68 Z convertible question.
 

Just some food for thought..

It is well known that ‘all’ x-rams were non-factory installed, but would this car be considered a factory installed X-ram car ??

Was that car totally built and ‘finished’ inside GM ??

i believe pete estes requested it be installed

----Pete used to have a summer house 2 down from our old house here on the St. Claire River. A bit bigger than ours then (about 3 times) but the view was the same. 2000 feet from Canada!....Bill S

The Pete Estes convertible Z did not have a cross-ram on it. It was a stock high rise and single 4-barrel with a cross-ram air cleaner. Look closely at the original picture. Three wing nuts.

I remember the first time I visited the Edsel Ford Estate, on Lakeshore Dr in St Claire Shores.

As I was approaching I was like "wow - this is really modest for a family of their stature".

Then I realized I was seeing the gate house. The actual mansion was another few hundred yards further in.

K

Apologies; one more quick Pete story:

He was a very popular leader during his time at the helm of GM.

When I was at GMI I was invited into a young lady's dorm room.

I saw a photo on her book shelf and commented: "your dad looks a lot like Pete Estes".

"That IS Pete" she said.

Upon further inquiry she shared he wasn't a relative or anything; she just had a lot of respect and admiration and so had the photo in her room.

K

Just a used car by Dec 1968. Looks to have regular tags.

Yes - "AH" is a just regular plate out of Wayne County, MI.

K

By the time this video was made, they had the cross ram set up installed on it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leilxEyW6SI&t=3s

Yes, cross-ram and 4 wheel discs added years later but was not built that way by GM back in the day. Regular BU axle as shown on William's attachment.