hermanangus Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 (edited) Hi , as I have looked at different First Gen Motor Bay pics I have noticed a couple of different things sometimes attached in front of the washer fluid reservoir on the drivers side inner fender. This one was particularly interesting. Any thoughts? My Car(Second Pic) seems to have the holes drilled to mount one of these things. Edited January 19, 2018 by hermanangus addition (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin63 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 My horn relay in in that general area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Are you referring to the vacuum storage canister? Every 63 was equipped with one. Or is it something else you're asking about. Is that your car? Look at this pictures of a 63 Riviera engines and you'll see that the air cleaner is painted an orangish red and there's a decal that goes on the lid. 63s also had a round silver decal of a wildcat on the snorkle. This particular car does not have a/c. But the air cleaner is oriented correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanangus Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 Hey, the second pic is of my car, a 64 dual 4 barrel . The first one just came off line. I was just curious because I did not recognize the vacuum tank, and my car has the mounting holes. Thanks for the reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Same inner fender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivdrivn Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 On 1/19/2018 at 6:10 PM, RivNut said: Same inner fender. Yeah, same inner fender. I feel compelled to mount something there too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 On 1/19/2018 at 1:10 PM, RivNut said: Are you referring to the vacuum storage canister? Every 63 was equipped with one. Or is it something else you're asking about. Is that your car? Look at this pictures of a 63 Riviera engines and you'll see that the air cleaner is painted an orangish red and there's a decal that goes on the lid. 63s also had a round silver decal of a wildcat on the snorkle. This particular car does not have a/c. But the air cleaner is oriented correctly. Nope, not every 63 did. The one I had did not. The spots in the inner fender for the mounting holes were not punched out. This was an original car I bought from the original owner who had bought it in either Sept/Oct 62. I'm sure it was a very early production model. I had always thought the tank was for A/C equipped cars since mine was not, but I guess this was not true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 The picture I posted is of an early production 63 without air. You can tell it's an early production model by the size (small) dent in it. It was later enlarged to make room for the bell of the larger of the two four note horns. I've never seen a 63 without a canister on the inner fender. Do you have a picture of that car's engine compartment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 (edited) 14 minutes ago, RivNut said: The picture I posted is of an early production 63 without air. You can tell it's an early production model by the size (small) dent in it. It was later enlarged to make room for the bell of the larger of the two four note horns. I've never seen a 63 without a canister on the inner fender. Do you have a picture of that car's engine compartment? Here you go. It also had the large horns mounted to the bottom of the hood which can barely be seen in the photo. Edited January 22, 2018 by Bleach (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 5 minutes ago, Bleach said: Here you go. It also had the large horns mounted to the bottom of the hood which can barely be seen in the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I often regret selling the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 The tank may only be on AC cars or ones with vacuum door locks. Remember there were a lot of Tom McCahill fans buying those cars and they would keep their foot into it pretty deep. And drop the AC. I live about 6 miles beyond the end of the expressway. When I get on there is a stoplight and two miles of straight road. On a hot day you feel the dash vents open and full hot air flowing about 5 seconds after the light turns green. I back off about 85 and everything goes back to normal. That's with the B-body Roadmasters and Impala. Makes me smile, though. Bernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telriv Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 If I remember correctly the vacuum tank was hooked up to the power brake booster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 No power door locks, electrical or vacuum, on a '63. In '64 Buick went to a small plastic vacuum canister that was mounted on the passenger's side inner fender. The picture that I posted in #7 is a car with a vacuum canister and no air conditioning. Power brakes were not an option on the Riviera in '63; they were standard equipment and Tom T. is correct, the canister was hooked to the power brake booster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telriv Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 That vacuum canister your talking about Ed is for the HVAC unit only. It has, as far as I know, NOTHING to do with supplying vacuum for anything else. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexRiv_63 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 My 63 was an early production A/C car and had the tank, my recollection is that it was hooked to the brake booster. When I installed the Vintage Air system I deleted the tank but kept it not knowing if it would affect the brakes. It turned out to have no effect on brakes but then I deleted all HVAC vacuum requirements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Perhaps it's a storage canister so that you'd have vacuum for the booster should your engine suddenly die. ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexRiv_63 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 22 hours ago, RivNut said: Perhaps it's a storage canister so that you'd have vacuum for the booster should your engine suddenly die. ??? I think that was at least part of its purpose. My 1963 Olds Starfire also has such a tank but in a more hidden location, maybe it was a 1963 thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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