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School me on 1970-71 Air Grabbers!
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07/11/15 12:41 PM
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I'm looking at putting a 1970 or 71 style Air Grabber assembly into a hood and wanted some input....are both years Vacumn activated? Can it be set up to operate via a cable? Any input appreciated.
Tnx, Bryan.
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Re: School me on 1970-71 Air Grabbers!
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Yes, both years operate by combination of vacuum/electric circuitry. A cable system is possible, I did it on a different '70 GTX than the one I own now many years ago using the same cable that was used on the '69 setup, which is simply the cable for the passenger side fresh-air cabin vent. It was rather crude, today I would have the skills & tools to do a much better job than the "meatball surgery" I did then! An aftermarket choke cable would probably work better & would undoubtedly be cheaper these days. Finding all of the correct pieces to do the factory vacuum setup would likely be time consuming & costly, so unless you're wanting a factory look I'd go with the cable.
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Re: School me on 1970-71 Air Grabbers!
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Just noticed the sig pic in your post is a '70 Dodge. On those the fresh air system was called "Ramcharger" & in '70 was cable activated, same as '69. So while I suppose that you know your stuff & are actually talking about the Plymouth Air Grabber, I just wanted to be sure. In '71 Dodge used the vacuum system.
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www.wwnboa.org if you're interested in '62-'74 B-Bodies
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Re: School me on 1970-71 Air Grabbers!
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I'm actually looking to put one in my Dodge RAM hood.......
Bryan.
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1970 Super Bee. Big blk 4 speed car. 1973 Dodge Dart Sport 340 4 speed car. 1985 Dodge Ram D-100 /6 auto. Original paint 1990 Dodge Ram D-150 V-6 5 Speed. Original paint 1995 Chrysler LHS V-6 auto. Original paint 2014 Ram 1500 R/T 5.7 Hemi...!
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