Side pipe cars
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Side pipe cars
Are 1971 sidepipes cars worth much more then non-side pipe cars I know the sidepipes have a value but overall what does this do to the value of a true side pipe car and how do you determine if it's a sidepipes car or a clone.
Melting Slicks
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They didn't come with sidepipes from the factory.
You could have them dealer installed.
That said, OEM sidepipes are +$3500 (pipes + covers + install).
You can add that to your financial assessment.
Last edited by Hammerhead Fred; Dec 6, 2015 at 07:06 PM.
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It is called original factory documentation. Without it...you could very well be paying extra for no added value. In some cases, it probably has hurt the value of otherwise non-modified cars. Only 4,355 cars in '69 came with them, so out of the over 550,000 C3s produced from '68 to '82...it is a very rare option indeed. Judging by the number of cars today with side pipes (both factory and aftermarket) they are even more desirable today. The factory pipes were too loud (cops actually gave out equipment violations for excessive noise) and GM was forced to drop the option mid-year.
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You can determine if it was a real sidepipe car at the rear side, where the exhaust normaly comes out. While the panel in the middle can be replaced, the corners of the body can not. So they have to be fiber glassed, and you will see this from the inside of the body.
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