Holy Batwings

["Rich Barber" <c300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On page 26 of the February (!), 2007 Hemmings Classic Car magazine is a
picture of the batwing or delta air cleaner as installed on a 1956 Cadillac
Eldorado.  305 HP is claimed from 365 cubes.  I understand the batwing was
manufactured by Delco for Cads, Chryslers and some other car (perhaps a
T-Bird?).  Note the fancier fasteners holding the oil bath pots.
Additionally, the Cad batwing appears to have a Cadillac "Vee" on top and
does not appear to be interchangeable with those on the 1955-56 Chrysler
300's. 

According to Hemmings, the Eldorado could be had for 54% more cash than a
Chrysler 300B.  I drove a '56 Eldorado once and it performed very poorly due
to the Rochester carb secondaries getting clogged up from lack of use by the
little old lady that owned it.  I was happy to blow the cobwebs out of it
for her from time to time.  I was not in contact with the owner of the only
1955 C-300 in Des Moines, but would have been happy to provide this service
to him.  

I visited that same Chrysler 300 this summer in Iowa, where it has sat
outside too long and developed serious rot in floors and door posts.  I love
that old car, but decided it was too much to bite off to restore it and find
an engine for it.

C-300'ly,
Rich Barber
1955 C-300 (Blows the doors off of '55 Caddys)