I like it, I have seen them on ebay with a rat rod air cleaner search. Heres one with the long oval snout.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-195...2e5767&vxp=mtr The ad shows some kind of filter with the cleaner, Just mod it and make it work without the air gap, buy an aftermarket one, or sell this one and mod another one. The plugged air line looks like a pollution control device from the donor car.