Help! I've never seen this on an air cleaner! what the heck?

supercommando · Aug 12, 2019

Attached are some pictures of a 1966 single snorkel air cleaner. No biggie, right? Well, I happened to notice one day something I have never seen on a Mopar air cleaner and I have seen many. Under the top there is some blue lettering. The only way I could imagine it could bend corners and such is if it was silk screened on the flat sheet before it was formed (stamped / pressed, whatever you want to call it).

From what I can see, and parts of the lettering are difficult to decipher, it reads:

ARMCO
V
______
Long
Ternes
4 66 DQ
4 8 SK
______

I have attached pics. Long Ternes = Matte finish? 4 66 = April 1966? The rest.... no clue. Please help if you know! Thanks!

twecomm · Aug 12, 2019

That would be Armco Steel, Stands for "American Rolling Mill Company" Many companies printed name and other info on material while in the flat, provided it was not raw steel. It's probably a special alloy steel suitable for deep forming like that piece is shaped.
Armco was one of the large steel companies of the day supplying the automotive industry. They were originally located in Middletown Ohio. They have been acquired / merged many times throughout the years. I believe that they are now known as / part of AK Steel Co.

Daves69 · Aug 12, 2019

Looks like they were a sheet metal supplier.
http://www.vintagepaperads.com/assets/images/CF0747.jpg

I see some repop tank stencils for GM and Ford stuff. How to tell fact from fiction on your cleaner I don't know, but I'm guessing you'll see some stretching of the lettering on original..….

https://www.yearone.com/Catalog/196...stripes-.-decals/fuel-tank/fuel-tank-stencils

http://www.concoursmustang.com/forum/index.php?topic=3765.0

R413 · Aug 12, 2019

That’s is a very clean air cleaner so you can see that writing on it. I have seen this before.

Also notice the metal is plated so it will resist rust. They do rust wilh age and sitting out and then they get blasted as part of restoration but then they rust very easily.

moparnation74 · Aug 12, 2019

Third post on the same topic? Will there be a fourth?

Aarons Air · Aug 12, 2019

supercommando said:
Attached are some pictures of a 1966 single snorkel air cleaner. No biggie, right? Well, I happened to notice one day something I have never seen on a Mopar air cleaner and I have seen many. Under the top there is some blue lettering. The only way I could imagine it could bend corners and such is if it was silk screened on the flat sheet before it was formed (stamped / pressed, whatever you want to call it).

From what I can see, and parts of the lettering are difficult to decipher, it reads:

ARMCO
V
______
Long
Ternes
4 66 DQ
4 8 SK
______

I have attached pics. Long Ternes = Matte finish? 4 66 = April 1966? The rest.... no clue. Please help if you know! Thanks!

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There is an Armco steel company in middletown ( south of Dayton), Ohio. It looks like one of their old markings.

Aarons Air · Aug 12, 2019

https://images.app.goo.gl/7VQLjKghbPnTcn6j9

moparedtn · Aug 12, 2019

moparnation74 said:
Third post on the same topic? Will there be a fourth?

Agree. Why start so many threads on the same subject?

toolmanmike · Aug 12, 2019

moparnation74 said:
Third post on the same topic? Will there be a fourth?

Going to merge all of them in a minute. WTF?

supercommando · Aug 12, 2019

moparnation74 said:
Third post on the same topic? Will there be a fourth?

No harm meant. I'm new to this.

moparnation74 · Aug 12, 2019

supercommando said:
No harm meant. I'm new to this.

It’s no worry...hopefully you can find your answer

supercommando · Aug 12, 2019

twecomm said:
That would be Armco Steel, Stands for "American Rolling Mill Company" Many companies printed name and other info on material while in the flat, provided it was not raw steel. It's probably a special alloy steel suitable for deep forming like that piece is shaped.
Armco was one of the large steel companies of the day supplying the automotive industry. They were originally located in Middletown Ohio. They have been acquired / merged many times throughout the years. I believe that they are now known as / part of AK Steel Co.

Thanks so much for the info! Would be so cool to have a "flat". Any thoughts on figuring out any of the other markings?

supercommando · Aug 12, 2019

Daves69 said:
Looks like they were a sheet metal supplier.
http://www.vintagepaperads.com/assets/images/CF0747.jpg

I see some repop tank stencils for GM and Ford stuff. How to tell fact from fiction on your cleaner I don't know, but I'm guessing you'll see some stretching of the lettering on original..….

https://www.yearone.com/Catalog/196...stripes-.-decals/fuel-tank/fuel-tank-stencils

http://www.concoursmustang.com/forum/index.php?topic=3765.0

Thanks for the reply. This isn't a highly sought-after air cleaner so I'm just thinking it got very little use. I've seen highly desirable air cleaners in pristine condition and haven't seen that stenciling before so I'm thinking that's because of time and abrasion from rushing air. There's not a scratch or a dent or a ding on this air cleaner and there's a tiny bit of light dust rusting on the inside bottom inch so I'm thinking this is a completely unrestored air cleaner that saw very little use if any.

Cranky · Aug 12, 2019

There was a Armco Houston Works too but don't recall seeing any sheet metal made there. I worked in the labor gang on graveyards for nearly 2 years and worked in dang near every shop they had and ended up permanent in the Wide Flange mill. Also worked in the Roll Shop (for forming/rolling the hot steel into shape) for 6 months and did some stenciling. Messed up one night and stenciled a roll where the ARMCO name showed up backwards on the finished piece.

Never heard anything about it though.

supercommando · Aug 12, 2019

Cranky said:
There was a Armco Houston Works too but don't recall seeing any sheet metal made there. I worked in the labor gang on graveyards for nearly 2 years and worked in dang near every shop they had and ended up permanent in the Wide Flange mill. Also worked in the Roll Shop (for forming/rolling the hot steel into shape) for 6 months and did some stenciling. Messed up one night and stenciled a roll where the ARMCO name showed up backwards on the finished piece. Never heard anything about it though.

Thanks. These air cleaners would have been formed from flat to final form how exactly? I'm excluding the snorkel and spot welded air diversion flap(s)..

BSB67 · Aug 12, 2019

The Armco long terne (tin/lead) hot dipped coating was made at the Middletown Works, Middletown Ohio.

AK Steel is arguably the original Armco, and is only one of 2 American owned domestic integrated steel companies remaining and continues to meet and manage all of its historic obligations and liabilities.

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