[SCG] oil filter

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I grew up in Phoenix admiring (and studying) the "Lou Grubb" blue new 69
Monza with 17 miles.  That car had a black oil filter on it and I always
wondered why since I never saw that color in the replacement market.

The explanation below fits.

Mike Downey

 
On Mon, 1 Jun 2015 21:49:02 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Dusty Steinberg via
SCG-list <scg-list at corvair.org> writes:
> 
> From what I was told by a friend that was a service writer for a 
> large Chevrolet dealership, all engines came with the black oil 
> filters, and the black filters were not available after 1960 for 
> replacement stock.  The reasoning behind the black filter coming 
> with the car, was so the dealership would know if the oil was 
> changed.  If it had more than 3000 miles on the engine, and a black 
> filter, they knew that it hadn't.  He said that sometime in early 
> 1961, the black filters weren't available to the parts department, 
> and that they were replaced by another color.  He didn't remember 
> the color, but looking at my oil filter collection, I believe that 
> it was a blue filter.  
> Paul in CT
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Bill Hubbell via SCG-list <scg-list at corvair.org>
> >Sent: Jun 1, 2015 4:53 PM
> >To: "wrsssatty at aol.com" <wrsssatty at aol.com>
> >Cc: "scg-list at tiger.skiblack.com" <scg-list at tiger.skiblack.com>
> >Subject: Re: [SCG] oil filter
> >
> >Pretty sure it was an AC PF-4
> >
> >Oh, wait - you mean WHICH PF-4 - as in color, etc!
> >
> >Yes, I think there was a Comminique article about this - long time 
> ago.  I'll try to look it up when I get back home, might take 
> awhile.  If anybody else knows, please chime in. 
> >
> >Bill Hubbell
> >
> >On Jun 1, 2015, at 11:23 AM, Bill Stanley via SCG-list 
> <scg-list at corvair.org> wrote:
> >
> >Does anyone know what oil filter a '63 came with from the factory?  
> Anyone know which issue of the communique might discuss this?
> >
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >
> >~Bill Stanley
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