Re: Air filter for Model A
FWIW:
When I first got my Model A Coupe in 1958 from a renowned mechanic, it had a tin can with punched 16d nail holes in it which was wired to the throat of the carburetor.
Inside the tin can was a copper/bronze Brillo pad soaked in oil whereby the former owner, told me to wash it in kerosene every now & then.
Every time I washed it, it was very dirty & loaded with dirt.
The engine had so little compression it would rotate several revolutions after turning the switch off.
In about 1960, many local rural & small town mechanics I knew over 50 years old, (born around 1910), related, when questioned, their same experiences about air filters for vintage cars traveling on rural gravel roads, i.e.,
a. With no air filters, all vintage cars averaged about 8,000 miles prior to having a smoking engine requiring a ring job;
b. About 40,000 miles was averaged after the oil bath filters were provided on cars;
c. But it wasn't until the pleated paper air filter was provided that cars attained over 100,000 miles without smoking & requiring a ring job.
However, all agreed on later having more paved roads with less dust, engines lasted somewhat longer before they began smoking.
1. Some people eat what is scientifically known today as healthier food, they exercise some, & stay healthy doing things they did when young way into their 80's; &,
2. Others choose & eat cheaper junk food, don't exercise, get lazy & become couch potatoes, & later resort to riding in battery operated shopping carts with hanging pot bellies at Wal-Mart.
3. I respect both types of people who make their own choices because we are all blessed with free wills in a free country to do whatever "we" want; &,
4. In my opinion, there is not too much difference between "vehicle" maintenance & "human body" maintenance -- both maintenances are a little more expensive, require a little more time, & in the end are just individual choices that we all make for better engine health & human health. LOL
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