[BMWCSRegistry] The Sweet Sound of Exhaust

[Richard Conway]

Steve,

I called those holes in the exhaust pipes, ³cut-outs². I went to my high
school shop teachers shop, drove my parents 56 Merc station wagon with a 312
4 barrel carb across the ditch in front of his shop (no lifts). He went
under the car, welded ³cut-outs on each down pipe and I capped them off with
a cast aluminum cap with gasket. My parent never knew, they never found out
about the Mallory distributor I put in there either. And I had fun dusting
Corvettes with that big Merc wagon, in the late 50¹s. I got to the point
where I could remove those hot ³cut-out² caps on the side of the road in
minutes. At the time I was in high school, in Jacksonville, FL and remember
going to the drags to watch this guy, Don Garlits, race his Swamp Rat front
engined dragster. Back then, I would take my camera and stand aft of the
flag man, in the center of the drag strip, and take pictures of the
dragsters coming at me on both sides. Course, back then there were no safety
parts and many dragster drivers lost their legs when the clutch exploded and
severed their legs.

My, how times have changed, those were the days.

Richard Conway








On 10/28/07 5:35 PM, "Coupecs at aol.com" <Coupecs at aol.com> wrote:

> When I was trying out to be a juvenile deliquent/hot rodder, we would cut
> holes in the exhaust pipes before the muffler before the driver and passenger
> doors. We were drag racing chopped and channeled Fords, '57 Chevy's with holes
> cut in the hoods to accommodate GMC Blowers, and bored and stroked whatevers.
>  
> There were caps covering the holes and we would unbolt the caps and run the
> pipes wide open. It was like von Karajian, the old Nazi Stormtrooper,
> conducting Beethoven's Fifth with the Berlin Phil. Orchestra while the Allies
> firebombed the city. He is probably buried at Bitberg(sp) with the other SS
> guys.
>  
> After reading all the back and forth, I am taking my pathetic aftermarket
> radio/cassette player out. I will listen to my exhaust system, one muffler,
> four inch pipes, headers. Period. Much  more entertaining.
>  
> Steve ONeill 
> 75 CSi
> 
> 
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