Re: IML: IML DIGEST

["Ken & Tracie" <ktjosephson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Your car may either have not had dual exhaust from the factory, or had its
snorkel replaced by a standard one."

My car is a factory dual exhaust car. No doubt about it. But the previous 
owner stated to me that while it had a dual snorkel air cleaner, it was the 
"1969 style" with the breather port on the air cleaner body rather than the 
on the driver's side snorkel. It had an Imperial pie tin. So either this 
style air cleaner was phased in during the 1968 model year (I also found one 
on a yellow 1968 New Yorker about fifteen years ago, along with a "TNT" pie 
tin, orange engine, etc.) or both the yellow New Yorker and my Imperial 
received a 1969 dual snorkel air cleaner at some point during their 
existence. I am assuming the New Yorker was an actual 375hp engine due to 
the orange color and the presence of C body performance exhaust manifolds. 
All 1968 Imperials I've seen with dual exhaust have/had a blue engine with 
the regular style exhaust manifolds. More on this below.

It seems this is a 1968 with a "1969" style air cleaner pictured here:

http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1968/SpottersGuide/air-cleaner.jpg

Can't tell where the breather port is in this second picture, though both of 
these pictures show the flat front filter body:

http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1968/SpottersGuide/Dual-440-Engine.jpg



As for that dual snorkel thread on the C body page, I have seen several flat 
front dual snorkel air cleaners with the snorkel mounted breather port, 
including two with an Imperial pie tin, selling on eBay. These sell in the 
$250.00 plus range when offered, but the ones with the notch in the filter 
body that also have the snorkel mounted breather port seem to sell for 
considerably less. The flat front "1969" style with the breather port in the 
filter body also sell for less than the flat front ones with the breather 
port in the driver's side snorkel. Go figure.

I asked about the exhaust manifolds because of the parts manual page here:

http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1968/Parts/page.php?page=5

It shows different parts numbers for the dual exhaust engine's exhaust 
manifolds. Yet the manifolds on factory dual exhaust cars look just like the 
ones used on the single exhaust cars. I was curious about the different part 
numbers.

I hope I have clarified my inquiries. I don't wish to be responsible for a 
war erupting between Texas and California Imperialists. ;-)

K. 



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