<VV> WHAT IS THAT?

[airvair at earthlink.net]

I've seen the car. It's the commonly called "desert" package, or as GM
called it the "heavy duty air cleaner system". The oil bath option was a
mandatory part of it. And there's no filter element in the part that covers
the engine air intake.

-Mark


> [Original Message]
> Subject: Re: <VV> WHAT IS THAT?
>
> You didn't provide an auction #, so I can't look it up.
>
> But if I had to guess, it's either an oil bath air cleaner set up, which
> would be attached to the snorkle of the air cleaner assembly.
>
> OR, is a desert air package.  It consists of a filter element that goes at
> the front of the engine bay to filter the air coming into the engine
> compartment, and a unit under the air cleaner assembly that directs the
> filtered air into the top of the turkey roaster.
>
> Both are pretty rare.
>
> Regards,
> Joel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: <VV> WHAT IS THAT?
>
> There is a late model 4 door Monza on E bay (in Kansas City) that has a
> strange looking piece in front of the air cleaner (pic #5 of the engine).
I
> asked the seller what it was and he stated that's how the car came. I have
> never seen one before. What is it? Anyone? Timothy Shortle in (cold)
Durango
> Colorado