Original A212CW AC Air Filters - Page 3

**Mr70** · #21 05-31-2010, 03:58 AM

I've seen that filter on a few recent GMC trucks.

**RPO LS7** · #22 05-31-2010, 11:43 AM

Thanks Rick. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Must have been the environment it was stored in that has given it that aged look.

JohnZ · #23 06-01-2010, 01:24 AM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RPO LS7</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Just curious, has anyone ever seen this type of filter with the print on the inside?

I purchased it a few years ago from a GM dealership out in the boonies, it was hanging up in the attic.

It doesn't have "BEST WAY" or "AC 212CW" imprinted on the ring, however it does have "MADE IN CANADA" stamped in the ring.

Please disregard box as it did not come with one.

Any guess as to what year or even decade it was produced?

Thanks in advance. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/youguysrock.gif[/img] </div></div>

That's a typical later Service replacement with an "expanded metal" outer screen; there were about six different types of the A212CW Service replacements over the years, and none of them were made like the original production-line part.

**RPO LS7** · #24 06-01-2010, 02:38 AM

Thanks JohnZ, yours and Ricks reply is valued and appreciated. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/youguysrock.gif[/img]

R L · #25 10-29-2010, 12:53 PM

FWIW these originals never had formaldehyde in them, oil yes.

**midyr** · #26 10-29-2010, 02:10 PM

I said it in an earlier post and will say it again for what it's worth: many cars were coming from the factory in 1965 with the square mesh solder-dipped element. I was there, up to my elbows in the cars 24-7.

**Fast67VelleN2O** · #27 10-04-2013, 01:49 PM

I figured I would throw this one into the mix (old thread, I know, but just for reference photos). I just picked this one up. No date on the box. Square mesh, "Best Way", non embossed. Me and a few other guys figured this was correct for 1969-1970.

Jeff Murphy · #28 10-04-2013, 06:10 PM

What's the date on the box? There's usually a code on one of the end flaps

**Fast67VelleN2O** · #29 10-04-2013, 07:50 PM

I looked and didn't see a date anywhere.

R L · #30 03-02-2014, 05:24 AM

1973 and later on known dated originals, sellers that lose the box flaps do so for a reason...

All dated originals 69 72 have been diamond and I have a few of those.