Batwing air cleaner

[Tom Coscarelli]

Looking for a batwing air cleaner for my 1957 Cadillac 365 motor.
Please email me.
Thank you
Tom Coscarelli

[35-709]

Since there is much confusion in some camps about what is a batwing air cleaner and what is not, I would ask you which air cleaner are you looking for.  The first picture below is a "batwing" air cleaner. The second picture  is a GM air cleaner for your car if it has a single carburetor, OFTEN incorrectly referred to as a batwing air cleaner.

[C.R. Patton II]

Hello Geoffrey

I appreciate you for sharing the explanation and depictions. Thank you very much.

[Mike Josephic CLC #3877]

Just so as not to confuse our friend Tom looking for a "batwing" -- the first one pictured,
which is for dual quads, should be GOLD in color, not black.

Mike

[35-709]

Right!  I just picked those pics off the internet to illustrate the differences between the two.  Thank you for that clarification.

[Tom Coscarelli]

Looking for a batwing air cleaner for my 1957 Cadillac 365 motor.
Please email me.
Thank you
Tom Coscarellli 

Thanks for the reply, just starting the restoration on my 57 Eldorado Biarritz. I bought the car complete without an air cleaner. I am in need of the batwing air cleaner for the two four barrels. 

[Michel Ouellette]

Hi Tom,
Have you try, nosandrestoredcadillacparts.com

Michel

[Tom Coscarelli]

Hi Michel
Thank you so much for the web site you informed me of. 
Truly appreciate the information.

Tom

[Paul Tesone]

Hi Geoffrey - If the photo you posted is for a 1X4 carb air cleaner on a 57 Eldo , what do you think mine is for ? It came with a 57 Eldo I have yet to start restoring and certainly looks original to the car . Could it be that the Eldo air cleaner for 1X4 carbs is different from other 1957 1X4 carb models ?Thanks , Paul Tesone CLC #6876

[Paul Tesone]

I may have just answered my own question . Based on photos of other air cleaners for sale on eBay , it appears that my gold one is , in fact , for a 57 caddy . The air cleaner in Geoffrey's second picture apparently belongs in a 1955 or 1956 caddy . Could someone please confirm or correct me so that I will not be passing along inaccurate information . ... Thanks , Paul Tesone CLC # 6876 .

[35-709]

All I was trying to do is to illustrate the differences between a real batwing air cleaner and a regular, single 4 barrel GM air cleaner (used on Cadillacs and other GM lines) that is often and incorrectly referred to as a batwing air cleaner.  Yes, I know the correct batwing I illustrated is painted the wrong color, point is, it is a batwing air cleaner.  I did NOT say the air cleaner in the second picture is for an Eldo! 

I won't speculate just what YOUR air cleaner is for.

[Paul Tesone]

 Thanks Geoffrey - understood . Paul Tesone CLC #6876

[Roger Zimmermann]

The second air cleaner from the first picture was used some years till 1956.
the gold air cleaner from Paul is a '57 one for an Eldo model, for a single carb. The dual carb was an option on Eldorados for 1957.

[Tom Coscarelli]

I believe if you have a "Q" on the block number that designates the eldo 365 with two carter carborators.
Tom Coscarelli