best place to find air cleaner?

Posted By: ProStDodge

best place to find air cleaner? - 02/05/11 12:11 AM

Trying to find an A-12 base or complete assembly.

I am sure this has been covered before, but a quick use of the "search" function did not come up with any results.

Would prefer original, but if there is a decent re-pop available, I would consider it. Trying to locate one for a friend with a real A-12 project car which is finally getting worked on.

Scott

Posted By: pettyblue440

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/05/11 12:33 AM

http://a12mopar.com/yabb/YaBB.pl

Posted By: DAYCLONA

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/05/11 07:32 AM

Shakerhood.com,...Ben Snobar has an assortment of repro metal aircleaners including the A12 set-up, not OEM Gold, but dam close, have the wallet ready though

Posted By: AB&E

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/08/11 01:50 AM

snobar 1500 nice repop
original excellent shape base only $2200.00 its the real deal
let me know
thanks abe

Posted By: flypaper

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/08/11 04:08 AM

Quote:

original excellent shape base only $2200.00 its the real deal
let me know
thanks abe

do you have any pics????
and a way to give me a warm and fuzzy feeling???
is ab&e your company?
i only say that because you are sort of new around here...

Posted By: flypaper

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/08/11 04:20 AM

this is strange....

on december 12 you said this..

AB&E
member

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also I am new to the 6pk stuff so whata ya mean by halves : sorry never had a 6pack air cleaner in my hand

Posted By: His and Her 69's

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/08/11 05:41 AM

I think 2,200.00 is TOOOO MUCH for an original air cleaner base only.
You should be able to find a Complete system (lid, base, hoses, corners, seal) for that price or less depending on the shape. I know I found one a lot cheaper then that but it took me about 4 months to find a nice one. I found mine here on moparts.
An original one will hold it's value better then the snobar one will.

I say keep looking, a Good deal will come along.
David

Posted By: AB&E

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/08/11 10:45 PM

Quote:

this is strange....

on december 12 you said this..

AB&E
member

Reged: Nov 15 2010
Loc: washington Re: 69 1/2 lift off hood air cleaner???? [Re: AB&E]
#6353167 - Sun Dec 12 2010 12:55 PM Edit Reply Quote Quick Reply

also I am new to the 6pk stuff so whata ya mean by halves : sorry never had a 6pack air cleaner in my hand

This is true and i still do not have one yet I am also waiting but i think for my app I am going fiberglass when time comes. but if I had a real a12 car i would buy snobar which is a nice metal repop or a real deal as I do know where one is.

lots of dough I can buy for $2000.00 just want to make a little dough do not need any more friends ecomomy does not support it

Posted By: AB&E

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/08/11 10:54 PM

also I have been looking for a long time over 4 months & I have not even seeen a nice real a12 base only for sale. and I really do not think u will buy the whole orig setup for less than 2200.00

I can send pics of the base I can purchase if want it is super nice. & I can sale a orig mopar lid that is being reproduced by mopar for $100.00 in mopar box no secret here just good price.

Posted By: mopargem

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/08/11 10:56 PM

Prices have dropped from a few years ago, I paid 16 hun last summer for a complete original set

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Posted By: AB&E

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/08/11 11:05 PM

I'll take it

swap meet or advertised

Posted By: AB&E

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/08/11 11:07 PM

can anyone post diff. from sno bars repop vs orig base???? any major tel tells as the base I have found looks very very nice almost to nice.

Posted By: mopargem

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/08/11 11:15 PM

The carb stud retainers are diamond shaped on originals, the repops are round is the most obvious diff

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Posted By: AB&E

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/08/11 11:24 PM

awesome I could restore that & use it what a ya think??

thanks abe

Posted By: Day2Runner

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/08/11 11:48 PM

real

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Posted By: mopargem

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/08/11 11:49 PM

If you mean mine, sorry it's NFS, after a light blasting and repaint, it's going on my car. I am going to try and reuse the seal since I have heard bad things about the repops. A friend bought this one on eBay for me last year, they do show up every now and then.

Posted By: *440-6BBL*

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/09/11 12:04 AM

I would say there only between 5 and 10 of these orig Air Cleaners that come up for sale every year, I have watched them sell on ebay for the past 10 years or so, prices are all over the map, but always strong.

There will be less and less of them for sale as more make their way onto cars that are being restored.

I'm lucky, I have 2, one for each of my A12s....

Posted By: flypaper

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/09/11 01:19 AM

Quote:

can anyone post diff. from sno bars repop vs orig base???? any major tel tells as the base I have found looks very very nice almost to nice.

if you don't know the differance between a original
or a repop
how do you know what it really is you are telling me you can get????

i'm in the market,i've seen a few deals slip by
other things were more important at the time for me.
i'm ready to jump on the next deal i see

thing is i'm in no hurry so
sooner or later i will hit paydirt

snobar is out of the question for me
i wouldn't give a dime to that crook

Posted By: AB&E

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/09/11 01:20 AM

yah
thats one nice ass a12

so in your opinion what is a fair price in this wonderful economy?

Posted By: AB&E

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/09/11 01:32 AM

Quote:

Quote:

can anyone post diff. from sno bars repop vs orig base???? any major tel tells as the base I have found looks very very nice almost to nice.

if you don't know the differance between a original
or a repop
how do you know what it really is you are telling me you can get????

i'm in the market,i've seen a few deals slip by
other things were more important at the time for me.
i'm ready to jump on the next deal i see
thing is i'm in no hurry so
sooner or later i will hit paydirt

snobar is out of the question for me
i wouldn't give a dime to that crook

we all do now. as pics in post & the one I can buy is a real one.
thanks abe. maybe we can bid against each other on ebay when one of these little jewels pop up as I do not want to pay a lot $$$$$$ for one either.but I think cheap is not going to happen thumb:

Posted By: QuickBpBp

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/09/11 05:31 AM

Quote:

the one I can buy is a real one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Super-Rar...=item3cb1149db6

This one?????

Posted By: His and Her 69's

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/09/11 06:00 AM

AB&E,
Do you have one or not?? I don't care as I have one but just trying to figure out what you are saying.
You say you know of one and can buy it and you will sell but in the next sentence you say you will be bidding on e-bay to get one.
Which is it???
You can buy them reasonable yet in good to decent shape for less then 2000.
David

Posted By: flypaper

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/09/11 06:26 AM

Quote:

Quote:

the one I can buy is a real one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Super-Rar...=item3cb1149db6

This one?????

what do ya know..
a aircleaner flipper without the part in hand

i see a detail or two missing on this one
and his other auction with the distributor is

Posted By: His and Her 69's

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/09/11 06:49 AM

Flypaper,
Be patient and the right one will come along.
Here are 2 photos of the one I got from here on moparts.
It had everything but the lid and air cleaner and came with a New seal and a new tube of adhesive for the seal. It is in Real Nice Shape, looks to be original paint, original drains and hoses, etc.
The guy sold me a Great piece and I am Extremely Happy.
Also I bought it for less then 2000. and the prices were higher at the time when I got it.
Happy Hunting, David
p.s. I have heard good things on the fiberglass one and it's a bunch cheaper if you can live with not having an original one.

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Posted By: His and Her 69's

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/09/11 06:50 AM

Bottom side.

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Posted By: Day2Runner

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/09/11 02:13 PM

I tried to sell mine .but most want to beat me down on my price and would rather me just give it to them cause there doin a"real" A12 I had some knuckle head from south dakato named buddy or guy that I had to tell forget it after he just wouldnt give up he offered me 500 and he thinks hes doin me a favor so before I give it away ill keep it heres what a repop look like for those who dont want to pay for a original

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Posted By: flypaper

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/09/11 04:31 PM

Quote:

Flypaper,
Be patient and the right one will come along.

i have plenty of patience
do you see me buying the one on ebay?

i thought about it for 5 seconds

then common sense took over

the one on the bag scares me off
he has a bogus distributor on another auction
and this aircleaner has a detail or 2 missing
with a fresh coat of paint on it.

i'm not getting a warm and fuzzy here....

day2,
500 bucks for one is a dream and really an insult
to a seller..
i know what the last few for sale have gone for
and i'm willing to make a fair offer around that give or take for one.
how bad do you want to sell it?

i know i will find one sooner or later
so there is no need for me to go crazy
and get something from a ebay to moparts auction flipper like above..

i'm just in a full on hunting and gathering mode
for a bunch of junk i have

Posted By: AB&E

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/09/11 08:05 PM

flipper of all mostly

can not blame a guy for trying to make a buck.
so you do not think the one on ebay is real
I have actually purchased a few parts from this guy
& it was good so far

like I said I have aclone a12 so fiberglass base for me & install drains from sno-bar open hood liiks good just do not let anyone touch it

no harm intendeed just all in a days work

Posted By: flypaper

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/09/11 08:30 PM

Quote:

flipper of all mostly
can not blame a guy for trying to make a buck.
so you do not think the one on ebay is real
I have actually purchased a few parts from this guy
& it was good so far like I said I have aclone a12 so fiberglass base for me & install drains from sno-bar open hood liiks good just do not let anyone touch it
no harm intendeed just all in a days work

give me a brake

your as bad as the guy who see's a car on the side of the road
then you will run a ebay auction for it before you even buy it.

at least have the nads to own the part first

people hang alot on reputation around here
you just put a mark on yours for a few lousy bucks.
so as you say no harm

Posted By: Day2Runner

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/09/11 08:33 PM

the one on E barf has had the tubes removed FYI

Posted By: AB&E

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/09/11 08:37 PM

wow sorry I was just trying to make a few more friends

so whos going to be the proffesional on moparts today you

have fun I do

Posted By: badblack68

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/09/11 09:08 PM

I have the Snobar repop A-12 lid that I bought in a Moparts group buy years ago and never used it. I also have the correct decals from ECS I bought for it. I'd let these parts go for what I paid for them years ago. Unfortunately I don't have a base.

Posted By: flypaper

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/09/11 11:06 PM

Quote:

the one on E barf has had the tubes removed FYI

that was the first thing i noticed on it

Posted By: QuickBpBp

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/09/11 11:42 PM

What is an original A-12 lid going for in nice shape? I actually own it.

Posted By: FJ5_Fish

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/09/11 11:44 PM

I bought an NOS A12/TA-AAR lid a couple of years ago for $200.00 It even had the "notch".

Posted By: fig426

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/10/11 12:18 AM

"do not need any more friends ecomomy does not support it"

Quote:

wow sorry I was just trying to make a few more friends
so whos going to be the proffesional on moparts today you
have fun I do

Wow you're not too bright are you?

Posted By: AB&E

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/10/11 01:35 AM

Quote:

What is an original A-12 lid going for in nice shape? I actually own it.

I could sale it for you

Posted By: AB&E

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/10/11 01:36 AM

Quote:

"do not need any more friends ecomomy does not support it"

Quote:

wow sorry I was just trying to make a few more friends
so whos going to be the proffesional on moparts today you
have fun I do

Wow you're not too bright are you?

yah you east coasters got all the brains

Posted By: AB&E

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/10/11 01:40 AM

Quote:

Quote:

the one on E barf has had the tubes removed FYI

that was the first thing i noticed on it

omg throw it away.

Posted By: AB&E

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/10/11 01:52 AM

well I cant play no more today on my way home from work

& you guys are probably in bed :

it was fun till next time abe. ya gota love it

Posted By: flypaper

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/10/11 02:03 AM

Quote:

Quote:

Quote:

the one on E barf has had the tubes removed FYI

that was the first thing i noticed on it

omg throw it away.

Posted By: flypaper

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/10/11 02:05 AM

Quote:

What is an original A-12 lid going for in nice shape? I actually own it.

id say maybe 150-200 if you got lucky
i think the repops go for a bit less

Posted By: fig426

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/10/11 02:10 AM

Quote:

well I cant play no more today on my way home from work & you guys are probably in bed : it was fun till next time abe. ya gota love it

Richard!

Posted By: 340SIX

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/10/11 05:51 AM

Quote:

I bought an NOS A12/TA-AAR lid a couple of years ago for $200.00 It even had the "notch".

have a picture of that?
Just

Now that I got my snow bar arr/ta base and lid nice and painted I am not going to hack it.

Posted By: His and Her 69's

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/10/11 08:35 AM

I bought a wide lip lid for 80 dollars and I believe it to be a repop lid.
It is like brand new and Nice.
I am Ok with it as I don't know what the difference is between the two.
Just my

David

Posted By: 1_WILD_RT

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/10/11 05:01 PM

OE wide lip lid is much heavier so the repop is like a race version...

Posted By: LYNCHROAD69.5

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/11/11 03:06 AM

Quote:

What is an original A-12 lid going for in nice shape? I actually own it.

I would say between $1600 and $2000 depending upon the condition and what else it comes with (lid). At the height of the market I remember these things going for $2500.

Posted By: JohnRR

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/11/11 02:45 PM

Quote:

Quote:

What is an original A-12 lid going for in nice shape? I actually own it.

I would say between $1600 and $2000 depending upon the condition and what else it comes with (lid). At the height of the market I remember these things going for $2500.

He is just asking about the lid , not the full unit .

Posted By: LYNCHROAD69.5

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/11/11 03:47 PM

Quote:

Quote:

Quote:

What is an original A-12 lid going for in nice shape? I actually own it.

I would say between $1600 and $2000 depending upon the condition and what else it comes with (lid). At the height of the market I remember these things going for $2500.

He is just asking about the lid , not the full unit .

Should probably read things a little closer....thanks, John...let me try this again...$90 to $125 depending upon the condition...the thickness of the metal on the repop ones is just a little thinner.

Posted By: QuickBpBp

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/12/11 03:19 AM

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Should probably read things a little closer....thanks, John...let me try this again...$90 to $125 depending upon the condition...the thickness of the metal on the repop ones is just a little thinner.

It's cool wall art,Anyway I was just wondering....The aftermarket ones are really light compared to oem probably 2/3rds the weight of a real one...Sounds like the A-12 guys are fine with the thinner chinese versions.....

Posted By: LYNCHROAD69.5

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/12/11 05:19 AM

The aftermarket ones are really light compared to oem probably 2/3rds the weight of a real one...Sounds like the A-12 guys are fine with the thinner chinese versions.....

This has been discussed before but never confirmed...do you have a scale to weigh yours?....curious on the weight difference between original and the repops.

Posted By: QuickBpBp

Re: best place to find air cleaner? - 02/13/11 04:02 PM

Never weighed them but hold one in one hand and then pick up the other with your other hand...One is like a box of cereal and the other feels like a box of pancake mix...Not even close....