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Old 06-01-2005, 05:16 PM
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I went junking today looking for decent body panels (Ohio has the worst junked 3rd gens ever) and found an L69 dual snorkel air cleaner laying in the backseat of a lonely 3rd gen. The vin was too damaged to tell what year car it came from but I suspect a ’82, ’83 or ’84 L69. After some bargaining I walked away with it for $30. It is a little rough but I can get it sandblasted and powder coated basically for free. So keep on the look out at po-dunk junk yards. You may just find a great deal on a hard to find 3rd gen part.
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Re: Keep your eyes peeled

Originally posted by ShiftyCapone.After some bargaining I walked away with it for $30.
Great score Shifty!

I made a pretty good one myself, I nabbed an overhead console from a GTA... a non-a/c heater box, along with a notchback & rear seats for only $100.00.

After complaining to the old guy how I'd have to re-paint the notch to match my car, sand down the heater box and paint that too, drill in the overhead console and re-cover the seats to match my stock interior, he felt sorry for me (hehe), then said "take it"...
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I made a pretty good one myself, I nabbed an overhead console from a GTA... a non-a/c heater box, along with a notchback & rear seats for only $100.00.

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Awesome. The non AC box is worth even more than that alone
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Re: Re: Keep your eyes peeled

Originally posted by ShiftyCapone
(Ohio has the worst junked 3rd gens ever) and found an L69 dual snorkel air cleaner laying in the backseat of a lonely 3rd gen.
i hear that! i cant find anything in ohio!

Originally posted by Street Lethal

I made a pretty good one myself, I nabbed an overhead console from a GTA... a non-a/c heater box, along with a notchback & rear seats for only $100.00.
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i wish i could fing a good junk yeard where i can pick the stuff my self you guys are lucky
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i hear that! i cant find anything in ohio!

Where are you located? I have been to roughly 10 "big" yards in Ohio. All of them have the worst examples of 3rd gens I have ever seen. This is the first "real 3rd gen find" I have ever had in Ohio in the last 5 years.
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hmmm, I wounder if the dual snorkel I have off of my L-69 monte would be the same as the one of the camaro. Come to think of it I still have the air cleaner off of a L-69 camaro we parted out. I'll have to check that out.

Also if you have the hood clearance there is a van or truck lid that will go on the dual snorkel and let you use a 3 or 4 inch filter, but I doubt it would fit under a thirdgen hood.
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Its hard to find those air filters and really hard to find the hoses and snorkels also..There is a company that is making the tubes and snorkels ..I believe its www.ramairbox.com , So, if you have the air cleaner assembly, they have the tubes and snorkels for it..
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Where are you located? I have been to roughly 10 "big" yards in Ohio. All of them have the worst examples of 3rd gens I have ever seen. This is the first "real 3rd gen find" I have ever had in Ohio in the last 5 years.
dayton-xenia area. i need to find a good junk yard.
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dayton-xenia area. i need to find a good junk yard.
I go to UD (Shifty did too when he wasnt an old man) and work out in Xenia. Walt's would be cool if you could walk around there.
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Also if you have the hood clearance there is a van or truck lid that will go on the dual snorkel and let you use a 3 or 4 inch filter, but I doubt it would fit under a thirdgen hood.
Interesting. I geuss there is only one way to find out!

It appears that I can get new ducting a such from www.ramairbox.com.

Don't give up on your junk yards yet. If you travel it is even worth stopping at one if you happen to pass one.
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Originally posted by Chuck!
I go to UD (Shifty did too when he wasnt an old man) and work out in Xenia. Walt's would be cool if you could walk around there.
cool. yea all the ones i have found they go get the parts and i just stand there. the only one i have ever walked around in is in dayton and well it had only one firebird and its was all picked over
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Baggier pants and you could have walked out with it for a little bit cheaper

Naw, nice find. Ebay?
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Those old dual snorkels clean up real nice.
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Originally posted by BMmonteSS
Also if you have the hood clearance there is a van or truck lid that will go on the dual snorkel and let you use a 3 or 4 inch filter, but I doubt it would fit under a thirdgen hood.
A van lid will not fit!!!!! You will find that the van uses a much smaller diameter lid with a taller, smaller filter. The lid will however fit an S-series truck perfect with the corresponding filter change.
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Those old dual snorkels clean up real nice.
looks great
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FYI........this is the "truck/caprice" top on the std LO3 bottom. (With bigger snorkals) It just clears the hood with no insulation with performer vortec and .375" thick adapter and stock tb.

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if you're in columbus, try u-wrench-it
they have an ok selection, there is usually always a few thirdgens, just check it out on mondays, thats usually when they add the new stock
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oh, and someone please buy my 081 305 heads, im moving and need to get rid of some junk
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Put those 081 heads on the thirdgen classified board and some one will snap them up quick!!!!!
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i think i already found a buyer

i originally wanted to keep them, but im moving and need to rid some junk

and i already have an L98 long block from my uncle
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lol, if you cant find good thirdgens around ohio its prob because i have them all in my backyard. had my good 92 heritage rs for 3 years, have had a total of 7 parts cars, all lo3's. got a blue 91 rs 3.1 for free which was supposedly too far gone, fixed it and drove it all winter(never got stuck once!) and also got one of the parts cars for free and it was a mint ride before it got wrecked. actually the trans and many body panels came off of that car for my rs.

B and O auto salvage in strongsville has a whole f-body section, supposed to be pretty big too..
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I've got one of those dual snorkel air filter assemblies sitting here from when the only other performance mod on the car was the SLP tri-y's. I'm collecting weird intake's for TBI... I've got the Caddy bonnet, dual snorkel, single, drop base, non-drop... now which to use, lol.
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I have a Caddy Bonnet in my garage to use when I put a roots on the van.

It currently has a corvette dual snorkel on it.
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lol, if you cant find good thirdgens around ohio its prob because i have them all in my backyard.
Darn you!
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hey shifty, (it's "1988Camaro") that dual snorkel was a nice pickup, they are hard to find and they usually cost a lot if they're in nice shape....i paid a LOT for mine on ebay...If you paint it nice you can get over 100 bucks for it on ebay...i ran venting hoses on mine for the ducts b/c the stock ones/similar ones were too expensive[IMG][/IMG]

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Cruisin' , what a/c compressor is that?
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Cruisin' , what a/c compressor is that?
I was just about to ask the same thing! That is not a stock AC condenser, either. Aftermarket AC kit, maybe?
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i hate dual snorkel set-ups
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I wish i could find a dual snorkel air cleaner!!!!!!!!
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