Crossram Expert Needed

musclecar fan · #1 08-28-2017, 05:51 PM

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

**young** · #2 08-28-2017, 08:56 PM

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 .

**chevyman0429** · #3 08-28-2017, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by young

Where did it come from , was the collector from Michigan by the name of Joe ?

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

**Charley Lillard** · #4 08-28-2017, 11:58 PM

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

**William** · #5 08-29-2017, 12:37 AM

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.

**1967Z28** · #6 08-29-2017, 05:09 PM

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

musclecar fan · #7 08-30-2017, 09:31 PM

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

**Spooky** · #8 08-30-2017, 11:23 PM

I love crossrams!!

Here is my STR10

Scott

**Xplantdad** · #9 09-01-2017, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by William

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.

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