[Dwight Southerland]

By 1969, the cross ram and headers were over the counter items; they did not come with the cars from the assembly line. In 1967, SCCA's "homolgation" rules dictated that such parts had to be part of the car's "equipment", but by 1969, they had relaxed a lot of those extreme rules. In 1967, you could order a Camaro with the fresh air induction system installed or as an accessory. You could also order headers that were "installed" in the back seat. If you ordered the fresh air induction as an accessory, it was "installed" in the trunk. You could also order a 1967 Camaro with no sound deadener and no heater. The cross ram was not released until sometime in the 1968 production year, after SCCA opened up the availability rules. By 1969 however due to SCCA lifting the rules, Fords had the inline Autolite carburetor parts for the Boss 302 and AMC had a cross ram 2x4 manifold and headers also.