Friends 69 in some deep snow

[Jay G.]

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Daily Driver from 69-74. Drove the 58 283/270 Dual Quad. thru college. Up and down Mnt roads. Later when the car was frame offed in the 80's. Learned the back 1/3 frame was cut out and replaced. Rotted out.Pics shows up on stands in 1971 to rebuild the 4-speed. Wrecked it on the "Berlin Turnpike" racing a 69 Roadrunner. Missed shift blew 3rd. More than lost the race.

[Dave S.]

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Daily Driver from 69-74. Drove the 58 283/270 Dual Quad. thru college. Up and down Mnt roads. Later when the car was frame offed in the 80's. Learned the back 1/3 frame was cut out and replaced. Rotted out.Pics shows up on stands in 1971 to rebuild the 4-speed. Wrecked it on the "Berlin Turnpike" racing a 69 Roadrunner. Missed shift blew 3rd. More than lost the race.

Here are a couple of photos taken by the original owner (Now a Chevrolet Dealer) of my 70. Side pipe installation was taken when the car is 2 days old. Other photo is soon after. Car is from New York. Just to add a couple of interesting vintage photos to the others already posted.

[Jamie F.]

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Interesting side pipes mufflers. They look like the chambered exhaust for Camaro and Chevelle. Were those from a Dealer?

[Roy B.]

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1970's there was a time Corvettes were good for towing parts to your local swap meet because they were just used cars. I paid big money back then for my 60 $300.00

[William V.]

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In the early seventies, as my daily driver, I had a 66 300HP with 4 speed & 308 posi . As I recall, with snow tires, it was excellant in snow up to 6 inches.

[Tom H.]

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Interesting side pipes mufflers. They look like the chambered exhaust for Camaro and Chevelle. Were those from a Dealer?

Jamie:

The pipes used for side exhaust were chambered. At least the original ones were.

Tom

[Jamie F.]

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Tom,
Sorry, I've seem hundreds of original '69 sidepipes and never seen a chambered set. They usually have the straight cans that are stacked with a pinch in the middle.

[Dave S.]

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Interesting side pipes mufflers. They look like the chambered exhaust for Camaro and Chevelle. Were those from a Dealer?

Jamie,
That photo was taken in July of 1970. One can only concude they were GM service 1969 side pipes. All the original GM side pipes I have ever seen were chambered like the photo.

[Wayne K.]

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Tom,
Sorry, I've seem hundreds of original '69 sidepipes and never seen a chambered set. They usually have the straight cans that are stacked with a pinch in the middle.

Looks to me like C3 covers with C2 chambers. This was quite common as an add on. The chambers sounded nicer/louder which most people liked. Original factory installed were as so have described as I recall.

Wayne

[Jamie F.]

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Okay Wayne. Now that makes sense!
I had on my C3 lenses, didn't think about C2 pipes on a C3.
Still Interesting!
Thanks!

[Wayne K.]

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Great picture, thanks for posting it. Reminds me of driving my 1965 396 convertible in the winter back in the early 70's. 7.75x15's and 2nd or 3rd gear starts, would only get stuck if the ruts were deep enough for the chassis to bottom out. No way back then could I afford to own a car that sat in the garage all winter.
Larry

I drove my 70LT-1 in the winters of 72 & 73 as it was the only car I could afford. Had studded snow tires on the back as they were legal in WI at the time. It was really a good winter car with the hardtop and great heater. Well balanced handling in the snow. With the studs I could go through a lot and never get stuck. You had to be careful with the studs on dry roads when applying the power as you could spin the tires even at speed.

Wayne

[Wayne K.]

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Okay Wayne. Now that makes sense!
I had on my C3 lenses, didn't think about C2 pipes on a C3.
Still Interesting!

Jamie,

I agree with your statement:

They usually have the straight cans that are stacked with a pinch in the middle.anks!

I just didn't word it correctly. I never saw a "factory built" C3 sidepipe car with the C2 style chambered pipes.

[Terry M.]

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The original side exhaust that was installed in St Louis on the 1969 I took delivery of brand new did NOT have chambered side exhaust on it. There was a hour-glass shaped muffler under the side covers. Maybe that car was rarer than I thought. I guess I should have bought it back after the crash.

[Tom H.]

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Tom,
Sorry, I've seem hundreds of original '69 sidepipes and never seen a chambered set. They usually have the straight cans that are stacked with a pinch in the middle.

You are right Jamie ! I should have taken my C2 goggles off too ! I even have a set of 69 pipes on my 73 and they are the stacked can design you spoke of. Duh !!

[Kenneth B.]

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JAN/FEB 1970 Corvette News Mag. Has a article about the 70 LT-1 & a picture of it off the road in a ditch in the snow. It also mentioned that PS would be a option soon.
KEN