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Old Sep 19, 2004 | 05:43 PM
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i have a 77 but after looking at the exhaust setup it seems to have an early 70's setup.... it's a dual exhaust with both pipes that pass through the center cross member.... i'm confused.. it has the 77 interior though....

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Old Sep 19, 2004 | 05:46 PM
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No need to be confused - a previous owner simply installed a true dual exhaust. It is extremely easy to do.
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Old Sep 19, 2004 | 05:54 PM
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True dual exhaust crossmember was in all 68-77 (& 78-79).

True duals in some.

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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 03:05 AM
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thanks.... wasn't sure on that..... glad it wasn't a bubba modification

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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 03:47 AM
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oh don't worry, you'll find bubba elsewhere.

If bubba did get to the exhaust he would have cut off the stock mufflers, extended the pipes and added semi-truck style stack mufflers.
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by i885744
oh don't worry, you'll find bubba elsewhere.
ain't that the truth

I haven't seen a single C3 including mine with a stock exhaust setup intact but then again Florida doesn't do emissions. When I bought my '76, it already had headers out to true duals. The stock exhaust was a very restrictive cast iron manifolds to a y-pipe to a single cat back out to fake duals. Gutting that crap frees up quite a few horses.
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