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Rick Carlson · 02-25-2009, 07:16 PM

I believe Mikronite purchased Crane for the purpose of using the "Crane Cams" name to make their (Mikronite) entry into the performance market. Their plan obviously didn't work for anyone. With my "night" job of answering tech calls for a performance warehouse group, I have had the opportunity to speak to many Crane product users who are scrambling to find any Crane parts still left on warehouse shelves. There are a lot of quality specialty parts that only Crane manufactured....ie roller lifters for AMC products, roller lifters for TAD/TAFC Hemi's, various valve spring combos, and their old electronic ignition boxes...that now are not available. A few corporate entities are looking at purchasing the remains of the company and their products. Hopefully it will happen.

02-25-2009, 07:16 PM	#4
Rick Carlson Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Laurel Fork, VA, and the Blue Ridge Parkway Posts: 57 Likes: 2 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Crane??? I believe Mikronite purchased Crane for the purpose of using the "Crane Cams" name to make their (Mikronite) entry into the performance market. Their plan obviously didn't work for anyone. With my "night" job of answering tech calls for a performance warehouse group, I have had the opportunity to speak to many Crane product users who are scrambling to find any Crane parts still left on warehouse shelves. There are a lot of quality specialty parts that only Crane manufactured....ie roller lifters for AMC products, roller lifters for TAD/TAFC Hemi's, various valve spring combos, and their old electronic ignition boxes...that now are not available. A few corporate entities are looking at purchasing the remains of the company and their products. Hopefully it will happen.