He's probably thinking of the 6 cyl. It had the bypass filter bolted to the
manifold. If the V8 had no filter at first, it probably had the bypass
mounted somewhere.
Bob B
At 10:16 PM 3/3/2003, you wrote:
> > If a bypass filter is acceptable to you and originality is not too
>important, a
> > lot of older vehicles used them until the end of the dark ages. One that
>comes
> > to mind is the 55 Chevy. The unit could mount just about anywhere there is
>room
> > and, for your convenience, the top removes to change the element. I'm sure
> > elements for these are readily available and cheap.
>
>Bill,
> I hope you aren't talking about the V8 that was introduced in '55. The
>small block chevy had NO FILTER at all in its first year. Starting in '56
>it had the full-flow oil-filter system. You all know the 350 was originally
>a 265 CI, right? (Just thought I would throw in some trivia recently
>learned! ;-)
>
>Kirk
>
>NB- Bill, actually I assume you are talking about a different engine
>altogether...
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