[nobail4u]

The year was 1973. Tacoma, Washington was cruising the Ave no different than in the movie "American Grafitti". 200 cars, spectacular factory muscle to rods on any given Fri or Sat night. Cyclone Purple Hornies hit the pavement with probably the nicest sounding header exhaust imaginable. The fat full length 4" tube ( might have been even 5" )with the turn down end could even make a Maverick sound sweet. Well, almost. lol. Mopars seemed to have the deep huskier tone, while the Chevrolets sounding just as sweet. In my home city, the cops got right on us running the original fat tubes. Header muffs were just coming around, that would simply bolt up to the flange. The tickets we were getting were rediculous. Cops hated them. There was actually a certain distance of where your exhaust dumped that they got us on. Stating exhaust fumes would enter into the car with the somewhat short Hornies. They soon came out with the "Juniors". But really...Who wanted "Juniors". Oh those were the sweetest rumble and by far the coolest muffer in existence. By the way, my ride of '73 was my '72 Chevy Vega GT. Unheard of at that time to transplant a V8 into them, but I did. Cortez silver, black Z28 stripes, '70 LT1 350, Turbohydro AT with B&M guts. B&M Series 60 shifter. This car was a mini Z28 but faster. With this car came a certain reputation...your car would lose. Thanks guys for the post. The memories are still sweet to share.