Unidentified filter from 61 Pontiac Ventura

[Provi]

40+ year old oil filter cut open. Filter off a friends 61 Pontiac Ventura, the engine had not been ran since about 1971 and this is the filter that came off of it. Please help me figure out who made this filter

http://youtu.be/kVH7Tev43cQ

 

[rk1407]

Sorry I can't help with the filter ID but where did you get that filter opener. Its slick! Nice vid.

 

[Colt45ws]

Just a guess (~60% confidence) I would say its a Wix. Didnt get a good look at the base end though. The lighting wasnt that great.

 

[OVERKILL]

Looks like a Champ Labs product. Were you able to discern what was stated in the side of the can? It looks like "USK".

 

[ZeeOSix]

No bypass valve (mentioned in the video) because the engine is GM which has the bypass in the block.

Need to cut back some on that OCI ...

 

[Shannow]

Fisk filters were what my Grandad used on the olf IH, I remember the boxes on the beams...38 years ago.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-vintage-fisk-o...w-/120726145745

 

[Provi]

Originally Posted By: rk1407
Sorry I can't help with the filter ID but where did you get that filter opener. Its slick! Nice vid.


http://www.amazon.com/Longacre-77750-OIL...mp;sr=8-2-spell

Originally Posted By: Shannow
Fisk filters were what my Grandad used on the olf IH, I remember the boxes on the beams...38 years ago.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-vintage-fisk-o...w-/120726145745


So my buddy was not making it up when he said Fisk in the video, WOW.

 

[Pete C.]

Looks like a Hastings to me.

 

[JTK]

What strikes me is the SIZE of that filter. I do recall a size larger than the "PH8A", is that it?

This also must have been close to the time they went from the filter element and housing design to the spin-on.

Joel

 

[Jim Allen]

I remember the Fisk Tire stores (they were part of Uniroyal by the '50s and '60s). I also remember Fisk branded parts at KMart in the '60s and '70s.

 

[SS1970chrysler]

Buick first used spin-on for the '59 models, so this '61 is very close.

 

[tightwad]

I vote for Champ Labs. Base plate looks like the non-E-[censored] filter. The picture is kind of an optical illusion. It's not quite as long as it looks. This is the equivalent of a Wix 51049. A little longer than a PF35, but with the B-O-P end plate. I think the AC number was PF11. These are not made anymore. Most companies have replaced this with the AC PF24, Fram PH30 short filter.

 

[Shannow]

Originally Posted By: Jim Allen
I remember the Fisk Tire stores


Yeah, my Gran used to use the "time to re-tire" line when I was a kid (reference the yawning boy Fisk adds).

 

[Shannow]

http://www.artfactory.com/man-caves-big-boy-toys-vintage-signs-genuine-americana-c-292_295.html

 

[ZeeOSix]

http://www.google.com/search?btnG=1&pws=0&q=Fisk+tire+store+ads+images

Many links come up. Hit the "images" on Google toolbar.

 

[Provi]

Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix
http://www.google.com/search?btnG=1&pws=0&q=Fisk+tire+store+ads+images

Many links come up. Hit the "images" on Google toolbar.


Wow thanks, when I search Fisk Oil Filters it ask if I mean fish

Talked to my father(I am 27 he is 63) and he rembers Fisk tires.

 

[Texan4Life]

not bad I would have run it a little longer

lol

thanks for the pic and vid