Crossram Expert Needed
 

I just purchased a portion of a large NOS and rare parts collection from an individual that focused on the rarest of the rare. One of the items he had for over 40 years was a fiberglass air cleaner base and it is in a box with GM labels, but no part numbers. I'm not sure if it is a prototype, SCCA or CanAm piece, aftermarket or what, but I remember talking to him 35 years ago and he said it was a super rare item. Can any of you shed light on this or direct me to a crossram expert who might know? Thanks

Where did it come from , was the collector from Michigan by the name of Joe ? We made some for Joe in the mid 80s big and small base .

Joe in algonac has got the biggest collection of Chevrolet nos parts Iv ever seen if that's who your talking about!

Most likely Merle Dupree. People have been buying truckloads of that stuff.

Merle was a great guy. Sold him plenty of those parts back in the day. For some reason I recall he was a big buyer for unused E70 x 15 Goodyear WTGT spare tires.

Between him, Z & Z John, Vic the avocado farmer and SF Frank, much of our NOS went to CA. Hard to believe that was over 30 years ago.

On page 2 of this thread in the Trans-Am section the CRG Camaro website there are some pics of very similar cross ram bases. I don't know if these are legit pieces made by GM or not.

http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=8694.15

Thanks for the Camaro.org thread. Yes, I purchased this from the Merle Dupree estate. I know for a fact that he had it for a minimum of 35 years (since I've known him). The box has a faint scribbled "Penske" on it and says "Hold Unit #6". It's identical to the fiberglass unit in the pictures with the "taped over" PCV hole. Any idea as to value and or who might be interested in this? Thanks

I love crossrams!!

Here is my STR10

https://s26.postimg.org/cuoesfs09/20170830_190118.jpg

Scott

Wow, I bought a lot of parts from Z&Z in SoCal :beers: