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Jun 14, 2015 | 10:42 PM

Mark Padalino

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1971 Factory Side pipes

Were sidepipes an option in 71?
The car Im buying has factory side pipes and solid panel at back.

Jun 14, 2015 | 11:22 PM

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For C3s I believe it was an option for 1969 only.

Jun 14, 2015 | 11:56 PM

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Were sidepipes an option in 71?
The car Im buying has factory side pipes and solid panel at back.

There were not. TMU is right; 1969 only.

Jun 15, 2015 | 09:20 AM

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Many of us have added that option on other years, I did so on a '71 coupe so well that it could not be detected as non factory equipped.

Jun 15, 2015 | 02:36 PM

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Define solid panel ? (lower rear valance)
1.All glassed in no seams ? not stock.
2.separate bolt on rear valance panel with straight seams? (Only factory Side Pipe cars.)
3.separate bolt on rear valance panel with added round corner cutout? 68-69
4.separate bolt on rear valance panel with added square corner cutout? 1970 +

Jun 15, 2015 | 03:26 PM

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Define solid panel ? (lower rear valance)
1.All glassed in no seams ? not stock.
2.separate bolt on rear valance panel with straight seams? (Only factory Side Pipe cars.)
3.separate bolt on rear valance panel with added round corner cutout? 68-69
4.separate bolt on rear valance panel with added square corner cutout? 1970 +

Not "only" if you have the work done properly.

Jun 15, 2015 | 03:28 PM

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Jun 15, 2015 | 04:23 PM

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There were not. TMU is right; 1969 only.

If I recall it was really only a factory option from Jan 69 through the remainder of the production year.

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Jun 15, 2015 | 05:03 PM

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If I recall it was really only a factory option from Jan 69 through the remainder of the production year.

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Jun 15, 2015 | 08:28 PM

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If I recall it was really only a factory option from Jan 69 through the remainder of the production year.

You got the first part right. There was a strike in early April that lasted until mid-summer. From what I have read, RPO N14 was no longer available shortly thereafter, even though production was extended to make up for lost time.

Only 4,355 cars were built with side exhaust...a very small number (less than 0.8 percent) out of the more than 550,000 C3s built. The factory continued selling the parts over the counter...and many thousands of C3s have since had reproduction pipes and covers installed.

Jun 15, 2015 | 11:47 PM

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69 factory sidepipes on my 68. That's what my rear exhaust panel valance looks like.

Jun 15, 2015 | 11:49 PM

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69 factory sidepipes on my 68. That's what my rear exhaust panel valance looks like. A slight difference,....for my 68, I have the original rear backup lights in the rear exhaust panel valance.

Jun 17, 2015 | 12:02 AM

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69 factory sidepipes on my 68. That's what my rear exhaust panel valance looks like. A slight difference,....for my 68, I have the original rear backup lights in the rear exhaust panel valance.

It does take extra work to do it "right", because you cant just bolt in the aftermarket "filler" panel, you have to find a 1969 side pipe rear valance, then do the filling bodywork in the remaining "halves" of the original exhaust holes left in the quarter panels.

In doing it on a '68, yes you would have to also add the '68 backup lights to the '69 valance.

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