Interesting Herald air filter box on eBay car

[Colin Lindsay]

There's a very nice 1200 saloon on eBay at present and I've noticed an interesting mod to the air filter box; there appears to be two intake tubes one on each sides. Anyone know the car or the reason for this? 

[SpitFire6]

Hi,

 It looks like a hot and cold air feed.

If it has a thermal controlled flap in the filter box, I guess it would be good for cold running emissions. Maybe a Green party owner? 

Cheers'

Iain.

[Pete Lewis]

how about twin spouts to sit in the middle of a flat head vee with a tiny carburettor  ???

 

the hot air pick up to work would need a thermac valve, inside the canister,  and needs  piston or lever to close  a flap   in the cool air intake ,, its all possible

 

 

but not herald vintage 

[Colin Lindsay]

Hi,

 It looks like a hot and cold air feed.

 

Iain.

 

I had considered this; an angled pipe down towards the manifold may help in cold weather, but it would have to be manually set. My first car had this on the air filter. A nice touch, if that's what it is.

[Pete Lewis]

we would still need to close of the cold air so the hot pick up would take over,  i visualise lots or wire and string to get the controls in the dash !!!

and some one needs to knock up a collector to fit the manifold 

 

Hmmmm  !!!!    best to sit in the warm with a cuppa 

[Unkel Kunkel]

Can't recall what a Herald's cleaner normally looks like.

This one reminds me of  the sort of air cleaner  used to see on quite a few sixties cars ?  Mk 1 Cortina ,?Hillman's etc

 

It looks like someone has added a  short pipe  and extended  the original inlet pipe (why?)

 

-I seem to remember that the advice on some cars like the old 105e ford  was to simply turn the air cleaner  around so the  inlet pipe faced rewards in winter to get warmer air from exhaust manifold.

 

By the way, what's that silver vertical  cylindrical" thingy" in the angle between the engine side valance and the rad?

Looks a bit like old  Pyrene fire extinguisher or is it something else? ( If extinguisher perhaps not the easiest to reach if engine/carb fire) or is it a bespoke rad overflow bottle or ...

[Colin Lindsay]

It's a Pyrene extinguisher. (for extinguishing Pyrenes?)

[Pete Lewis]

Never mind the fire look at the bonnet balance spring seems attached to the rad support on a short bkt.

 

as kid we used a old pyrene pump action extinguisher as a water pistol to fight of rebel soap box racers

Happy days

 

pete