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71 Roadrunner 383 air cleaner

Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:12 pm
by STROKER340
Just wondering what is the correct color for the air cleaner housing on a 71 383 roadrunner. Is it gloss black, semi-gloss, or black wrinkle finish?

Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:31 pm
by bruce
The original air cleaner on my (then 383) Road Runner was none of the above. It was a hemi-orange dual snorkle with a pie plate. I think the black krinkle air cleaners were on earlier models.

Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:07 pm
by Dave
That orange one was probably from a 72. Correct 71 should be black krinkle. Even my SSP with the 2bbl carb has a black krinkle one (obviously different from a 4bbl).

Black Wrinkle air cleaner

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:25 am
by STROKER340
Thanks alot for the help. Now does anybody know how the vac hoses run on it. These air cleaners have alot of ports on them and i'm not sure where everything hooks up.

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:35 am
by bruce
Whoa, sorry for spreading disinformation! The one on my Runner would have gotten replaced EARLY in the car's life then... It was orange back when I bought it from Lammers in '81. Weird. Oh well, I'll stick with my six barrel--I KNOW what color it's supposed to be! :D