Caddy/olds oil bath conversion

[hillbilly4008]

I've been looking for a real one of these for about a year. Walking through a yard last week i litterally stepped on this one. I put a nice lil dent in the lid. Just the right amount of rust for a rat.

I've been trying to convert it to paper element. I've done my research and read that a STP air filter (sa 326) works best for these because its 5/16 taller than all the ones it cross references with. This eliminates the air gap issue that you would have to deal with if you were to go with a shorter filter.

The problem that i am having now is that i CAN NOT find a aircleaner base that works with the filter and the lid. They say to use a "flat base" but i cant find one. Every time i do a search for "flat air cleaner base" i come up with the ones that have the raised center. Why cant flat base mean FLAT BASE?

If anyone has one, or knows where i can find one please let me know. Has to be 14" OD, and needs to fit a Q-jet, Holley, Edlebrock carb.

 

[Blue Eyed Devil]

Just make one. It would be easy to do...

 

[Old Gold]

I just used an old aftermarket 14" base on mine. It's not flat, don't see why that would make a difference other than distributor clearance. If that is an issue you can get them plastic air cleaner spacers.

 

[hillbilly4008]

The problem im having is that the filter will not fit around the raised part of the base.

I took an old lid and cut the center out of it today, doesnt fit perfect yet. Tommorrow i'll have to ream it out to fit the carb.