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Old 05-14-2007, 02:27 AM
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so holley still sells them

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They do but not the original style that was a 4" tube all the way to the turn-out with mount straps welded to them.

The ones Motion pictured above are built more along the Junior version (though not exact) that Cyclone built because the original Hornie was, well, pretty damned throaty . The Junior version calmed the roar (one of those ticketable vehicle code things, ya know?) which was why you bought the Purple Hornies in the first place.

Once you broke the originals in, and yes, they were loud (loud being a relative term. I prefer to say they had a very distinct and authoritative pitch ), they were the best sounding header muffs built.


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Old 05-14-2007, 05:58 AM
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Wow, I had those Purple Hornies on my '70 Nova that was running a stout running Big Block. My dad made me shut it off two blocks from the house and coast into the driveway after 10pm, that was every night.. Good Luck!
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Old 05-14-2007, 08:58 PM
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Wow, I had those Purple Hornies on my '70 Nova that was running a stout running Big Block. My dad made me shut it off two blocks from the house and coast into the driveway after 10pm, that was every night.. Good Luck!

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Yep, they were a cool set of mufflers. Probably the next best thing to open headers (I didn't realize it "back in the day", but it was a good time growing up in small town Ohio).

Here's a grainy pic of my COPO in it's hot rod days. You can just see the PH's underneath. A BB with PH's was a very melodious combo.


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Old 05-14-2007, 09:52 PM
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I must be dense...I've never heard of Purple Hornies...?
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No one I knew had Purple Hornies back in the day. We all went for Cherry Bombs. And Thrush was the super low budge, uncool last resort.....
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No one I knew had Purple Hornies back in the day.

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Me either!
I remember the Cherry Bombs as the cheapest and loudest - we would get the Thrush and hi-temp paint them flat black!
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