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'68 A/C Vacuum Canister

SSuperDave

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Which is correct, the metal "bean can" style, or the round plastic ball. I know that service replacements are the round ball style, but not sure when the changeover happened in production.
 
I've got a few metal cans, but no plastic....I took all them off of '68 and '69 cars. Now that's not definitive, but maybe a glance at the AIM will tell???
 
I'm reasonably confident the plastic ball didn't come along until at least 1971. I pulled the metal ones off of original 1971 cars and have seen them with plastic ones too. A completely original & unrestored SS454 El Camino that was at Chevell-abration in 1999, which I photographed extensively, had the metal vacuum canister. I'm sure the assembly plant probably had some bearing on the release date too.
 
P.S. My 70 ls5/M-22 ( A/C Car) One owner had the " Dinty Moore " beef stew can type. If you want to buy a BRAND NEW TIN can type. I saw one on a Jeep cherokee at a junk yard. So I went to my local MOPAR and bought a bran new Tin Can. On a jeep they are found on the left side attached to the L.S. fender well )
 
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