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If i remember correctly the car has the rolled tips,they are still on the car but the original owner had put a glass pac on one side and the hanger was broke so i took that of and put on a aftermarket exhaust with the stock tips,i do not remember if it had a resonator or not,i will have to check the old system,was not in good shape that is why i took it off

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Rick is SS427 on this board, and he happens to restore musclecars, with the current one being a '69 FG Y-Camaro (correct me if that's wrong, Rick). But, there was also a Rick Nelson with a prestigous record career back in the '50s &amp; '60s. You don't suppose, do ya...? [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/confused.gif[/img]

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He's a travellin man and he's made a lot of stops........

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Joe, only the chambered exhaust got the resonators in 69. Without them the system was very loud! I have owned and worked on numerous unrestored 69 Chevelles and the majority have the "angle cut" tips and not the rolled tips as seen on a couple of restored cars. The rolled tips have been found only on a few original cars and I am thinking only out of one plant. I have been researching this for a long time and I am curious to see the tips on Chads car also................RatPack....................... .......

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Which plant used them Ratpack ?

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From what I read on the rolled edge exhaust tips, they were used in early production and got a lot of complaints because the water from condensation would collect in the rolled tip. The water would then sit on the base of the exhaust tip and rust. One original owner said he had his replaced under warrantee and got the cut off ones as replacements.

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I owned a couple of low mileage L78 ('69) Chevelles a few years ago and they both had the "cut" tips...both of these cars were Baltimore built cars..

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I have pictures of original Yenko Chevelles on Yenko's lot from 1969 and it clearly shows the cut style tips...BKH

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Belair62, Baltimore, very early, before COPO production ever started. That is why I am curious to see what Chads car has. I have owned three unrestored 69 SS Chevelles from the Baltimore plant and all of them had the slant cut tips and production ranged from 09?-07?. I am thinking that there were possibly only a handful of the rolled tips ever produced. I don't have my notes handy about the exact production date but I am almost positive that the two or three cars found with them originally were all late August 68 build cars. There was a BY Yenko Chevelle that was restored that had the rolled tips and I don't know if it actually had them on there originally. I think the owner had one tip and used it as a copy to make the set for the car. I have only seen one original set personally and a restorer friend of mine has seen another car built the same week in Baltimore. Wish there were more original cars out there to compare..............RatPack......................

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That B. Y. Yenko Chevelle appeared in a magazine with the rolled tips and they said they were original. I believe it is an early Yenko with 03A build but I am not sure if rolled tips were really on it new. I was told the owner of the car or the guy who restored it was or is the one selling the repro rolled tips.

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Joe, I had seen that car at a show and I guess it was the owner that was telling me that he only had one tip as the other one was gone when he bought the car. I would assume that they were on the car new but the picture BKH has showing the Yenkos with the slant cut tips would lead me to believe otherwise. One thing that could be possible is that a secondary source was used and they made the slant cut tips and were more readily available.? [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/confused.gif[/img] One thing is for sure, with the rolled tips you do not have to worry about cut knuckles while polishing the bumper!...............RatPack..................... ......

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I had a '68 Chevelle and bought a set of the exhaust tips after the '69's came out. Had to modify the tailpipes to make them work but the ones I received from GM had the rolled edge. Evidently the rolled edge pieces were early service items. They barely lasted a year before rusting through at the bottom. The next set I got were the straight cut. My guess is GM cured the rust problem by switching to the "new" design.
Can't testify to the use of resonator pipes being exclusive to the chambered systems in '69 but my '70 came with resonator pipes and straight cut tips, as did all '70 SS Chevelles (excluding ElCaminos).

P.S. When I first met Rick Nelson, I said the same thing "I thought you died in a plane crash." His response was "I did, but I got better." Super guy! Very knowledgeable and talented.

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Can any of you guys who have seen the Original rolled Ex.tips,tesify to the fact that the Part number was indeed stamped into them?
If so,was it on the top or bottom of the Ex.tip?

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I put a original pair on the black COPO we restored. There were no numbers stamped in this pair anywhere.

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Rick,
I don't believe they put numbers on them until the 1972-73 version. After that, I have seen them on top, bottom and sides. Not possitive about that however. May make a good question on TC.
Rick

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My brothers 70 LS-6 has both the orig. tips and do not have the part #'s on them. That is how they came from the factory, only later did they put the part #'s on them, and i have only seen them on the bottom. "MOF"

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I have NOS cut off tips and they have no numbers

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Thanks guys.Thats what I thought.
I know about the 70 tips not having a number from the line,but I found a set of NOS rolled tips, with the number stamped into the bottoms.
Unusual I thought.Then the seller just emailed me today to say that he believes these were homemade.
I know of a man who does this here,so that confirmed it for me.He used a current GM set to do this on.
Thanks to all.

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A couple more shots of the car. #1 is Chad getting ready to load it on the trailer. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img] Notice the offset striping on the hood.

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This shot is of the original drivers side exhaust.

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And lastly, the original dated muffler.

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thanks for posting. Are the hood stripes original? I have not seem them on an angle like that.

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The hood has the original stripes that were applied by Yenko. There has been discussions on here before that I could not find regarding stripe placement. Remember, these were just hired kids. I believe there have been others that were installed this way as well.