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Max wedge air cleaners #551840 12/12/09 03:13 PM 12/12/09 03:13 PM
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gtx69 OP super gas G Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,476	Were they painted or cad plated from the factory.How do you tell repo's from the real deal?

Re: Max wedge air cleaners [Re: gtx69] #551841 12/12/09 03:29 PM 12/12/09 03:29 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard
ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington	Painted black, there are differences between repro's and originals but they are pretty minor, I have some originals but no repros to photogragh to compare them side by side.

Re: Max wedge air cleaners [Re: ScottSmith_Harms] #551842 12/12/09 05:56 PM 12/12/09 05:56 PM
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SportF pro stock S Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,212 Minn	Look at the tops to see "spin" marks on the repops. These are circular lines that look a little like a 78 RPM record. These are formed by metal spinning, and this is the best way to tell. On the real thing, if the paint is not to thick, you can see some crooked lines on the top, from stamping, although these are very subtle. 5663413-63mopark.jpg (115 downloads)

Re: Max wedge air cleaners [Re: SportF] #551843 12/13/09 04:43 AM 12/13/09 04:43 AM
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Slim Smitty mopar S Joined: May 2004 Posts: 503 Sooner state	I also thought I had seen chrome MW air cleaners on the Plymouths, with chrome valve covers too. Not sure if it was a one year only deal or if it covered the full 62-64 span. Or if it was just an option. But I do have books showing the chrome package. I'm sure someone here can either confirm this or tell me I'm crazy. - - - - - - - 65 Coronet

Re: Max wedge air cleaners [Re: Slim Smitty] #551844 12/13/09 04:54 AM 12/13/09 04:54 AM
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383man Too Many Posts 3 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,421 Balt. Md	I heard the chrome air cleaners were a 64 only option. Ron

Re: Max wedge air cleaners [Re: 383man] #551845 12/13/09 12:20 PM 12/13/09 12:20 PM
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ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington	1964,65,66 426 Street Wedges had chrome air cleaners & valve covers standard (single 4 barrel,one big air cleaner), to the best of my knowledge niether was available on any year Max Wedge.

Re: Max wedge air cleaners [Re: ScottSmith_Harms] #551846 12/13/09 12:45 PM 12/13/09 12:45 PM
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topside Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,779 A collage of whims	I have no doubt that some guys took their black MW air cleaner lids to a plater and had them chromed. The only race air cleaner lid that appears to have come chrome plated from Chrysler is the oval Hemi 2x4 lid from '64, unless sold over the counter as a dress-up item. As an example, Chrysler sold chromed air cleaner lids for Roadrunner 383s & etc for years. Back in the day, we used to send brackets & such to the platers to dress up the car; it seemed more "professional".

Re: Max wedge air cleaners [Re: ScottSmith_Harms] #551847 12/13/09 12:49 PM 12/13/09 12:49 PM
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Crizila master Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 7,506 Az	Quote: Painted black, there are differences between repro's and originals but they are pretty minor, I have some originals but no repros to photogragh to compare them side by side. Only black in 63 Fastest 300

Re: Max wedge air cleaners [Re: Crizila] #551848 12/13/09 01:27 PM 12/13/09 01:27 PM
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62maxwgn master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,436 Blair County,PA	And a significant difference in weight between both.

Re: Max wedge air cleaners [Re: 62maxwgn] #551849 12/13/09 01:58 PM 12/13/09 01:58 PM
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NicksGarage master Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 4,127 Ramona, CA	Check out this page. http://racehemi.maxwedge.com/topics/air-cleaners.php There is a press photo showing a chrome lid. Don't know if it means anything since the text on it is talking about the bases.

Re: Max wedge air cleaners [Re: NicksGarage] #551850 12/13/09 02:07 PM 12/13/09 02:07 PM
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ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington	Quote: There is a press photo showing a chrome lid. Don't know if it means anything since the text on it is talking about the bases. Cool old pics there but press release photos mean nothing in terms of what production vehicles left the line with. In fact MANY press release photos from the day (from all makes) depicted prototypes of parts and cars that varied allot from actual production line vehicles. The same goes for some of those NOS air filter element photos, NOS over the counter replacement parts often varied from what left the production line on the cars. FWIW the cars used as references in those photos are some of the best restored MW cars on the planet, I've seen them all in person. But as good as they are, they are not 100% exact, for instance, none of them have correct fuel filters (all originals were plastic, not metal).

Re: Max wedge air cleaners [Re: ScottSmith_Harms] #551851 12/13/09 02:17 PM 12/13/09 02:17 PM
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ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington	Here's another advertisement photo from 1962 showing chrome air cleaners & fan, but obviously they never came with blue painted parts either, look closely, the intake lacks the core plugs in the end, may have actually been non functional and made of wood? 5665089-4131962.jpg (113 downloads)

Re: Max wedge air cleaners [Re: ScottSmith_Harms] #551852 12/13/09 02:23 PM 12/13/09 02:23 PM
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ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington	OT - Here's one of the nicer 63 Max Wedge detail jobs I've seen. The owner, Doug Wikfors, really went all out trying to detail it correctly even though it's a clone. Beautiful car he built! 5665104-63MaxWedge.jpg (211 downloads)

Re: Max wedge air cleaners [Re: ScottSmith_Harms] #551853 12/14/09 02:40 PM 12/14/09 02:40 PM
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max super gas M Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,648 USA	a late family friend bought a 1963 MW Dodge new and it had the chrome lids. if i remember correctly he said the chrome lids were sold over the counter. i had those complete air cleaners til 1994 and sold them to his nephew for $50.00 for the pair. i'm still regreating that one since i'm going to need a set in the near future.

Re: Max wedge air cleaners [Re: ScottSmith_Harms] #551854 12/14/09 03:09 PM 12/14/09 03:09 PM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: Here's another advertisement photo from 1962 showing chrome air cleaners & fan, but obviously they never came with blue painted parts either, look closely, the intake lacks the core plugs in the end, may have actually been non functional and made of wood? you are correct. it is made of wood. MoPar did alot of that back in the day for mock-up purposes. they had some cool 383 concept intakes in wood. i always thought 62-63 MW air cleaners were black.

Re: Max wedge air cleaners #551855 12/15/09 01:20 AM 12/15/09 01:20 AM
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Slim Smitty mopar S Joined: May 2004 Posts: 503 Sooner state	Here's an old promo shot I found showing chrome air cleaners, valve covers and other items. I guess they were just concepts or used to look 'better' in promos. I like the black air cleaners and orange valve covers. 5668797-MW.jpg (89 downloads) - - - - - - - 65 Coronet

Re: Max wedge air cleaners [Re: Slim Smitty] #551856 12/15/09 01:23 AM 12/15/09 01:23 AM
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Slim Smitty mopar S Joined: May 2004 Posts: 503 Sooner state	On another topic. Here's a pic of a 64 MW showing a new Tri-Y exhaust manifold design. It's said that these were an improvement over the previous design. I've never seen these other than in original product pics. Were these ever produced? These would certainly look cool under the hood. 5668804-MW03.jpg (97 downloads) - - - - - - - 65 Coronet

Re: Max wedge air cleaners [Re: Slim Smitty] #551857 12/15/09 01:47 AM 12/15/09 01:47 AM
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ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington	They were produced but never installed on production cars, they were built as an experimental NASCAR piece that never quite made it into production....Close though, some 64 cars have clearancing for them. 5668828-1964MaxWedgeTri-YPassengerSideManifold.jpg (101 downloads)

Re: Max wedge air cleaners [Re: ScottSmith_Harms] #551858 12/15/09 01:49 AM 12/15/09 01:49 AM
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ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington	Drivers 5668833-1964MaxWedgeTri-YExhaustManifoldsDrivers.jpg (97 downloads)

Re: Max wedge air cleaners [Re: ScottSmith_Harms] #551859 12/15/09 01:50 AM 12/15/09 01:50 AM
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ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington	Pretty crazy looking eh? 5668835-MaxWedgeTri-YRear5.jpg (103 downloads)

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