Odd Airbox find

[jcu]

A friend of mine was out picking when he came across this, he called and said he found a dual snorkel box missing a snorkel and asked if I wanted it. So I picked it up today, I thought it looked like a 66 Chevy 427 lid but the box is strange. It's got the factory paint, no primer. The one snorkel is just a hole with no signs of ever having a snorkel attached. It's got the round (holly) base hole with 3 other holes and one in the back. Someone dented it to fit a tall distributor. The snorkel is only about an 1-3/4 long, it has no flange and the end retains black paint. It may just be a pile but it came out of a very hot pick. Boss 429 car in the basement hot,surrounded by 428 SCJ motors and rare parts from all makes, mostly ford. It's about 17" across.

[mssl72]

Well, I'm not sure what that would be for. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img] Interesting piece. It's not a '66 Chevy. The bottom of the body isn't flat, contour of the lid and the snorkel mounting aren't correct for '66.

[jcu]

Thanks Mark, it's a mystery to me, the ribs on the lower box look a little fordish the more I look at it.

[jcu]

I've scanned a 1/2 doz books and looked at 1000 pix and cant find anything close. From the size of it I would have to say big block.

[SuperNovaSS]

The ribs and lid look like Pontiac. Check out a Pontiac dual snorkel from the late 60s-early 70s and you will see what I mean.

Jason

[Tracker1]

I agree Jason. The lid and the diameter of the box at nearly 17-inches say Pontiac 1969-72. But maybe an earlier air box with a later lid - that hole might fit a mid-60s Pontiac with Carter carb. Someone has seriously monkeyed with the snorkels. Non GTO - Goat lids were chrome.

[marxjunk]

i dont think its a dual snorkel...i think someone cut up a single snorkel.. it looks like that anyway to me..the round hole in the floor, looks like it is for 71 up carb with the big tower on a Q-jet...but it looks added too..somewhere in the back of my mind..i think its a 68 GTO or firebird some worked on...

[Starship]

It doesn't look like the finish on the lid is the same as the base. Maybe they did not go together.