is not available as a repro. They make one that looks very close, but has the wrong part number for the air filter on it. I called them and they say the demand just isn't there for a slant six version of this decal. So I had to bite the bullet and installed the 318 version of this decal. It would take a very keen eye to catch the wrong air filter part number on it. Anyhow, it looks absolutely great in the front recess - very factory looking. Any thoughts out there?