[SCG] oil filter

Tue Jun 2 19:53:11 EDT 2015

The two I have are NIB - "New" In Box.  Well, one of the lids is off the 
box.
Later, JR

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From: "Mark Corbin via SCG-list" <scg-list at corvair.org>
To: "'shortle'" <shortle556 at earthlink.net>; "'hank kaczmarek'" 
<kaczmarek at charter.net>; <air_cooled63 at yahoo.com>; <modquad at juno.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 6:48 PM
Subject: Re: [SCG] oil filter

> Expect all of them to be at least slightly used.
>
> -Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shortle [mailto:shortle556 at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 6:24 PM
> To: hank kaczmarek; Mark Corbin; air_cooled63 at yahoo.com; modquad at juno.com
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> Subject: Re: [SCG] oil filter
>
> So if the black oil filters were only available from the factory on new 
> cars and not sold to the public, how are they now in our hands?(I have 1 
> in my parts stash but not sure how I got it).
> Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado 81301
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: hank kaczmarek via SCG-list <scg-list at corvair.org>
>>Sent: Jun 2, 2015 3:15 PM
>>To: Mark Corbin <airvair at earthlink.net>, air_cooled63 at yahoo.com,
>>modquad at juno.com
>>Cc: wrsssatty at aol.com, whubbell at verizon.net,
>>scg-list at tiger.skiblack.com
>>Subject: Re: [SCG] oil filter
>>
>>You're right Mark. Talked to a GM Service writer who went to Detroit in
>>1959 for the original mechanics school on the Corvair ( with Richard
>>Jenkins of the Charlotte (Queen City) club.) Black filters only came
>>from the factory.  Not stocked for dealer parts rooms.  For the reasons
>>discussed here previously.
>>
>>Best Regards
>>HANK
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Mark Corbin via SCG-list
>>Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 12:19 PM
>>To: air_cooled63 at yahoo.com ; modquad at juno.com
>>Cc: wrsssatty at aol.com ; whubbell at verizon.net ;
>>scg-list at tiger.skiblack.com
>>Subject: Re: [SCG] oil filter
>>
>>The factory never sold the black filters over the dealer counter. They
>>were strictly an in-house item, as far as I know.
>>
>>-Mark
>>
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>>From: SCG-list [mailto:scg-list-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of
>>air_cooled63--- via SCG-list
>>Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 8:43 AM
>>To: modquad at juno.com
>>Cc: wrsssatty at aol.com; whubbell at verizon.net;
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>>Subject: Re: [SCG] oil filter
>>
>>Just wondering if a new Corvair had engine work done at the dealership
>>requiring oil and filter change before Sold to a customer, I'm a
>>summing a black filter would not be installed.
>>Jerry
>>
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>>Mike Downey via SCG-list <scg-list at corvair.org> wrote:
>>
>>>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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