Flathead filter

[Merc Cruzer]

Ok so I am not ready to give up just quite yet. Most of remote filter applications seem to be in hot rods/modified/customs, so there is no intent to maintain the original appearance. Has anyone tried to conceal the remote head and filter inside of the original canister? I am thinking that with the use of a 90 degree head that the whole unit could be mounted inside the original canister with modifications to the back for the lines. You would cut two slots in the back for the pipes and that would allow you to simply slide the original canister down and out of the way when you wanted to change the filter. Of the two original filters, the only one that would seem to work is the one on the later (52'-53') Mercury that "bolts to the head" and not the one that the head bolts go through.