Oil filter placement

[Bonsaichuck]

I just purchased a 61 wagon and the oil filter canister and bracket are missing. Where should it be mounted? I can not even see where it should be. A picture would be great. It is the 6 cylinder motor.

[gmwillys]

If you have the 6-226 Super Hurricane, then the oil filter is on the driver's side head. Here is a pretty good picture. The standard Hurricane (F-161) mounted much the same.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/1955_Jeep_Willys_Utility_Wagon_2013_FL_AACA-h.jpg/1280px-1955_Jeep_Willys_Utility_Wagon_2013_FL_AACA-h.jpg

The overhead cam Tornado 230 wouldn't come out until late 1962. The filter should be a conventional screw on filter. Here is what I've come up with;

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/1963_Jeep_Pickup_FL_engine-L.jpg/1280px-1963_Jeep_Pickup_FL_engine-L.jpg

http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2012/06/classic-engine-jeeps-tornado-straight-six.html